Develop your handout in such a way that it attracts the attention of the intended audience.

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One of the pivotal goals of consumer health literacy efforts is to design educational materials that attract as well as educate users. In this Assignment, you design a health information document on a topic that is of interest to you.
To prepare:
Select a health issue of interest to you.
Identify the audience or population that you seek to educate about this issue.
Search the Internet to find credible sites containing information about your selected topic.
Review the two health literacy websites listed in this week’s Learning Resources. Focus on strategies for presenting information.
To complete:
Design an educational handout on the health issue you selected.
Include a cover page.
Include an introduction that provides:
An explanation of your issue and why you selected it
A description of the audience you are addressing
In the handout itself:
Develop your handout in such a way that it attracts the attention of the intended audience.
Include a description of the health issue and additional content that will enhance your message (i.e., key terms and definitions, graphics, illustrations, etc.).
Recommend four or five sites that provide clear, valuable, and reliable information on the topic.
Required Readings
McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2015). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.
Chapter 17, “Supporting Consumer Information and Education Needs”
This chapter explores health literacy and e-health. The chapter examines a multitude of technology-based approaches to consumer health education.

Chapter 18, “Using Informatics to Promote Community/Population Health”
In this chapter, the authors supply an overview of community and population health informatics. The authors explore a variety of informatics tools used to promote community and population health.

Chapter 16, “Informatics Tools to Promote Patient Safety and Clinical Outcomes”
The authors of this chapter present strategies for developing a culture of safety using informatics tools. In addition, the chapter analyzes how human factors contribute to errors.
Health literacy: How do your patients rate? (2011). Urology Times, 39(9), 32.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Applying essentials of leadership, to the task listed below and discuss how you would exercise influence and engage support for each of your selected task.

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A leader has the ability to combine commitment for improvement with knowledge regarding how to exercise influence and engage support (Dickson & Tholl, 2014). In the areas of nursing and public health, the focus is on improving health. Porter-O’Grady and Malloch (2015) noted several major tasks of 21st-century healthcare leaders. Applying essentials of leadership, to the task listed below and discuss how you would exercise influence and engage support for each of your selected task.
-Helping others adapt to the demands of a value-driven health system

Describe the contemporary transitional factor with evidence.

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WHAT- Describe the contemporary transitional factor with evidence.
WHY – Describe, discuss and analyse why the contemporary transitional factor occurs with evidence.
HOW – Discuss and analyse how the contemporary transitional factor a?ects nursing and quality patient care with evidence.
HOW – Discuss and analyse how the contemporary transitional factor should be addressed to provide positive outcomes for nursing and patient care, with evidence.

Compare the individual’s behavior, growth, and development to the textbook description and selected theorists.

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Growth and Development Assessment Project Guidelines: Choose a person you know well and complete a developmental summary across the life span for this person. You can choose a person from any of the developmental stages. Determine the individual’s current stage of development: physically, cognitively, and socially and compare your findings to the developmental norms from textbooks and databases. This critique needs to be a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum of 5 pages. Be sure that you utilize various theories and apply these to the growth and development of your chosen person. Objectives: 1. Determine an individual’s current stage of development according to textbook information and selected theorists. 2. Compare the individual’s behavior, growth, and development to the textbook description and selected theorists. 3. Identify unmet or uncompleted tasks of the individual’s current stage of development. 4. Design a plan to assist the individual to achieve the tasks of his/her stage of development. Learning Activities: 1. Select an individual to be observed/interviewed. 2. Arrange an appropriate time and place for the observation/interview. 3. Review lecture and readings on relevant stages of development. 4. Observe individual’s physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth and development. 5. Discuss with the individual or the parent of the individual specific issues relevant to his/her stage of development. 6. Prepare report (4-5 pages) to include the following: • Include a brief overview of biographical data: ex. age, sex, family structure, living arrangements, occupation. • Theoretical description of individual’s stage of development. • Observations of individual’s physical and psychosocial growth and development. • Compare findings to textbook and data base developmental norms. • State which developmental tasks are met/unmet; providing evidence based on comparison of observations to theoretical description. • Identify measures to assist or maintain the individual’s effort to accomplish age-appropriate tasks. Galen College of Nursing – PSY 131 Course Syllabus – Version 5.1
13 Growth and Development Observation Analysis Paper Grading Rubric: Area of Focus Points Possible Points Awarded Brief overview of biographical data: ex. age, sex, family structure, living arrangements, occupation 10 Theoretical description of individual’s stage of development. 20 Observations of individual’s physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth and development. 30 State which developmental tasks are met/unmet; providing evidence based on comparison of observations to theoretical description. 20 Identify measures to assist or maintain the individual’s effort to accomplish age-appropriate tasks. 10 Adheres to APA format, utilizes correct grammar, and has effective writing.