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Herzing NU 451 Unit 3 Assessment

The rubric grades the presenter notes, not the slides. That single instruction tells you where to put the thinking and why sparse slides are a requirement rather than a style choice.

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Last reviewed · August 25, 2026

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Maren Caldwell

MSN, RN, CNE

Medical-surgical nursing, pharmacology and NCLEX preparation

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Dr. Tessa Redmond

DNP, RN, CNE

Evidence-based practice and clinical education

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The graded content lives in the notes, not on the slides

The brief says it twice and it decides how you build this: slides carry bullets, presenter notes carry the narrative, and speaker's notes are graded under the content sections of the rubric. So a deck of dense slides with empty notes fails the content criteria while looking finished, which is an unusually cheap way to lose a midterm. Write the notes as the script you would actually say, in full sentences, with the citations in them, and let each slide hold the three or four phrases a listener needs to follow along. Choosing the issue matters in the same practical way: pick one where the leader's role is genuinely contested, since an issue with an obvious answer leaves the solutions section with nothing to do. Read the requirement once more before you start building slides, because it is easy to skim past and expensive to discover afterwards.

The framing that separates a strong submission is that this is a leadership presentation rather than a nursing ethics presentation. Short staffing, mandatory overtime, impaired practice reporting, social media disclosure, delegation and scope, and workplace violence all look different from the leader's seat, because the leader is frequently the person holding two duties at once: to the patient, to the individual nurse, and to an organisation with finite resources. Say where those duties conflict rather than assuming they align. Multiple proposed solutions is also a specific requirement, so give at least three and place them at different levels, one policy, one operational, one educational, and say what each costs and what it would not fix. A solutions slide listing three versions of better communication is not multiple solutions. Give three, place them at different levels, and say what each one leaves unsolved. Three variants of better communication is not multiple solutions, and a marker will read it as one.

Likely learning objectives

Put graded narrative content in presenter notes rather than on slides.
Choose an issue where the leader's role is contested.
Identify where duties to patient, staff and organisation conflict.
Propose solutions at distinct levels with their costs and limits.

Assignment instructions

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Unit 3 Assessment Midterm Project – Ethical or Legal Issue in Nursing Leadership Presentation Instructions Pick an ethical or legal issue in nursing leadership. You may use any of the subjects discussed in Topics 4 through 7 of this unit. Create a PPT presentation detailing this issue. Include background information, why this is an issue, the role of the leader in managing this issue, and proposed solutions. Identify an ethical or legal issue in nursing, describe background information, and detail why the issue exists. Identify an ethical or legal issue in nursing, identify the roles of the leader in managing the issue, and describe multiple proposed solutions. This is to be a 10-15 slide presentation. Add presenter notes to the slide to enhance the content of the slides, as if you were presenting to a group, and this is your script. In PPT, access “notes view” to see the presenter notes boxes. Slides should not contain paragraphs of narrative. They should contain only bullet points or brief explanations. The longer narratives go in your presenter notes. Speaker’s notes content will be graded under the “content” sections of the rubric. Lack of speaker’s notes will significantly affect the grades in those areas. Herzing NU 451 Unit 3 Assessment Create a reference slide and put all references used in the presentation. 4-5 references are required. Include citations on the slides. For format and guidelines for PPT presentations check out the Purdue Online Writing Lab web site at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/686/1 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Course-wide instructions that accompany this question

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS Discussion Questions (DQ) Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words. Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source. One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words. I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses. Weekly Participation Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately. In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies. Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work). Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week. APA Format and Writing Quality Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required). Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation. I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition. Use of Direct Quotes I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly. As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content. It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source. LopesWrite Policy For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me. Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes. Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own? Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score. Late Policy The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies. Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances. If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect. I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension. As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading. Communication Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class. Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

What the midterm presentation requires

01A 10-15 slide PowerPoint presentation on an ethical or legal issue in nursing leadership.
02Background information and why the issue exists.
03The roles of the leader in managing the issue.
04Multiple proposed solutions.
05Presenter notes on the slides functioning as your script, since these are graded.
06Slides limited to bullet points or brief explanations.
07A reference slide with 4-5 references and citations on the slides.