Research Presentation For this assignment, you will choose one article from your two critiques to present to the class during a live Conference session. You MUST submit your PowerPoint slides to your professor via Canvas before you present. Your PowerPoint slides cannot contain animation, transitions, sound, and/or video elements since these will NOT work in a Conference presentation. You will have 6 – 8 minutes to present the research. 1. Professional Appearance and Performance Presenter has a professional appearing slide presentation, speaks clearly, and has poise. For more about professional attire, see the NSNA guidelines for presenters and conference attendees. Please practice your slide presentation before class. 2. Powerpoint Slides Slides are clear and appropriate. Slides summarize the main points, but are not themselves the presentation. Results summarized in tables or graphs. Appropriate use of color. Graphics are professional and do not distract from the presentation. 3. Time limit Your presentation not including Q&A must be 6 – 8 minutes long. 4. Know material Presenter is familiar and comfortable with the material. Conveys that he/she understands the research forward and backwards, inside and out. 5. Do not appear to be reading slides or notes. The Powerpoint slides are your outline (see #2). You should know the material well enough that you present without appearing to be reading note cards or a script (see #4). 6. Present research clearly and adequately At the end of the presentation, we should understand what the researchers wanted to do, what they did, what they found, why it was good or bad, and how and whether we as professional nurses should change our practice as a result of the research. 7. Answer questions appropriately. Suggested outline for slides Title slide Research title, Authors, your name 10 seconds Background Describe background/problem 30 seconds Research objectives What knowledge did they seek to know or know better? 20 seconds Methods Tell what and how they did the study; include the study classification, Response variables, factors, and sampling technique 1-2 minutes Results Tables Tables Tables Charts Include p values and confidence intervals if given 1-2 minutes Discussion Summarize the discussion Include things you think should have been discussed but were not 1-2 minutes Analysis Tell us your opinion of the article: Tell us the positives and negatives Tell us how the research could have been improved Tell us the implications for nursing practice 1-2 minutes http://www.nsna.org/Meetings/Guidelines.aspx A common mistake in these presentations is taking so long on methods that you have no time left for anything else. Please try to keep to the time suggestions above. The presentation will be graded based on the following rubric. Grading Rubric CRITERIA Excellent (4) Good (3) Fair (2) Poor (1) Not Demonstra.

1. Research Presentation
For this assignment, you will choose one article from your two
critiques to present to the class during a live Conference
session. You MUST submit your PowerPoint slides to your
professor via Canvas before you present. Your PowerPoint
slides cannot contain animation, transitions, sound, and/or video
elements since these will NOT work in a Conference
presentation. You will have 6 – 8 minutes to present the
research.
1. Professional Appearance and Performance
Presenter has a professional appearing slide presentation,
speaks clearly, and has poise. For more
about professional attire, see the NSNA guidelines for
presenters and conference attendees. Please
practice your slide presentation before class.
2. Powerpoint Slides
Slides are clear and appropriate. Slides summarize the main
points, but are not themselves the
presentation. Results summarized in tables or graphs.
Appropriate use of color. Graphics are
professional and do not distract from the presentation.
3. Time limit
Your presentation not including Q&A must be 6 – 8 minutes
long.

2. 4. Know material
Presenter is familiar and comfortable with the material.
Conveys that he/she understands the research
forward and backwards, inside and out.
5. Do not appear to be reading slides or notes. The Powerpoint
slides are your outline (see #2). You
should know the material well enough that you present without
appearing to be reading note cards or
a script (see #4).
6. Present research clearly and adequately
At the end of the presentation, we should understand what the
researchers wanted to do, what they
did, what they found, why it was good or bad, and how and
whether we as professional nurses should
change our practice as a result of the research.
7. Answer questions appropriately.
Suggested outline for slides
Title slide Research title, Authors, your name 10 seconds
Background Describe background/problem 30 seconds
Research objectives What knowledge did they seek to know or
know better? 20 seconds
Methods Tell what and how they did the study; include the
study
classification, Response variables, factors, and sampling
technique
1-2 minutes

3. Results Tables Tables Tables
Charts
Include p values and confidence intervals if given
1-2 minutes
Discussion Summarize the discussion
Include things you think should have been discussed but
were not
1-2 minutes
Analysis Tell us your opinion of the article:
Tell us the positives and negatives
Tell us how the research could have been improved
Tell us the implications for nursing practice
1-2 minutes
http://www.nsna.org/Meetings/Guidelines.aspx
A common mistake in these presentations is taking so long on
methods that you have no time left for anything else.
Please try to keep to the time suggestions above.
The presentation will be graded based on the following rubric.
Grading Rubric
CRITERIA Excellent (4) Good (3) Fair (2) Poor (1) Not
Demonstrated (0) Weighting
Content

4. *Clear language
*Information is
accurate and
thorough
*Sufficient and
accurate supporting
information
* Main idea is
clearly stated
*Language used is
mostly clear
*Information is
accurate and fairly
thorough
*Sufficient and
accurate supporting
information
* Main idea is
clearly stated
*Language used is
not very clear
*Information is
inaccurate or not
thorough
*Supporting
information is
insufficient but
mostly accurate
* Main idea is not
clearly stated

5. *There are many
issues with language
usage
*Information is
inaccurate or not
thorough
*Supporting
information is
insufficient or
inaccurate
* Main idea is not
clearly stated
*The assignment was
not completed
*The assignment is
poorly written, and
the information used
is inaccurate and
insufficient
* There is no attempt
to address main idea
*The language used
was inappropriate
50%
Organization
* Well-organized;
appropriate flow
* No citation errors
* Appropriate

6. length
* No format errors
* Good organization
and flow
* Few citation errors
* Appropriate
length
* Few format errors
* There are issues
with the
organization and
flow
* There are a few
citation errors
* The length is not
appropriate
* There are a few
format errors
* There are issues
with the
organization and
flow
* There are many
citation errors
* The length is not
appropriate
* There are many
format errors

7. *The assignment was
not completed
*The assignment is not
organized in any way;
formatting is incorrect
* Proper citations
were not used
30%
Mechanics
No spelling,
grammar, or
punctuation errors
Spelling, grammar,
or punctuation are
mostly error-free
A few spelling,
grammar, or
punctuation errors
Many spelling,
grammar, or
punctuation errors
*The assignment was
not completed
*The assignment is full
of spelling, grammar,
or punctuation errors

8. 20%
100%