The Health Commissioner of the state health department wants to commemorate public health nurses at a press conference during Nurses’ Week in May.

The Health Commissioner of the state health department wants to commemorate public health nurses at a press conference during Nurses’ Week in May. As one of the nurse consultants at the state office, you have been assigned to develop talking points for the State Health Commissioner’s presentation.

The topic you have been assigned is on the history of nursing’s role in public health development. There will be other topics discussed, and an award is given for the year’s public health nurse. She has scheduled 15-20 minutes for this presentation on the history.

Create 5-10 talking points for the presentation but no more than two pages. Each talking point should be between 2-4 sentences. Please indicate each talking point with a bullet. Each talking point should include one succinct message. Statistics can be used but must be interesting and easy for a general audience to understand. Below is a sample.

Up to 20% of pregnant women and new mothers experience moderate to severe symptoms of depression. That would mean that in Virginia in 2009, of the 104,979 live births, an estimated 20,996 mothers struggled with moderate to severe perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. (VDH, Division of Health Statistics, 2009)

There should be at least 2 APA style cited references appropriately cited in the talking points and listed at the end noted as references.

Assignment Expectations

Length: Presentation should be no more than 2-pages, 5-10 talking points, 2 sentences each.

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. Include images and graphics.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources to answer the questions. Include at least two (2) scholarly citations to support your claims.

Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).

Filename: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the module number (for ex