NURSING.com Assessment & Skills Checks

So to pull all of this information together and make sure that you’ve really understood and internalized it, you’ll need to complete a quick assignment. We have asked quiz questions along the way, but it’s hard to evaluate that you’ve truly understood this without seeing you actually implement it! That’s the same for our nursing and allied health students, right? So, I anticipate this shouldn’t take more than 2 hours total to complete. Once you complete this, you’ll be officially be considered a trained teacher for NRSNG and the Core Content Mastery Method!

Your assignment is to create a powerpoint video lesson, very similar to what I’ve created in this course, on the topic of Liver Failure. It should have hand-drawing or writing and be narrated by you! You’ll use what you’ve learned in this course – find the most important information, boil it down. Listen, you can’t talk about ALL of Liver Failure in one short lesson – so choose a linchpin, and use your practical applications to develop the lesson – find the absolutes, dig for the why, draw it, keep it short, link it to real life, use the big picture, go backwards, go forwards method to take the learner on the journey. We’ve linked to two video lesson examples for you to get an idea of videos we’ve done in the past. You see that I’ve included my webcam in these videos, but they’re not necessary, so don’t worry about that in this assignment. Now, while we want to see that you can navigate some tech – we aren’t expecting you to be a tech professional, so video editing isn’t necessary. What we do ask is that if you realize you made a mistake or would’ve said something differently – pause for 10-20 seconds, then go back to what you want to re-state. That tells us that you recognized it could’ve or should’ve been said/done differently. Now, you have a few different options for how to create and submit this, which we’ve outlined for you in the lesson. But I want to run through a few of them for you so that you have an idea of how to use each one. Personally, I recommend using a second monitor and a USB drawing tablet, but we don’t expect you to purchase new tech just for this assignment, so do the best with what you have!

There are a few different methods you can use. Inside the lesson we’ve provided links to short videos walking you through each one and how to do them. You can do a narrated powerpoint, in which case the file you submit would be the .ppt or .pptx file. You could use Loom Desktop Recorder which provides you with a hyperlink to the video. Copy and paste that into a Word Document and submit the Word Document. The third one we use is Screencastify Desktop Recorder. This will save the file to your Google Drive or your computer, whichever you choose. Download the file and upload the actual video file in the portal. An alternative is to upload that video to YouTube and submit the link to the video in the same way you would have with Loom. If you happen to have another recording method you prefer, that is fine as well. Either submit the video file itself or the link to it in a word document.

So – the process for you is to start by determining what content you’re going to include. Remember the ideal video length is less than 7 minutes, preferably closer to 3-5. So choose your content wisely – this will take the most time. Then develop your presentation. We also highly recommend you pre-plan your transcript and practice a few times – this helps keep you focused and keep you from rambling or going off on rabbit trails. Then, record the video, upload the video to YouTube if you choose that route, then you’re going to go to the next lesson and submit the video in the assignment portal. That’s it! These last few steps shouldn’t take you more than 20-30 minutes depending on upload time. Once you determine your content, developing the powerpoint itself should be quick, especially if you’re following our methods. So it’s the preparation part that takes the most time. Remember, take your time to prepare so that you can speak naturally from the heart. You can do this!

We’re so grateful for you and your willingness to be a part of the movement we’re creating! We can wait to see what you come up with!! Go out and be your best self today. And, as always, happy nursing!