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To help you be an Ambassador for Nursing, we have developed the following PowerPoint presentations. If you do not have access to a computer for your presentation, we recommend an overhead transparency presentation, or you could make photocopies for distribution.



Tool Types Elementary

Middle School High School/Young Adult
Ages
9–11
 
12–14
 
15–24

Grade

4th–5th Grades
 

6th–8th Grades
 

High School +
           
           

Tools
 
 
     
           
           
About the Tools

"Nurses Know That" (Anatomy Game)

PowerPoint presentation (4.5 MB file)

 
"Nurses Can Do Anything" PowerPoint presentation

"Nurses Know That" (Anatomy Game)

PowerPoint presentation (4.2 MB file)

 

"One Choice, One Thousand Careers"

PowerPoint Presentation (2.6 MB file)

           
 
Having trouble downloading? Please contact us by email or call 510-987-2622.
           
           
Objective
Create interest and curiosity about the nursing profession
 
Influence young people to see nursing as a career option
 
Influence young people to choose nursing as their major for college
           
           
Key
Messages
These programs were designed to stimulate conversation, therefore, they are not fully scripted. Your personal nursing experiences will greatly enhance and add credibility to your statements promoting nursing as a career. Here are the key message for each program:
           
  Show that nurses:
Are experts on the human body
Function in many different roles
Know a lot about good health and what causes diseases
  Show nursing as:
Fun and exciting
Doing good
Cool friends
Lots of choices
Go anywhere
Nurses are cool
  Show that a nurse:
Is a professional
Has choices
Does good/makes a difference
Makes friends
Has flexibility
Is part of a diverse group of professionals
Can travel and see the world
Can make a good income
Has job security
           
           
Activity
"Let's Practice Being a Nurse": A hands-on activity which includes taking the temperature, checking the pulse, and/or checking blood pressure.
   
   
Other
Resources
Video: "Nursing the Ultimate Adventure" from the National Student Nurses Assoication
Great resources from the North Carolina Center for Nursing
           
 

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