Nursing during a pandemic around the globe

Yanelis Gomez

West Coast University

NURS 440

Professor Strawn

August 1, 2022

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Why The Topic Was Chosen

A pandemic is an outbreak of a disease worldwide (David et al., 2009). This topic was chosen because the world of nursing has changed immensely since the coronavirus pandemic hit in the year 2020. As a nursing student and soon to be new nurse, the way nursing is post-pandemic has impacted the nursing practice and it is important to address these changes.

How The Topic Impacts Nursing Practice

Healthcare workers are constantly exposed to a contagious disease

Constant PPE/Lack of resources

Visitor limitations

Short staffing

Burn out

Increased patient to nurse ratio

Increased mortality/morbidity

(Chan, et al., 2021)

Explain how the topic will impact your role as a nurse in nursing workforce or clinical setting.

Current Relevance

Directly impacted the healthcare field

Nursing education

Childcare

Increased anxiety/stress

Depression

Explain what makes this topic relevant to nursing. Why should nurses care about this issue?

Current Relevance (Cont’d)

1. Provide a critical analysis supported by evidence based practice that is credible and timely (i.e. data, graph, research, statistics).

Clinical Practice Integration

How your topic is integrated and used in clinical practice

Explain how the topic will be integrated and used in clinical practice

Plan for Lobbying

1. Describe in detail what and how you would lobby your legislators or local government for funding to support your topic.

(will you write a letter, social media, etc. include main points you will present to persuade funding)

2. What current or proposed legislation already exists that pertains to your topic?

Describe your plan on how you would lobby your legislators or local government for funding and support for your chosen issue/trend.

Plan for Lobbying (Cont’d)

Make insightful, clear and accurate connections to importance of

lobbying legislators & government

Conclusion

Show insight and comprehensive solutions/conclusions regarding your chosen topic

Summarize the key points

References

Remember to:

Include at least 4-5 research articles (Use WCU Online Library)

References need to be within the last 5 years

Do not include: blogs, chats, other universities, Wikipedia

Follow APA style

Include minimum 4-5 peer reviewed research articles as references in the presentation.

All articles must be within 5 years from today’s date.

No blog, chat, wikipedia, or other university information is allowed in presentation.

Directions for Submitting your Powerpoint

Open your PPT and go to “file” in top left corner.

Click “print” option. Make sure “print all slides” and “print slides with notes” is selected.

Go to “Save As” on the left hand side and be sure you save as a PDF.

Under your save as selection, click “more options”. Select the “Options” button and click the “Publish What” pull-down and then select “Notes Pages.” (If you click slides it will not show the speaker notes)

Click “OK.”

Complete your selection process by checking “Open file after publishing” and selecting the “Optimize for: ‘Standard’ and ‘Minimum Size’” choices.

Click on “Save” next to the “Tools” button at the bottom of the box.