1. Topic: The prevalence and impact of substance abuse among nurses (impaired nursing)
  2. PPT Presentation will have 8-10 slides, NOT including the title and reference slides. You will also need to include graphics to make your slides interesting.
  3. You are to create bullet points for each slide, not including the title and reference slides. Include speaker notes for each slide by including 4-5 sentences to address the bulleted items on each slide. Please follow APA style and include citations in your speaker notes.
  4. Including a minimum of 4-5 peer research articles as references in the presentation. All research articles need to be within 5 years from today’s date. No blog, chat, other universities, or Wikipedia information is allowed in the presentation.  The PowerPoint presentation must follow APA style. 
  5. Describe in detail your plan for how you would lobby your legislators or local government for funding and support for your chosen current issue or trend. 
  6. Include the following elements in your presentation:
    1. How will the topic impact your role as a nurse in nursing workforce or clinical setting?
    2. Current relevance of the topic
    3. How your topic is integrated and used in clinical practice

***ATTACHED IS THE PPT TEMPLATE AND GUIDELINES FOR THE PRESENTATION***

Add your title here
remember to use some color or images to make it interesting

Lobbying government for funding to support my topic

How will I lobby? In person, email, handwritten letter or by other means?

How will I convince the legislature?

Why is this important?

Speaker notes:

In this area write the actual narrative (short paragraph) of what you would say and how you would present this information to the class. The speaker notes should be 4-5 sentences in length. In your speaker notes you should address all of the above bullet points

Lobbying Government for funding continued

Who will this funding benefit and how?

Present validating evidence or data that supports your request

Speaker notes here: 4-5 sentences address the above bullets

Lobbying Government continued

How does political skill play a part in my ability to be effective in my request?

What is the outcome I am hoping for?

Speaker notes: address the above bullets 4-5 sentences

Current Relevance of Topic

How is your topic relevant in today’s nursing or health care world?

How is your topic connected to other nursing or healthcare topics in a way that makes it useful?

Speaker notes: 4-5 sentences address to above bullets

How will your topic impact your role as a nurse or the nursing workforce in general?

What impact or influences does your topic have?

List positive influences/impacts of your topic

Speaker notes: 4-5 sentences address the above bullets

How will your topic impact your role as a nurse or the nursing workforce in general?
(continued)

Speaker notes: address the above bullet in 4-5 sentences

How is my topic integrated/used in the clinical setting?

Provide a detailed example of how your topic is used in the clinical setting

Speaker note: 4-5 sentences addressing the above bullet

How is my topic integrated/used in the clinical setting?

How does your topic integrate or work in conjunction with other areas of nursing or the health care team?

Speaker notes: 4-5 sentences addressing the above bullet

Conclusion

Write a brief conclusion or summary of your presentation hitting the highlights of the main message you want to get across to your audience.

Speaker notes: 4-5 sentences addressing the above bullet

List References Here:

Or you may use an additional slide if needed for space.