Policymaker Electronic Presentation

Guidelines and Grading Rubric

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to: (a) identify and reflect upon key concepts related to your policymaker visit (CO #3); (b) provide empirical evidence to support new insights gained regarding your policy issue and the policymaking process (CO #6); and (c) present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner (CO #3).

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

(CO#1) Analyze application of theories to the development of policies that affect nursing and health care. (PO 9, 10)

 

(CO#3) Communicate with policymakers to advocate for effective policies that affect nurses and nursing, consumers, or the health care system. (PO 2, 3, 10)

 

(CO#6) Investigate the interrelationship between policy decisions and evidence-based practice. (PO 4, 7 10)

Due Date:  Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 7

Total Points: 275 points

Requirements

Assignment Criteria for Presentation

1. Describe your visit/presentation, including any PowerPoint presentation materials that you utilized during your policymaker visit. Limit these slides to five slides in this project (of the 15 total slides). This includes any handouts that you left with the policymaker.
2. Discuss the response of the policymaker to your message/ask/recommendation(s).
3. Reflect on the process, follow-up plans, insights gained about the issue and process, and support with evidence.
4. Describe possible future opportunities as a result of this meeting and their importance to nursing.
5. Provide concluding statements summarizing the content.
6. Develop a 15-slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes in APA format, not including title and reference slides. Write speaker notes sufficient enough to enable someone to take over or give the presentation other than you.

Preparing the Presentation

After completing Policymaker Visit Ungraded Worksheet 3, develop an electronic presentation to describe, analyze, and reflect upon your policymaking visit. Include 5 slides from the PowerPoint presentation that you would have used during an actual policymaker visit. Include a minimum of five (5) classic or current references within the past 5 years that specifically support insights gained regarding your policy issue and the policymaking process

Category	Points	%	Description
Visit Description	50	18	Clearly describes the policymaking visit/presentation (includes no more than 5 slides from actual presentation)
Policymaker Response	50	18	Slides and speaker notes discuss responses of policymaker to your message/ask/recommendation(s).
Reflections on Process	50	18	Reflections on process (including supportive evidence), follow-up, and insights gained (issue and process) are clearly described in slide and speaker notes.
Future Opportunities	50	18	Describe possible future opportunities as a result of this meeting/presentation and their importance to nursing.
Conclusions	45	16	Concluding statements summarize content.
APA format	15	6	Slides, speaker notes, and references are completely consistent with APA format.
Presentation/Writing	15	6	Slide and speaker notes content are accurate. Presentation slides are professional in appearance and tone. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work. Balance among space, words/graphics, and color is effective.
Total	275	100	A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.

GRAding

Visit Description 50–46 Points 45–42 Points 41–38 Points 37–0 Points
Clearly describes the policymaking visit/presentation (includes actual presentation) Description of visit/presentation has rare inaccuracy.
Description of visit/presentation lacks occasional important element or specificity. Description of visit/presentation has multiple instances of inaccuracies or is not addressed.
Policymaker Response 50–46 Points 45–42 Points 41–38 Points 37–0 Points
Slides and speaker notes discuss response of policymaker to your message/ask/recommendation(s) and is clearly articulated. Slides and speaker notes discussing policymaker response has rare inaccuracy. Slides and speaker notes discussing policymaker response occasionally inaccurate or lacks occasional important elements or specificity. Slides and speaker notes discussing policymaker response has multiple inaccuracies or lacks sufficient level of detail.
Reflections on Process 50–46 Points 45–42 Points 41–38 Points 37–0 Points
Reflections on process (including supportive evidence), follow-up, and insights gained (issue and process) are clearly described in slide and speaker notes. Reflection on process, supportive evidence, follow-up, and insights gained has rare inaccuracy within slides and speaker notes. Occasionally inaccurate within slides and speaker notes or lacks occasional important elements or specificity. Reflection on process, evidence, follow-up, and insights is inaccurate within slides and speaker notes or lacks sufficient detail.

Future Opportunities 50–46 Points 45–42 Points 41–38 Points 37–0 Points
Clearly describes possible future opportunities as a result of this meeting and their importance to nursing. Describes possible future opportunities as a result of this meeting and their importance to nursing with further detail or clarity needed. Describes possible future opportunities as a result of this meeting and their importance to nursing with need for further detail or clarity. Does not describe possible future opportunities as a result of this meeting and their importance to nursing.
Conclusion
45–41 Points 40–38 Points 37–34 Points 33–0 Points
Concluding statements summarize content in a clear and articulated manner.
Concluding statements summarizing content have rare inaccuracy or lack of minor details/clarity. Concluding statements lack occasional important element or specificity. Concluding statements have multiple instances of inaccuracies or little detail.
Content Subtotal _____of 245 points
Format
Possible Points = 30 Points
APA format 15-14 Points 13 Points 12-11 Points 10-0 Points
Slides, speaker notes, and references are completely are free from APA errors throughout. There are 1–2 APA format errors. There are 3–4 APA format errors. There are 5 or more APA format errors.

Presentation/Writing
15-14 Points 13 Points 12-11 Points 10-0 Points
Slide and speaker notes content are accurate. Presentation slides are professional in appearance and tone. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work. Balance among space, words/graphics, and color is effective. Presentations slides are professional in appearance and tone with rare exceptions. Slides are + 1 of required number. Speaker notes contain presentation content with rare repetition of slides. Speaker notes lack minor detail or clarity. Presentation slides are professional in appearance and tone with occasional areas needing improvements in style. Slides are + 2 of required number. Speaker notes contain presentation content with occasional repetition of slides. Speaker notes lack detail or clarity.
Most presentation slides are not professional in appearance and tone with numerous areas needing improvements in style. Slides are + 3 of required number. Speaker notes contain presentation content with multiple repetitions of slides or lack significant detail.

Format Subtotal _____of 30 points
Total Points _____of 275 points