This discussion board content is intended to facilitate learning for students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice. 
 
The use of discussions provides students with opportunities to contribute graduate level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The ebb and flow of a discussion is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship. 
 
Participation in the discussion generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. Discussions foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines
 
Assignment Requirements 
 
Choose one of the following to respond to in Week 1 Discussion Board;
 
Chapter 1, Exercise 1.5 or
 
Chapter 2, Exercise 2.1 or
 
Chapter 2, Exercise 2.4
 
Respond with a minimum of two (2) paragraphs of 4-5 sentences each.  
 
You should address each bullet point in the exercise you select. 
 
Your work should have in-text citations integrating at a minimum one scholarly article from this week’s readings and course textbook. 
 
APA format should be utilized to include a reference list. 
 
Correct grammar, spelling, and APA should be adhered to when writing, work should be scholarly without personalization or first person use.
 
Respond to a minimum of two (2) individuals, peer and/or faculty, with a scholarly and reflective post of a minimum of two (2) paragraphs of 4-5 sentences. A minimum of one (1) scholarly article should be utilized to support the post in addition to your textbook.