Select a nurse theorist and write a paper describing the background of the theorist, the theory, and its application to nursing practice. The paper should address the following: 

1. Describe the background of the nurse theorist and the various social and professional issues that influenced the development of the theory. 

2. Identify the major concepts and relational statement of the nursing theory. Concepts common to most nursing theories include: Person, health, nursing, and environment. 

3. Describe the assumptions made by the nurse theorist. To what extent are these assumptions compatible with your personal philosophy of nursing? 

4. Apply the theory to a clinical situation and describe how its use will improve nursing care or influence the way care is given. 

The paper must be typed in APA format with a minimum of 1000 words (excluding first and references page) with a minimum of 4 evidence-based references using the required Arial 12 font. Follow the APA example paper under the folder APA tools. Make sure references are used according to APA guidelines and electronic references must be from reliable sources such as CDC. 

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Question- Discussion post

Bad Speech Analysis

Instructions:

Watch the video then evaluate the speech by addressing the following: 

• Audience: What was the speaker’s target audience? How do you know?
• Introduction: Identify the speaker’s attention-getter, topic, and thesis. Did the attention-getter grab your interest? Why or why not? What was the speaker’s thesis or central idea? 
• Body: What pattern of the organization did the speaker use? What types of persuasion did the speaker use? Were they effective? Why or why not? 
• Conclusion: Did the speaker end strongly? Why or why not?  
• Presentation Aids: How did the speaker use presentation aids? 
• Delivery: Was the delivery of the speech effective? Why or why not?

Bad Public Speaking Example 1

 Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format. 

Peer Response

Bad Speech Analysis

Instructions:

Please post 1 peer response.

In the response post, include the following:

• What suggestions would you offer the speaker to strengthen the speech?
• What advice would you give the speaker?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

References:

XCELatBinghamton. (2009, January 7). Bad public speaking example 1 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc2OP1OMCRE