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Guidelines and Instructions:

For this online course, faculty will post questions to the Discussion Forum. Each discussion forum includes participation requirements within the syllabus. Student responses (initial and last [final) posts) should be substantive and reflect student thoughts and critical thinking related to the discussion topic. Students should include questions to peers to deepen the discussion conversation. Student questions to peers to deepen the conversation should be substantive and reflective of the module content. Citing references to reading assignments and other professional resources to validate stud6nt understanding of the discussions are required for all postings, including responses to peers. Listing references and citing references must be according to American Psychological Association (APA).

Students must provide citations and references for the initial posting and the final posting. Please use APA for references and citations. Students must always apply assigned readings plus other professional readings. Students will also have citations in the text of their responses as well as references at the end of their responses. Citations and references are required for all postings (initial, final/response to peer, and any additional posts). References for other professional readings need to be current, within the last three to five years

1. Students must post a minimum of twice (an initial posting and at least one additional posting) per Discussion Board. The initial response and additional posting(s), including response to 'Student' must reflect students own work-no plagiarism.

2. Students initial (first) post (students original post-not copied or based on another student's post) must address all Discussion Board items by Thursday at 11:59 pm Eastern Time. The initial post is brietiost that includes responses to every weekly discussion board question listed. Questions to peers to deepen the discussion may be included in the initial post.

American Psychological Association (APA) is required for writing, citing, and referencing. Please post a response specific to each of the questions listed. Students must address each component of each question. Please respond by addressing each question/item individually.

1. State the provided question or statement to be addressed.
Write your response to the stated question or statement using APA format. ,

2. State the provided question or statement to be addressed.
Please write responses to each of the questions (1a., 2a., 3a., and 3b.)

1. Chapter 2 in Polit and Beck (2020) examines using research as evidence for personal practice in specific settings using evidence based practice(EBP) models. Thinks about barrier are associated with implementation of EBP either individually or at a unit /systems level. Please discuss the following question.

1 a.) What is one barrier that you have encountered or anticipate may occur with the implementation of EBP and what are some solutions to overcome that barrier?

2. Chapter 1 and 3 in Polit and Beck (2020) include information about the differences and similarities between quantitative and qualitative research methods. Consider the information about differences fit, quantitative between quantitative and qualitative research methods and discuss the following question

2 a.) Think about the positivist versus constructivist paradigm. From which perspective (positivist or constructivist, paradigm) do you view the world? Explain why. How could the perspective (positivist or constructivist paradigm) in which you view the world influence your research in your practice setting?

3. As you review Chapter 7 in Polit and Beck (2020), particularly Box 7.3, the known aspects of InstitutIonal review Board(IRB) and safeguarding participants are included. Please discuss the following question

3 a.) When reading research prior to taking this course, were you able to get a sense of the ethical aspects of the research? Explain.

3 b.) After reviewing Chapter 7 in Polit and Beck (2020), speak to how, when reading a research study, you will now be more aware of thinking about 1) vulnerable groups inclusion as well as 2) which groups we omitted with or without a justifiable rationale being included.