General Tips for Creating PowerPoint® Presentations NAME SCHOOL COURSE NAME DATE Title Slide (Previous Slide)  Title of Presentation  Student Name and Credentials  Credentials should be listed as follows: Highest academic degree earned within a discipline  If you have an ASN, BSN, and MSN, only the MSN would be included  Include degrees from other disciplines. Ex. MSN, MBA Licensure credentials Specialty Certifications Others…  School Name  Course Number  Date of Presentation  Pictures on title slide are optional Font Types and Sizes Use at least an 18-point font Use different size fonts for main points and secondary points Main point font is 28-point (above) This font is 24-point Title font is 36-point Use a standard font like Times New Roman or Arial 3 Words and Sentences – Good  Use 1 slide per minute of your presentation  Write in point form, not complete sentences  Include 4-6 points (sentences) per slide  Use bullet points or number each point  Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases only (full sentences are not required)  Tip: Sometimes graphics/pictures can be used instead of words  “Pictures are worth 1000 words” 4 Outline Slide Create an outline for your presentation If you have been given specific guidelines for content and order of slides, follow the instructions provided Generally, make your 1st or 2nd slide an outline of your presentation Only place main points on the outline slide Ex: Use the titles of each slide as main points 5 Words and Sentences - Bad This page contains too many words for a presentation slide. It is not written in point form, making it difficult both for your audience to read and for you to present each point. Although there are exactly the same number of points on this slide as the previous slide, it looks much more complicated. In short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you. 6 Grammar & Spelling Make sure to proofread for spelling and grammatic errors Use the spell and grammar check program Make sure to proofread for missing or repeated words Animation: Good Show one point at a time: Will help audience concentrate on what you are saying Will prevent audience from reading ahead Will help you keep your presentation focused Use the “Animation” feature to set your each point to appear “On Click” 8 Animation: Bad Do not use distracting animation Do not go overboard with the animation Be consistent with the animation that you use 9 Color: Good  Use a color of font that contrasts sharply with the background  Ex: Dark blue or black font on white background  If a dark background (black) is used white or light colored font  Use color to reinforce the logic of your structure  Ex: light blue title and dark blue text  Use color to emphasize a point  But only use this occasionally  Tip: Use can also use BOLD, Italics ...

1. General Tips for Creating PowerPoint® Presentations
NAME
SCHOOL
COURSE NAME
DATE
Title Slide (Previous Slide)
Highest academic degree earned within a discipline
included
Licensure credentials
Specialty Certifications
Others…
School Name
Course Number
Date of Presentation
Pictures on title slide are optional

2. Font Types and Sizes
-point font
-point (above)
-point
-point
dard font like Times New Roman or Arial
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Words and Sentences –
Good
-6 points (sentences) per slide
Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases only (full
sentences are not required)
used instead of words
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Outline Slide

3. ve been given specific guidelines for content and
order of slides, follow the instructions provided
presentation
main points
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Words and Sentences - Bad
It is not written in point form, making it difficult both for
your audience to read and for you to present each point.
Although there are exactly the same number of points on this
slide as the previous slide, it looks much more complicated. In
short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read
this paragraph instead of listening to you.
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Grammar & Spelling
roofread for spelling and grammatic errors

4. Animation: Good
ent audience from reading ahead
set your each point to appear
“On Click”
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Animation: Bad
consistent with the animation that you use
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Color: Good
background
background
font

5. olor to reinforce the logic of your structure
to emphasize points
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Color: Bad
font color that does not contrast with the background
color is hard to read
unnecessary
unnecessary
different colors is distracting
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Color: Conversion to B/W
Make sure your graphics are still legible even in black and
white.
Necessary for handouts
Useful for colorblind viewers
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6. Background: Good
simple
the eyes, light backgrounds with dark font are more common
round is expensive to reproduce on paper (for
handouts)
presentation
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Background – Bad
from
background that you use

7. Graphs or Pictures: Good
(when appropriate)
data
ays title your graphs.
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Graphs or Pictures: Good
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pictures
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Graphs: Bad
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This graph is: Too small; no title; no focus (a bar chart might
be more appropriate for an oral presentation).

