Category: Nursing

Purpose:

To connect course concepts to real-world practice by interviewing a Womens Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) and creatively presenting insights about professional roles, leadership, advocacy, and lifelong learning.

Students will conduct a brief professional interview with a practicing WHNP and then create a 57 minute creative presentation highlighting what they learned about the NPs role and professional journey.

This is designed as a peer-learning showcase each presentation introduces the class to a different WHNP pathway.

By completing this assignment, students will be able to:

• Describe real-world WHNP roles and practice settings
• Analyze professional engagement through leadership and organizations
• Reflect on advocacy for lifelong learning and career development
• Compare diverse WHNP career trajectories
• Articulate their own emerging professional identity

Students must address the following during their interview:

• Role(s) as a Nurse Practitioner
• Practice setting(s)
• Patient populations
• Scope of practice
• Typical day or responsibilities
• Advocacy for Lifelong Learning
• Continuing education strategies
• Certifications or specialty training
• Mentorship (giving or receiving)
• Professional Engagement
• Membership in nursing or professional organizations
• Conference participation, committees, or boards
• Leadership
• Formal or informal leadership roles
• Community involvement
• Quality improvement, education, or advocacy initiatives

(Students may add additional questions of interest.)

Presentation Options (Choose One)

Students may select one of the following formats:

Option 1: Practitioner Spotlight (Mini-TED Style)

A 57 minute presentation introducing the WHNP as if they were a guest speaker:

• Who they are
• What they do
• What inspires them
• Key lessons for future WHNPs

Slides optional.

Option 2: Career Journey Map

Create a visual career map showing:

• Education pathway
• Career milestones
• Leadership moments
• Professional involvement
• Advice for students

Can be presented via slides, infographic, or digital poster.

Option 3: Day in the Life

Present a narrative walkthrough of a typical workday:

• Clinical responsibilities
• Interprofessional collaboration
• Leadership moments
• Learning activities

Include at least 3 direct quotes from the NP.

Option 4: Professional Trading Card

Create one WHNP Trading Card slide including:

• Practice setting
• Superpowers (skills)
• Leadership stats
• Professional affiliations
• Career advice

Then give a short oral explanation.

Presentation Requirements

All presentations must include:

Practice setting and role

Examples of leadership and professional engagement

Lifelong learning strategies

One key takeaway for your own career

One direct quote from the NP

57 minutes total

Reflection Component (Submitted Separately 1 page)

Students will submit a brief written reflection answering:

• What surprised you most from this interview?
• How does this WHNP model professional engagement?
• What leadership qualities stood out?
• How did this influence your own career goals?
• One concrete action you plan to take this year toward professional growth.

Introduction

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, understanding the unique needs and experiences of special population groups is paramount. Nurses must understand the values, needs, and challenges that special populations face in obtaining equitable and quality care. As nurses, you will explore strategies for providing equitable and inclusive care for diverse populations. By delving into these topics, you will gain a deeper understanding of your crucial role in bridging cultural gaps and working towards positive health outcomes for all.

Instructions

• The purpose of this assessment is to enhance your understanding of the unique healthcare needs of special population groups and to develop your skills in providing culturally competent nursing care. You will research and present on a specific special population group, exploring their cultural values, healthcare disparities, and strategies for providing culturally sensitive care.
• Choose one of the following special population groups for your presentation:
• LGBTQ+.
• Homeless or housing insecure individuals. (Preferred)
• Incarcerated individuals.
• Disabled veterans.
• Racial and/or cultural minorities.
• To complete your presentation, do the following:
• Include the following elements in your PowerPoint presentation:
• Introduction to the special population group.
• Cultural values and beliefs relevant to healthcare.
• Healthcare disparities faced by the special population group.
• Strategies for providing culturally competent nursing care.
• Case studies or personal narratives that illustrate the application of culturally competent care.
• Resources for further learning.
• Provide an APA formatted reference slide(s) at the end of your PowerPoint.
• Create the script of what you will be saying in the speakers notes of your PowerPoint.

