ASSIGNMENT HELP | You are organizing a Continuing Education (CE) event about your chosen healthcare policy topic.

The purpose of this assignment is to actively participate in the financial aspect of an event.  Many nurse leaders take an active role in providing continuing education for healthcare professionals. Organizing events such as this requires knowledge and understanding of budget development. 

This assignment is intended to allow you to show evidence of achievement of:

CLO 5:  Utilize principles of budgeting in program and project budgeting

Requirements

You are organizing a Continuing Education (CE) event about your chosen healthcare policy topic. The hospital will be financing the CE event but you will need to submit a budget for review. You will also need to submit the continuing education credit form, plan your advertising, and decide on food/drink, among other things.  As part of this assignment, you will complete the Continuing Education – Speaker Planning Form and develop a budget for the continuing education event (see Budget Template). 

1. Obtain and complete
   1. Continuing Education – Speaker Planning from
   1. Budget template
2. Provide a summary (0.5 to1 page) of your CE event including
   1. Topic
   1. Intended audience
   1. Venue
   1. The most challenging part of completing this assignment.
   1. At lease 1 “Ah-ha” moment during this assignment

Category (points possible)	Exceeds expectations	Meets expectations	Nearly meets expectations	Does not meet expectation	Score and comments
CE Speaker Planning form (15)	15	13.5	12	<12
Form is completed with great detail, fully developing the education topic	All identified sections on the form are completed, providing expected detail	All identified sections on the form are completed but lacking the expected details	The form was not fully completed – less than 80%.
Budget (15)	15	13.5	12	<12
Budget template was completed using realistic financial information	The budget template was completed adequately	The budget is missing key information	The budget template is less than 80% complete
Summary & Reflection Paper
Organization/ Structure (5)	5	4.5	4	<4
Writer demonstrates logical and subtle sequencing of ideas through well-developed paragraphs; transitions are used to enhance organization.	Writer demonstrates logical sequencing of ideas through well-developed paragraphs; transitions are typically used to enhance organization.	Logical organization; but some ideas are not fully or consistently developed. Transitions are awkward at times but the flow is adequately maintained.	No evidence of structure or organization. Ideas are not fully developed. Minimal use of transitions throughout the paper.
Body of Paper: Required content includes: Summarize your event including: ·         Topic ·         Intended audience ·         Venue ·         The most challenging part of completing this assignment. ·         At lease 1 “Ah-ha” moment during this assignment (15)	15	13.5	12	<12
All required content is thoughtfully and systematically developed and relevant with background and the current state of the clinical evidence.	Required content is thoughtfully and systematically developed with background and the current state of the clinical evidence.	Most required content is developed with background and the current state of the clinical evidence.	Much of required content is not developed and the state of clinical evidence is not addressed.
Mechanics/ Usage (5)	5	4.5	4	<4
No errors in punctuation, capitalization or spelling. No errors in sentence structure or word usage.	Few errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling, sentence structure or word usage which do not impact or distract from the content of the paper.	Several errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling, sentence structure, or word usage with minimal impact on or distraction from the content of the paper.	Numerous and errors in punctuation, capitalization, spelling, sentence structure, or word usage with significant impact on the content and detracts from the paper.
Total Points Possible: 55	Comments