DISCUSSION 7

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  1. Apply critical thinking through participation of selected topics
  2. Engage in thoughtful discourse with peers
  3. Incorporate topic discussion into clinical judgment and decision making within practice setting
  4. Guidelines: For each posted discussion question, the student is expected to: 
  • The questions below should serve as a guide to formulating your posting. Dont just answer the questions, create a narrative paragraph(s) using the questions to direct your thinking.
  • Support you initial discussion with a professional nursing journal that is no more than 5 years old. 
  • The original posts must be at least 300 words in length
  • Discussion responses should demonstrate critical thinking skills and be thoughtful, promote, and respectful.
  • Posting should ask for clarification, challenge (respectfully) ideas, or describe a situation that illustrates the points being made. Simply agreeing or disagreeing with a post is not adequate
  • Worth 15 points / 5%
  • You are to write an obituary for yourself, family member or other person. If that is to uncomfortable for you, you can write one for a dear pet. Here are some ideas of things people include in obituaries. You can be as creative as you like. It should reflect who you or that person was in life.  
  1. Write an obituary (you can use yourself or make up a person)
    1. You might feel a little intimidated writing your own obit, and you would not be alone, writing about oneself is hard
    2. Think of it as a final letter youre writing to your family and friends
  2. What would you want written about you after your gone make sure theyre remembering you the way you want to be remembered.
  3. Write the story of your life figure out how you want to live your life
    1. What do you want your obituary to say about you and your life
  4. Be creative
    1. Mix seriousness with humor
  5. Include:
    1. Name and any nicknames you were called
    2. Age
    3. Dates (birthday / day of death and dates of any life changing events)
    4. Cause of death
    5. List of loved ones (spouse, children, other family members, friends)
    6. Details: education, work/occupation, degrees and/or awards, volunteering , military service
    7. Hobbies or special interest, trips
    8. Funeral arrangements
    9. Positivity: inspire and encourage others, send farewell to family and friends.