Your presentation will be graded using the following criteria:

• Accuracy and depth of content: Explain the characteristics of a chosen special population group and their healthcare needs.
• Make sure you cover relevant cultural values, beliefs, special considerations, and healthcare disparities.
• Support your explanation with evidence from professional or other expert sources.
• Application of culturally competent care strategies: Present concrete examples and practical strategies for providing culturally sensitive nursing care to you chosen special population.
• Support this part of your presentation with evidence or personal experiences.
• Make sure you are making explicit connections between the strategies and the cultural values or health disparities they are trying to address.
• Culturally sensitive approach: Present information in a respectful and unbiased manner, recognizing the diversity within the special population group.
• Make sure that you focus on unbiased and respectful language.
• Ask yourself, how am I demonstrating that there is diversity within the special population group?
• Ask yourself, how am I demonstrating the value for equitable and inclusive care for this group?
• Effective communication and speaker’s notes: Presents information clearly and concisely, using appropriate visual aids and language. Speaker notes are clear and written in complete sentences.
• Remember, your speaker’s notes should reflect what you are saying when you record your presentation.
• Overall organization, adherence to presentation requirements, and APA style: Presentation is well-organized, adheres to the specified length, and follows APA style for in-text citations and reference list.
• Remember, your presentation, once recorded should be at least 5 minutes, but no more than 10 minutes.
• Make sure you remember to use APA style in-text citations where relevant and include an APA style reference slide at the end of your PowerPoint.

Requirements

• Number of references: A minimum of 5 scholarly or professional best-practice sources from the last five years.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 3: Educate individuals on prevention and management of health conditions, across the life span and including special populations, based on pathophysiology, pharmacology, and physical assessment knowledge.
• Explain the characteristics of a chosen special population group and their healthcare needs.
• Present concrete examples and practical strategies for providing culturally sensitive nursing care. to a chosen special population.
• Present information in a respectful and unbiased manner, recognizing the diversity within the special population group.
• Competency 5: Apply scholarly writing standards to communicate evidence based strategies that support safe and effective patient care.
• Present information clearly and concisely, using appropriate visual aids and language. Speaker notes are provided.
• Presentation is well-organized, adheres to the specified length, and follows APA style for in-text citations and reference list.

Create an 8-12 slide PowerPoint presentation for one or more stakeholder or leadership groups to generate interest and buy-in for the plan proposal you developed for the third assessment.

Introduction

Knowing who to include in your project plan presentation is important. Is your plan focused on an organization, a patient population, or a community? The purpose of the project will guide identification of the population. Who are the stakeholders? Are they patients? Health and human services providers, government officials, influencers, workers whose jobs are impacted by the proposed plan? Community activists? Or affected local businesses? (Harris et al., 2023). These are all important considerations as you plan your presentation for stakeholders.

Reference

Harris, J. L., Roussel, L. A., Dearman, C., & Thomas, P. (2023). Project planning and management: A guide for nurses and interprofessional teams (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Professional Context

This assessment is an opportunity to sharpen your ability to create a professional presentation for stakeholders. By using this presentation, the stakeholders will have tools to expand on these ideas in their workplace, and to drive change and improve processes to solve an interprofessional collaboration problem.

Overview

In addition to summarizing the key points of your previous assessments, you will be providing relevant stakeholders with an overview of project specifics, including how success will be measured. Because you will not execute the project, there will be no results to complete; however, by carefully examining the ways in which your plan could be carried out and evaluated, you will experience the thinking required.

When creating your PowerPoint, keep in mind the target audience: the stakeholders at your interviewee’s organization. The overall goal is to create an educational, persuasive presentation that your interviewee could present to his or her organization.

Instructions

Be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you know what is needed for a distinguished score.

