Based on your assigned readings and lecture materials this week, engage with your peers and me by initiating a thread or responding to another peer’s thread or one of my threads. You should post a minimum of three times.

• Is there something you are learning this week that you are excited about?
• Can you apply any of the concepts this week to the career you are interested in pursuing?
• Do you have any questions about the concepts you are learning this week?
• There is no minimum or maximum word count. You will be graded on the relevance of your post to the topic and the application of the concepts.
• When responding to your peers, you should extend, refute/correct, or add additional nuance to their posts. 
• All replies must be constructive and follow proper netiquette. Click here to go to the Academic Continuity Guide for Students and read the Course Communication Guidelines (Netiquette)Links to an external site..

1. What are the differences that may affect Cuban-American patients who immigrated at different times? 
2. What can a nurse do to make life in the hospital more culture-specific for an Amish client? 
3. List at least two etiological reasons for the development of alcoholism within an Irish-American family. 

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. 

• Please review the following Course Student Learning Outcomes (CSLOs): 

1. Recognize the interrelationships among theory, practice, and research (CLSO 1).
2. Explain basic features of the research and evidence-based practice processes including ethical principles (CSLO 2).
3. Appraise the credibility of sources of evidence, including but not limited to databases and Internet resources (CSLO 3).
4. Integrate clinical judgment, inter-professional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating outcomes of care (CSLO 4).
5. Summarize evidence from scholarly articles for incorporation into evidence-based practice (CSLO 5).

• In your discussion response, choose one course outcome and reflect on how you feel you have achieved the outcome based on the work completed in this course.  Supportive evidence is not required.