Overview of Assignment

Please take a moment to watch this Assignment Introduction, or read the presentation transcript.

Directions

Within your group, you will work to create a WebQuest. A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented assignment. Look at sample WebQuests (search online) to see how creative you can be. The format is divided into sections or independent pages. Think of each section as a section on a paper.

For your WebQuest presentation, you will choose a problem that is a public policy issue. (Nursing Shortage) You will define the health care problem.

You may be working in a certain clinical area and may see a need for more research or alternatives to treatment options. The problem may be a professional problem that you as an advance practice nurse are encountering in terms of autonomy or reimbursement for your services.

It could be a workplace safety issue or a management issue. It could be a general societal problem that needs to be brought to the attention of the legislators.

Your WebQuest Presentation:

Most of the information for your WebQuest will come from the Web. However, you are expected to use the Library to supplement the information that you find on the Web.

You must also use a minimum of three graphics or images to illustrate your points. The graphics can go on any of the pages in the WebQuest and you can use more if you like. The graphics do not substitute for the text that is to explain each section.

You are expected to use analysis in each of the sections and provide details and explanations in each area. The Web resources are to validate what your position or argument is.

You will use this WebQuest PowerPoint template to build your WebQuest. Before you begin your work however, watch this video to learn how to edit the template to create your unique WebQuest.

Movenote Presentation

In one section of your WebQuest, you will include a link to a Movenote presentation that you create. Movenote is an online tool that allows you to combine slides (e.g., PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Prezi slides) and video, displayed as an inset.

The video will be of you, on camera, as you narrate. In this way, you can combine the two, presenting your ideas in video as you display your slides. Be sure to review How to Use Movenote for Your Assignment Presentation before you begin.

In your Movenote presentation, you will give a 5-minute talk with slides, as if you were speaking at a press conference delivering your message to a politician or to the community as a whole about what you have identified as the problem.

Your presentation should explain why your identified problem needs to be addressed.

The following should be incorporated in your WebQuest:

The health care problem/public policy issue

A link to your Movenote presentation

A transcript of the Movenote presentation

What the government's response to this problem has been previously (i.e., what has been done in terms of laws, rules, regulations, or programs; if the issue has never been addressed, you will discuss what needs to be done)

Your assessment of the legislative and policy-making strategies that influence health care services

Your proposed bill, either on the state or federal level, advancing your proposed change

Why these changes are important and a discussion of what opportunities nurses have to become involved in the design of this program

Your advice on how the program can be implemented

A summary of the Project

The credits page

To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

Assignment Requirements:

Before finalizing your work, you should:

be sure to read the Assignment description carefully (as displayed above);

consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Resources) to make sure you have included everything necessary; and

utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors.

Assignment Introduction

As an advance practice nurse, this is an exciting time. In this Assignment, you will create a Web quest. In the beginning of Week 9, you will submit the work that you have done on the quest for your instructor and other  students to look at for review and comments from your instructor. In Week 4, you will submit the topic forinstructor approval.

In Unit 4, you will submit the topic in a third Discussion Board for your instructor to approve the topic. In Unit 9, you will complete the completed Project. Your quest is to choose a public policy issue. The issue could be something that you have identified that needs to be addressed by politicians. It could be something that needs legislation, creation of a statute, or a change in a law.

It could be relating to a clinical area where you see a need for research or alternative treatment options. It could be a professional problem that you, as an advance practice nurse, are encountering. It could be in terms of autonomy or reimbursement for your services. It also could be a workplace safety issue or management issue. It could be a general societal problem.

After determining the problem, you will create a Movenote podcast. Movenote is a podcast in which you can use a PowerPoint or a Prezi or other graphics. A Prezi is another form of presentation software similar to a PowerPoint. The purpose of the presentation is to get your argument across to politicians or the community.

You will use your advocacy skills to deliver this presentation. It should be convincing and get the attention of politicians and the community as to why the change you are proposing is needed. The next section of your Web quest will be the government's response to the problem. If there are issues that have never been addressed, then you will address what needs to be done.

The next section is policy-making strategies. You will outline what strategies you will use to influence health care services. In the next section, you will propose a bill for either the state or federal level and advance your proposed change.

There will be a section where you can advocate why the changes are important and discuss what opportunities the nurses have to become involved. In the next section, you will discuss how the programs can be implemented and then you will do a summary and a credits page.

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