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Review literature regarding issues or concerns within your selected nurse practitioner specialty- (Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner)

Select a theory or theoretical model which is relevant to your nurse practitioner specialty and would offer a meaningful context for evidence-based practice surrounding the issue or concern which you identified.

  1. In a PowerPoint Presentation, address the following.
    1. Introduction to the presentation
    2. Identify and describe a theory or theoretical model, and explain its relevance to your nurse practitioner specialty.
    3. Describe an issue or concern that is related to your nurse practitioner specialty, and explain its impact on health care outcomes
    4. Explain how the theory or theoretical model can be used as a framework to guide evidence-based practice to address the issue or concern, and discuss the unique insight or perspective offered through the application of this theory or theoretical model.
    5. Conclusion to the presentation
    6. References

  1. Use Microsoft PowerPoint to create the presentation. Submit as a .ppt or .pptx file.   
  2. Length: The PowerPoint presentation must be 7-8 total slides (excluding title and reference slides).  
  3. Speaker notes should be used and include in-text citations when applicable. Use the Notes Page view feature in PowerPoint to include speaker notes in the file.
  4. A minimum of four (4) scholarly literature sources must be used.
  5. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific writing.
  6. Ideas and information that come from scholarly literature must be cited and referenced correctly.
  7. A minimum of four (4) scholarly literature sources must be used. A minimum of 4 scholarly references are used. References should be published within the past 5 years. A primary source (original theory or writings from theorist) may be used, and primary sources may be older than 5 years.