Assignment 6.1: Prepare a Persuasive Speech

Prepare a Persuasive Speech

Objective

Prepare a persuasive speech

Assignment Overview

In this writing assignment you will review the process used to select a topic and determine the specific purpose and main points for a persuasive speech.

Deliverables

A one-page (250-word) paper and outline

Step 1 Select a topic.

Choose a topic that fits into one of the categories of persuasive speeches that was highlighted in the lesson.

Step 2 Review lesson information.

Review the information in Lesson 4 of the course about creating a specific purpose statement and thesis, deriving a question based on the thesis, and using the question to determine the main points to cover in the speech. 

Step 3 Provide information about your topic.

In a document, determine and enter the following information about your topic:

• Description of the audience for your speech (you get to define your audience.)
• Topic
• Specific purpose
• Thesis
• Question based on thesis
• Three to five main points

Step 4 Select a pattern.

Based on your knowledge of patterns of organizing speech information, select a pattern of organization to use to create an outline for your speech.

Step 5 Depending on the pattern of speech you chose, open the corresponding outline template document.

To locate the template outlines available on the MySpeechLab website:

Access MySpeechLab
Scroll through the list of template outlines to locate the one you wish to use.
Copy the template outline and paste it into your word processing document.

Step 6 Enter the following information about your persuasive speech.

• State the organization pattern you’ve chosen
• Description of the audience for your speech (you get to define your audience.)
• Topic
• Specific purpose
• Thesis
• Question based on thesis
• Three to five main points

Step 7 Create an outline.

Using the template, create a full-sentence, preparation outline for your speech. Follow the guidelines presented in the lesson for using a consistent set of symbols, using full, declarative sentences, and entering transitions within square brackets.

  

Health Informatics is an applied field of study incorporating theories from information science; computer science; the science for the specific discipline, such as medicine, nursing, or pharmacy; and the wide range of sciences used in the healthcare delivery. As a result, health informatics specialists draw on a wide range of theories to guide their practice. 

Please relate these theories to a current topic (practices, policies, and/or regulations) in healthcare informatics1: 

1. Learning Theories 

· Behavioral Theories 

· Information Processing, or Cognitive Learning, Theories 

· Adult Learning Theories 

· Learning Styles 

 

For this Discussion, you will select an interactive media piece to practice decision making when treating patients with psychological disorders. You will recommend the most effective pharmacotherapeutic to treat the psychological disorder presented and examine potential impacts of pharmacotherapeutics on a patient’s pathophysiology.

To Prepare

• Review this week’s interactive media pieces and select one to focus on for this Discussion.
• Reflect on the decision steps in the interactive media pieces, and consider the potential impacts from the administration of the associated pharmacotherapeutics on the patient’s pathophysiology.

By Day 3 of Week 8

Post a brief explanation of the psychological disorder presented and the decision steps you applied in completing the interactive media piece for the psychological disorder you selected. Then, explain how the administration of the associated pharmacotherapeutics you recommended may impact the patient’s pathophysiology. How might these potential impacts inform how you would suggest treatment plans for this patient? Be specific and provide examples.

http://cdnfiles.laureate.net/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6521/05/mm/decision_trees/week_03/index.html

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ZERO PLAGIARISM

FOUR REFERENCES NOT MORE THAN 5 YEARS

 

Write an 800 words APA paper including the importance of the following assessments:

Provide a succinctly explanation of each of the following assessments and why it so importance to nurses within the context of your nursing practice:

1.  Assessing violence, culture, spirituality and religious practices, and nutritional Status.

2.  Make sure you mentioned each one of the assessment

3.  Follow your rubric criteria when completing your written assignment.

4.  Provide at least two APA peer reviewed references.

You will become the subject matter expert by conducting research based on your chosen title/topic and then reporting your findings in a potentially publishable manuscript. You do not have to seek approval for your topic. Choose any health/healthcare related topic of your choice that you feel is a significant problem within the United States. 

 Findings: Briefly introduce your research topic. While this may seem redundant at each section, it is important to remind the reader at the beginning of each section. 

The following section will discuss the limitations, use and applications of findings, and recommendations of the research. This section requires one paragraph in length. Limitations Discuss the limitations of your study. Do not leave this paragraph empty; there are always limitations (e.g. time, funding, scope, etc.). This section requires one paragraph in length. Use and Application of Findings Summarize your findings from your research. (For example: The use and application of these findings may contribute to…by….). This section requires one paragraphs in length. There should be at least 3 recommendations (each a separate paragraph). 

Recommendation 1: Thinking outside the box, think of what recommendations you can make to improve the problem you have identified previously. Elaborate why your recommendation is appropriate. This section requires one paragraph in length. 

Recommendation 2: Thinking outside the box, think of what recommendations you can make to improve the problem you have identified previously. Elaborate why your recommendation is appropriate. . This section requires one paragraph in length. 

Recommendation 3: Thinking outside the box, think of what recommendations you can make to improve the problem you have identified previously. Elaborate why your recommendation is appropriate. . This section requires one paragraph in length. 

Conclusion Summarize your research study/topic here. Your conclusion may end up being a few pages, depending on the length of your research. This section requires a minimum of two paragraph in length. References Remember that any reference in your reference list must be present in your paper in the form of a citation (Author, year). Likewise, any citation in your paper must be present in your reference list. Refer to your APA Handbook 6th edition for more detailed information on developing a reference list. For your Assignment 4 you need a minimum of Four (4) scholarly references. 

For each written assignment make sure you address all required instructions/criteria as noted within each assignment located within the assignment instructions/grading rubric.

There’s no specific amount of pages and or word count for each assignment. Address all questions presented and if the instructions/criteria states a paragraph make sure your paragraphs consist of  minimum of five complete sentences.