For this assignment, you will examine the role of the nurse in caring for clients with cognitive and/or mental health issues. You will identify your target audience (such as staff nurses, pre-licensure nursing students, etc.) and create an educational PowerPoint presentation (instructions below). This final assignment will reflect ability and achievement in the following areas: 

Intentional Learning, Reflection, and Clinical Judgment 

Decision Making and Evidence Based Practice 

• Organization and Presentation
• Writing and APA Formatting 
• Objectives
• Demonstrate collaborative standardization of safe practices through health promotion.

Integrate course concepts within management of a cognitive alteration.

Instructions

• You are the nurse educator preparing an orientation on cognitive or mental health illness. There is a need to address the many clients with cognitive issues that seek healthcare services and how to better understand their needs. Choose a cognitive/mental health illness that you feel less knowledgeable about and address the following prompts by including two to three examples of each bullet point:
• Choose a cognitive or mental health illness.

What is it? How is it diagnosed? How is it treated?

How does it differ from a physical or “visible” illness?

Address the following for your chosen diagnosis.

• Historical

Socioeconomic impact

• Political issues or impact
• Educational needs
• Topographical findings

Geographical impact

• Cultural impact
• Include interdisciplinary interventions for this disease.
• Discuss the impact of a patient’s value systems on management of this disease.
• Address the following health-care practices:
• Acute versus preventive care
• Barriers to health care
• Impact of pain and the sick role
• Cultural practices 
• Identify challenges related to:
• Learning styles

Autonomy

• Educational preparation
• Disease management
• Your presentation should be 15-20 slides (not including title, objectives, and references slides) with detailed presenter notes with in-text citations for each slide, Detailed presenter’s notes should be a minimum of 75 words per body slide. Include at least four (4) scholarly sources. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment. Audio recording is required. Be sure to completely answer all the prompts/questions. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with in-text citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA 7th Edition writing style for the presentation. Include at least one slide for your references at the end. 
• Assignment Expectations
• Length: 15-20 slides; answers must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner.  Include at least four (4) scholarly sources. Below is a recommended breakdown for the assignment. 

Title: 1 slide

• Objectives/Introduction: 1 slide
• What is the cognitive/mental health disease?: at least 2 slides
• Address historical, socioeconomic, political issues, educational needs, topographical findings, geographical impact, and cultural impact: at least 4 slides
• Interdisciplinary interventions: at least 3 slides

Address health care practices: at least 4 slides

Identify any challenges such as learning styles, autonomy, educational preparation, or disease management:  at least 3 slides

Conclusion: 1 slide

References: 1 slide

Audio recording narration

• Detailed presenter’s notes should be a minimum of 75 words per body slide.

Detailed presenter’s notes should be a minimum of 75 words per body slide.

• Detailed presenter’s notes should be a minimum of 75 words per body slide.