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NFDN 2004 Trends & Issues

Presentations
Value: This assignment is worth 15% of your final grade.

Please read through all the instructions before you begin. This assignment is
divided into two parts which includes a group work and individual work.
• Part 1 -The group work will be worth 10 %
• Part 2- The individual responses to the group presentations will be worth 5%
Purpose:
The purpose of the presentations is to help develop students’ critical thinking.
Having class participation, in the form of presentations, is important for student
learning as it helps to engage students with peers and course content.
You will be assessed on how you apply an understanding of the following general
learning outcomes:
• apply the nursing process to the maternity client
• integrate nursing of the family and nurse/client synergy to maternity nursing
care
• apply the principles of teaching and learning to help with health promotion
for the maternity client
• incorporate research findings in evidence-informed practice in the delivery of
maternity nursing care
• identify the legal and ethical principles, and cultural competency in the
care of the maternity client and the family

Instructions:
Part 1 – Group Presentation
1. You will be placed into presentation groups by your instructor. These groups
will be generated randomly in Moodle.
2. Groups will be given an assigned week to present on a topic, and will be
required to:
a. present a multimedia presentation in a discussion forum in Moodle
b. provide two relevant discussion questions for the class
c. moderate their discussions for the assigned week
3. As a group, pick a topic from the list below that is of interest. However, if
there is an alternate trend, current issue, journal article, or news report that
the group is interested in, please contact the instructor to discuss your
alternate topic. The available topics below will be treated on a first come,
first served basis. Groups must sign- up with the instructor once a
presentation topic is chosen. Available topics include:
• Breast Milk Banks
• Kangaroo Care
• Male Oral Contraceptives
• Da Vinci (robotic surgery) in Women’s health.
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• Surrogacy
• In Vitro fertilization
• Use of Doulas in Labour
• Underwater births
• Delayed cord clamping
• Placental encapsulation
• Cord blood banking
• Routine fetal monitoring in labour
• Role of Father’s in prenatal care including labor/delivery
• Postpartum experiences around the world (e.g., Finland-baby boxes)
4. Consider the following points in writing your presentation questions:
• What is the future trend/article about?
• How does it/will it benefit women’s health?
• Are there any detriments?
• Is this currently a trend or issue in Alberta?
• What are your thoughts on this future trend?
5. The group is to create a multimedia presentation based on the topic
chosen. Ensure to include the following criteria is included:
a. Presentation will be approximately 10 minutes in length (10-12 slides
not including title and references slides)
b. All group members are expected to contribute to the presentation;
workload must be distributed evenly
c. Provide two relevant questions about your topic to facilitate a class
discussion
d. All group members must monitor their own discussion questions as
moderators for the week by answering questions and providing general
feedback to responses.
e. It is expected you will:
i. divide the work amongst your group members, to
monitor and moderate your discussion
ii. respond respectfully to peers
iii. engage with responses posted to your questions
iv. offer alternate explanations if someone disagrees on your
group’s perspective
f. Include proper APA format for sources cited
6. The presentation and discussion questions are due by Monday, 16:00 MST,
in your assigned week. Follow these instructions for submitting your
presentation:

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a. One person from your group will post the presentation to the
assigned presentation forum in Moodle
b. Click to open your presentation forum, then click “Add a new discussion
topic”
c. Provide an appropriate title for your topic presentation in the “Subject”
box
d. Provide the two discussion questions and all your group names in the
“Message” box
e. Upload the multimedia presentation file as an attachment
f. Click “Post to forum”
7. Your initial discussion post is due by Monday, 4:00 pm, MST, of your assigned
discussion week.

Part 2 – Responding individually to a Group Presentation Question (At least 3

responses in total for the term)
It is expected that you will individually and consistently participate each week
outside of your assigned presentation week. This will be done by responding to and
engaging with one presentation based on your interest in a topic. Participation in
the group presentations can occur at any time while the topic is active. The
discussion guidelines are listed below.

1. View/read through all of the presentations posted each week.

2. Choose a post from your discussion group and respond to one question from
that peer group.
3. Your individual response to a peer group’s question should be approximately
150-250 words in length.
4. It is expected that your weekly responses will contribute to furthering new
ideas and knowledge with your peers. Be mindful to:
a. respond respectfully; respect the work of the groups, you are
responding to a presentation question, not specific people in
the group
b. be direct in responding to one question
c. respect responses of other peers, it is okay to have different views
5. Your individual response to one question each week is due by Friday, 16:00,
MST.

Submission requirements:
1. Submit your group presentation in the Moodle discussion student forum as
outlined above.
2. Submit your individual, weekly response in the Moodle discussion student
forums as outlined above.
Assessment:
You will be assessed using the assignment rubrics. The group presentation rubric is
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located as a PDF file in the group presentation dropbox. The individual response
rubric is attached in the Individual response dropbox. Feedback about your
presentation and participation will be provided in Moodle gradebook.

Part 1 Group Presentation /17

Part 2 Individual Responses /6
TOTAL / 23

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