Explain an organizational or patient issue for which a collaborative interdisciplinary team approach would help achieve a specific improvement goal.

Summarize an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to address an organizational or patient issue.

Explain how the interdisciplinary plan could be implemented and how the human and financial resources would be managed.

Propose evidence-based criteria that could be used to evaluate the degree to which the project was successful in achieving the improvement goal.

Produce slides that are easy to read and error free. Detailed speaker notes are provided.

Organize content with clear purpose/goals and with relevant and evidence-based sources (published within 5 years) with an APA formatted reference list with few errors.

There are various ways to structure your presentation; following is one example:

Part 1: Organizational or Patient Issue.

o What is the issue that you are trying to solve or improve?

o Why should the audience care about solving it?

Part 2: Relevance of an Interdisciplinary Team Approach.

o Why is using an interdisciplinary team relevant, or the best approach, to addressing the issue?

o How will it help to achieve improved outcomes or reach a goal?

Part 3: Interdisciplinary Plan Summary.

o What is the objective?

o How likely is it to work?

o What will the interdisciplinary team do?

Part 4: Implementation and Resource Management.

o How could the plan be implemented to ensure effective use of resources?

o How could the plan be managed to ensure that resources were not wasted?

o How does the plan justify the resource expenditure?

Part 5: Evaluation.

o What would a successful outcome of the project look like?

o What are the criteria that could be used to measure that success?

How could this be used to show the degree of success?

Again, keep in mind that your audience for this presentation is a specific group (or groups) at your interviewee’s organization, and tailor your language and messaging accordingly. Remember, also, that another person will ultimately be giving the presentation. Include thorough speakers notes that flesh out the bullet points on each slide.

Additional Requirements

Number of slides: Plan on using one or two slides for each part of your presentation as needed, so the content of your presentation will be 812 slides in length. Remember that slides should contain concise talking points, and you will use presenter’s notes to go into detail. Be sure to include a reference slide as the last slide of your presentation.

Number of references: Cite a minimum of three sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than 5 years old. APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations on your slides and notes pages, and your reference list are in current APA style.

Find the best answer to each question based on your Gray and Grove (2021) assigned readings and on what you have read in the instructor assigned research article. Some of the questions in the appraisal assignment below will seem unfamiliar to you. Look up key terms from the questions in your textbook. Some examples of these terms might be problem statements, hypotheses, or variables. You can also look in Chapter 18 for an example of a critical appraisal of a quantitative research article. Keep the questions on the template and type your answers for this assignment onto the template using the paper guideline found below. Leave the questions in your assignment and answer them accordingly. Do not write as a paper. Use complete sentences and correct grammar. NO QUOTES ARE ALLOWED IN THIS ASSIGNMENT as this is to be your appraisal of the content. Refer to APA to assist you. Answer every question.

Using the as part of the STEADI program, perform a Fall Risk Assessment on one patient from your clinical rotation. Please address functional assessment and medication review including potentially inappropriate medications for this age group, alternative and complementary therapies including nonpharmacologic strategies for fall prevention and pain management, strength gait and balance training, and patient education.

Prepare a reflective journal about your experience in the assessment and management recommendations for your patient. Reflective writing includes several different components: description, analysis, interpretation, evaluation, and future application. Reflective writers must weave their personal perspectives with evidence of deep, critical thought as they make connections between theory, practice, and learning.

How to Submit Your Work:

When you are ready to submit your assignment, select the unit Dropbox then attach your file. Make sure to save a copy of the assignment you submit.

Instructions

This assignment will challenge you to empathize with and understand the emotional, physical, and social aspects of aging. Through experiential activities, research, and reflection, you will explore the lived experiences of older adults and develop insights into the aging process.

