Thinking about what you’ve learned in this course about 
1-    If you had the power to change anything in this class that is assessment related, what would you change and why?
2-    How will the concepts you learned in this class help you in your career? 
The student must answer the graded discussion with a substantive reply to the graded discussion question(s)/topic(s) posted by the course instructor by Thursday, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Two scholarly sources references are required unless stated otherwise by your professor. 
The student provides a substantive response to the discussion question or topic on Thursday day and posts a minimum of two additional responses to peers on another day(s). The answers to classmates must be posted by Sunday, 11:59 pm Eastern Time. We expect each student to participate in the discussion board in a respectful manner. 
Remember that a new discussion rubric was approved by the professors, committee members, and a majority of the students. Please review the rubric before posting to ensure a maximum of points. 
Here are the categories of the new discussion rubric:
Initial Post relevance to the topic of discussion, applicability, and insight. (20%)
Quality of Written Communication Appropriateness of audience and words choice is specific, purposeful, dynamic, and varied. Grammar, spelling, punctuation. (20%)
Inclusion of APNA standards essentials explored in the discussion as well as the role-specific competencies as applicable.(10%)
Rigor, currency,  and relevance of the scholarly references. (Use articles that are below 5 years). (20%)
Peer & Professor Responses. The number of responses, quality of response posts. (20%)
Timeliness of the initial post and the answers to the peers. (10%