Assignment Instructions
Your assignment is broken down into two sections. Part 1 is a Health Teaching Infographic, and Part 2 is answering specific health teaching questions related to your infographic and intended audience. Together, this assignment will make up 10% of your final grade. Please read through the following instructions regarding the expectations for this assignment.
Part 1: Health Teaching Infographic
For this portion of the assignment, you are asked to create a health teaching infographic. You may choose your own topic for this assignment based on your personal interests. You will need to choose a disease/ illness and explain its pharmacological treatment using your infographic as a health teaching tool. Infographics are a visual representation of information, using pictures, graphs, and brief written content. They are useful in displaying a large amount information in an entertaining and eye-catching manner that make it easy for the reader to digest and absorb. Your infographic must be created online, and should be no larger than 1 page. You may not use any part of an infographic that has already been created for your topic. Please ensure you maintain academic integrity and reference your research. Ensure you are providing in-text citations as well as a reference page. Submit your reference page for the infographic separately from the reference page for the health teaching questions.
Review Health Teaching Infographic rubric for grading criteria.
Get creative!
Health Teaching Infographic
Your infographic must include:
Brief etiology of disease of choice
Risk factors for developing disease
Signs/ symptoms of disease
Lifestyle approaches
Common classifications of medications used for this clinical indication
Should note 3 main classifications of drugs to treat your illness
Choose one drug in the identified classification and present the following:
Mechanism of action
Therapeutic responses
Adverse reactions
What symptoms to immediately report
Necessary safety information
Special monitoring (if applicable)
Lab monitoring, serum levels – be specific and note the values
Helpful resources of how to create an infographic:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ibplSnhwAZB0W3eQxKOZHTnYfP2zoqmL4hpehDiUBuU/edit
https://www.canva.com/create/infographics/
https://www.copypress.com/kb/infographics/how-to-make-infographics-with-powerpoint-2/
https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-make-an-infographic-google-slides–cms-32758
Part 2: Health Teaching Questions
Consider using your Health Teaching Infographic as a tool to provide education to your clients. For this portion of the assignment, please answer the questions noted in the below section. Ensure you are using full sentences and referencing where your information is coming from. You should be using references that pertain to teaching and learning. Acceptable sources are your textbook and online nursing journals that can be accessed through the library. At least two references should be from a nursing journal and pertain to teaching and learning. Ensure you are using in-text citations, these must be noted on your reference page. Submit your reference page for the health teaching questions separately from the reference page for the infographic. Your answers to these questions should not be longer than one page, double spaced. Be thorough and concise with your responses!
Review Health Education Questions rubric for grading criteria.
Health Teaching Questions
1) Who is this information intended for?
2) What client assessments would you complete before delivering your health teaching?
3) How can using your infographic as a health education tool benefit the client?
4) How will you know that learning has occurred?
Submission
This assignment includes 3 submissions (infographic, infographic reference page, health teaching with reference page within the document) which can all be uploaded into the assignment drop box located in DC Connect.