8. Graphs - Good
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Blue Balls
Red Balls
This graph is bad because:
Minor gridlines are unnecessary
Font is too small
Colors are illogical
Title is missing
Shading is distracting
Pictures: Good
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Pictures: Bad
Reference Slide
Presentation

28. -text citations must also be in APA format
References: (Example)
Bourgeault, I. L., Armstrong, P. Armstrong, & et al. (2001).
Every day experiences of implicit rationing: Comparing the
voices of nurses in California and British Columbia. Sociology
in Health & Illness, 23(5), 633-653.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-
9566.00269
Boykin, A., & Schoenhofer, S. O. (2001). Nursing as caring: A
model for transforming practice [Kindle Edition]. Sudbury,
MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Retrieved from
http://www.amazon.com.
Fingfeld-Connett, D. (2008). Meta-synthesis of caring in
nursing.
Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17, 196-204.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01824.x
Halvorsen, K., Forde, R., & Nortvedt, P. (2008). Professional
challenges of bedside rationing in intensive care. Nursing
Ethics, 15(6), 715-728.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733008095383
Thank You, Question, and Contact Info Slides - Optional
It is customary to thank your audience with a simple thank
you slide.
You may also include thank you to anyone that helped you

29. prepare your presentation
Questions slide is included for live presentations to
provide an opportunity for the audience to ask questions or
provide feedback
Contact information slide include your name and email
address to provide the opportunity for the audience to contact
you after the presentation
Celebrate Your Accomplishment!
Holistic Nursing and Self-Care PowerPoint Presentation
The purpose of this assignment is to assist the student connect
holistic nursing practice with self-care and nursing phenomena
related to self-care that impact holistic nursing. Self-care
includes teaching self and others (patients and their families)
about self-care and its benefit in maintaining mind-body-spirit
balance.
Requirement (per PowerPoint Slide)
Points Possible
Slide 1
Introduction: Define Holistic Nursing and what it means to you
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Slide 2
Provide a brief history and significance of Holistic Nursing
5
Slide 3

30. Describe/Summarize the purpose of Holistic Nursing Practice
Core Value 2: Holistic Nurse Self-Reflection, Self-
Development, and Self-Care.
5
For Slides 4 through 6 Discuss/Describe each component of
Core Value 2 separately:
Slide 4
Self-Reflection (as it relates to the patient/family and the nurse
as an individual)
5
Slide 5
Self-Development (as it relates to the patient/family and the
nurse as an individual)
5
Slide 6
Self-Care (as it relates to the patient/family and especiallythe
nurse as an individual)
10
Slide 7
Describe Compassion Fatigue:
· Definition
· Signs/Symptoms
· Impact on nurses, patients, and profession
· Impact on holistic nursing practicing
10
Slide 8
Describe Compassion Satisfaction:
· Definition
· Impact on nurses, patients, and profession
· Impact on holistic nursing practicing
· How can nurses achieve compassion satisfaction
10
Slide 9
Compare and contrast between compassion fatigue and
compassion satisfaction.

31. • What is the difference between the compassion fatigue and
compassion satisfaction?
10
Slide 10
Select and describe Self-Care Techniques you would
recommend for promotion of Compassion Satisfaction
(prevention of Compassion Fatigue) at the following
frequencies. Include the rationale for selecting these
interventions/activities.
· Daily Self-Care activity
· Weekly
· Monthly
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Slide 11
1. How will you implement this self-care activity in your own
life?
2. How will you ensure adherence to your plan?
3. Who will you include in your accountability plan?
4. What are some things that could potentially prevent
adherence?
5. Which current activities could you eliminate to promote
adherence to your plan and promote compassion satisfaction?
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Slide 12
Conclusion/Summary Slide
• Include a brief summary of all slides
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