Week 3 Discussion
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Week 3 Discussion
Patients are becoming technologically savvy. The use of the Smartphone has made accessing
information as simple as tapping on a downloaded application. For this discussion, please select
a disease or condition and research online support groups and websites or applications you
would recommend for patient education. Consider the information provided by USA.gov related
to evaluating health information on the Internet
(https://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Information/How_To_Evaluate_Health_Information_on_the_Int
)
Respond to each of the following prompts:
1. Choose 3 sites or applications (one must be a support group) and explain what the critical
components are that you used to evaluate them.
2. Explain from a nursing perspective the benefits of each site and also what improvements
are needed.
3. How do these sites or applications (one of which is a support group) support diverse and
hard-to-reach populations?
be sure to provide appropriate APA-formatted in-text citations and references to
support your response.
Peer Response Instructions
After making your initial post, substantially respond to at least two other student posts that
prompts further input or provides another viewpoint. Describe a situation from your
professional experience that backs up your viewpoint and discuss the social, moral, political
and economic factors impacting your position.
Weekly Discussion Guidelines
Online discussions are an important component of the program and course. You are
expected to respond to the discussion questions with your initial post by the 3rd day of the
unit week. After the initial post, you will then respond to multiple peers to drive the weekly
unit discussions. One peer response should occur on a different day of the unit from your
initial discussion post. You should respond to your peers throughout the unit week, but all
responses need to be submitted no later than the last day of the unit week.
Each week your discussion will be graded on a point scale. In order to successfully complete
each weekly discussion assignment, you will need to address all items included in the
discussion topic/question, respond to peers thoughtfully, add value to the discussion, and
apply ideas, insights, or concepts from scholarly sources, such as: journal articles, assigned
readings, textbook material, lectures, course materials, or authoritative websites. For specific