• Choose TWO activities from the list below. Engage in each activity for a MINIMUM of 30 minutes.
• Find a scholarly article about EACH activity you use
• Create a PowerPoint presentation with audio and video using PANOPTO.
• You MUST upload 2 documents…your PANOPTO presentation (which includes your PPT slides) AND separately, just the PPT slides
• OPTIONS:
• Reduced Vision Simulation: Wear glasses smeared with petroleum jelly or lenses that distort vision to simulate conditions like cataracts or macular degeneration.
• Hearing Loss Simulation: Use earplugs or sound-muffling headphones to experience the challenges of hearing impairment.
• Limited Mobility: Use joint braces, weights on limbs, or crutches to replicate reduced mobility and joint stiffness.
• Loss of Dexterity: Wear thick gloves while trying to perform fine motor tasks, such as buttoning a shirt or picking up small objects.
• Balance Impairment: Wear uneven footwear or stand on a soft surface to understand balance difficulties.
• Digital Barriers: Try to navigate unfamiliar technology or use apps/devices with small fonts to mimic the challenges older adults face with modern tech.
• Dependence Exercise: Have someone restrict your movements or limit your choices for a set period to understand the loss of independence.
• Attempt grocery shopping using public transportation or crossing the street while wearing vision-distorting glasses or mobility aids.

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION:

Slide 1: Describe 1 of the activities you experienced. What did you do? How did you accomplish this? Location? Duration? (7%)

Slide 2: Find an article on this subject. Summarize the findings. Include the complete citation on the slide in APA format. (25%)

Slide 3: How did these challenges affect your ability to complete tasks? How did it feel to rely on others for assistance? Your impressions about what it must be like to live with the limitation you experienced (7%)

Slide 4: What changes can society or individuals make to better support older adults with the activity you tried? (7%)

Slide 5: Describe the 2nd activity you experienced. What did you do? How did you accomplish this? Location? Duration? (7%)

Slide 6: Find an article on this subject. Summarize the findings. Include the complete citation on the slide in APA format. (25%)

Slide 7: How did these challenges affect your ability to complete tasks? & How did it feel to rely on others for assistance? Your impressions about what it must be like to live with the limitation you experienced. (7%)

Slide 8: What changes can society or individuals make to better support older adults with the activity you tried? (7%)

Grammar, Spelling, adherence to assignment guidelines and quality of the video and audio presentation (8%)

Reference has to be 5 years old

NO AI FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT

SIMPLE WORDING TO COMPLETE ASSIGNMENT

8 SLIDES OF WORK NOT INCLUDING THE TITLE AND REFERENCE PAGE PLEASE

share references and text citations

For this assignment, select a specific program and course within a DNP or Ph.D. curriculum and create a PowerPoint based on the bullet points listed below. Be sure to answer all the questions/bullet points completely. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. * How do the program outcomes and course learning objectives align with the Standards of Accreditation for the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), and the National League for Nursing (NLN) Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA)? * How do the program and course align with the AACN Essentials? * Summarize the learning outcomes for the program and course. Are they current, pertinent, and relevant for contemporary nursing? * How do the program and course align with the university’s mission, vision, and values? * What is the underlying philosophy of the program and course? * Would you recommend this program and course to your colleagues and peers? Why or Why not? The following specifications are required for this assignment: * Length: 15-17 slides; answers must thoroughly address the questions clearly and concisely. * Structure: * Title (1 slide) * Objectives (1 slide) * Alignment with accreditation details needed (3-5 slides) * Alignment to AACN Essentials details needed (3-5 slides) * Program and course learning outcomes details needed (2 slides) * Alignment of mission, vision, values, and philosophy details needed (2-3 slides) * Rationale for the recommendation (2 -3 slides) * Reference(s) (minimum 1 slide) * Additionally, a good presentation with few words on the slides includes a script with the verbiage you would say when presenting; the script should be a minimum of 50 words per slide. Provide speaker notes to enhance content. * References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims. * Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft PowerPoint document and a Word document (.pptx) and (.doc or .docx) or Open Office Impress. * File Name: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the module number (for example, RHall Module1.pptx)