The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate the skills of the professional nurse as an educator. You are to prepare a guide that will serve as a handout to assist a specific patient that you identify.
Your guide or handout should help this patient find and evaluate a reliable mobile health or mHealth application (app) that is already developed. This may be related to his or her disease process or diagnosis or may be an app that can help a patient maintain or improve good health and prevent illness.
You will develop the guide using Microsoft PowerPoint. PowerPoint is a versatile application that lets you design slideshows and handouts. For this assignment you will be using PowerPoint to create a guide or handout that you may print and give to patients and families. You will be submitting this PowerPoint file to the Dropbox.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcome.
CO#1: Describe patient-care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient population. (PO#1)
CO#5: Identify patient care technologies information systems and communication devices that support safe nursing practice. (PO#5)
Points
This assignment is worth a total of 175 points.
Due Date
The Patient Education Technology Guide to a Mobile Health Application PowerPoint assignment is due at the end of Week 2. Submit your completed assignment to the Dropbox by Sunday; 11:59 p.m. MT. You may consult the Policies under the Course Home tab for details regarding late assignments. Late assignments will result in loss of points. Post questions about this assignment in the Q & A discussion.
Directions
Use Microsoft PowerPoint to create slides which will be the basis of the guide or handout. You are required to cite your source(s) as it relates to your application slide. Other citations are permitted but this is not a requirement for the assignment.
Title slide (first slide): Include a title slide with your name and title of the presentation.
Scenario Slide (one slide): This slide should include a brief scenario then identify a patient who is experiencing a specific disease process or diagnosis who would benefit from an already developed and reliable mHealth app. Or identify a person is currently healthy and would like to maintain or improve health and prevent illness. Be sure to include the nurses assessment of the patients learning needs and readiness to learn. Be specific.
Example:
Scenario for Ms. Ellis
Jane Doe (your name here)
Jennifer Ellis a 62-year-old African American who has been recently diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD). She has been prescribed several medications she must take every day.
The nephrologist has stressed the importance of leading a healthy life style to slow or stop the progression of CKD.
She is interested in ways in which she can better track her health and make healthier choices.
She is a high school graduate and iPhone user mostly to send text messages to family and friends.
She is eager to learn how to use an app that can help her manager her CKD.
Prepare the following slides as if you are presenting them to the patient.
mHealth Application Slide (one to three slides): Identify a developed and reliable mHealth app that could benefit the patient. Describe the app including its:
Name
Purpose
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