Can someone please help me

YoungWiseWoman · Jul 14, 2006

My informaitive speech is due on monday, but I do not have a good Atention getter, my topic is nursing shortage, can someone give me a good attention getter please, thanks a bunch.

You can start with a quote or a question??? Or maybe a story??? Maybe you can get some sort of prop from a hospital...like something really gross!

Then again you can just walk in with one of those noise makers that people use at graduations or ball games. That will get peoples attention! Sorry I could not be more help.

Medwynn · Jul 14, 2006

I would start with some startling facts about the nursing shortage... ie .. how many nurses you state is short of. Then maybe that the nursing shortage may cause a decrease in health care quality.... quick hard hitting facts.

Just something i would do to get attention.

LoriAlabamaRN · Jul 14, 2006

There was a great Readers Digest article a while back about the nursing shortage leading some hospitals in California to use unlicensed aides rather than nurses to do even invasive prodedures. This resulted in several lawsuits regarding injuries and even a death. I would find an instance where the nursing shortage was directly responsible for a death, and then possibly a first-hand account of a nurse describing her typical shift and the choas involved in trying to care for so many patients.

RNKay31 · Jul 14, 2006

Thanks guys for all your help, love k:monkeydance:

llg, PhD, RN · Jul 14, 2006

Another idea is to give everybody a number (or colored card) at random. Then have them stand up (or raise their hand holding up their colored cards).

Then use the stats on the shortage to "weed out" those people who won't be nurses in 10 years ... or whatever such stats you have. Illustrate some of your stats by using the class members as your audio-visuals.

For example, if you have a stat that says that 20% (or whatever) nurses leave the profession within the fist 2 years, have those people sit down. If you have a stat that says that 40% of nurses with more than 10 years of experience work only part time, have the apprpriate number of people sit down, etc. (taking into consideration the number who left the profession altogether).

Such an exercise takes a little pre-planning to be sure you are getting your numbers right, but it can be a very dramatic way to illustrate stats. When people see themselves and their classmates as part of the stats, it really grabs their attention and the lesson sinks in. Also, by having the class stand up and sit down and look around (a couple of times as you illustrate different stats), it gets them awake.

llg

moongirl · Jul 14, 2006

" you are 10 hours post op from major surgery. Your nurse has 11 other pts to care for...."

huladancer, ADN, BSN, MSN · Jul 14, 2006

i like moongirl's idea.

" you are 10 hours post op from major surgery. your nurse has 11 other pts to care for...."

although statistics provide important information, they're not personal. people need to be able to relate to your attention getter.

truern · Jul 14, 2006

Another idea is to give everybody a number (or colored card) at random. Then have them stand up (or raise their hand holding up their colored cards).
Then use the stats on the shortage to "weed out" those people who won't be nurses in 10 years ... or whatever such stats you have. Illustrate some of your stats by using the class members as your audio-visuals.
For example, if you have a stat that says that 20% (or whatever) nurses leave the profession within the fist 2 years, have those people sit down. If you have a stat that says that 40% of nurses with more than 10 years of experience work only part time, have the apprpriate number of people sit down, etc. (taking into consideration the number who left the profession altogether).
Such an exercise takes a little pre-planning to be sure you are getting your numbers right, but it can be a very dramatic way to illustrate stats. When people see themselves and their classmates as part of the stats, it really grabs their attention and the lesson sinks in. Also, by having the class stand up and sit down and look around (a couple of times as you illustrate different stats), it gets them awake.
llg

I like this idea!! It would have certainly held my attention!

moongirl · Jul 14, 2006

i like moongirl's idea.
" you are 10 hours post op from major surgery. your nurse has 11 other pts to care for...."
although statistics provide important information, they're not personal. people need to be able to relate to your attention getter.

exactly. almost everyone thinks " it cant happen to me" point out that it can. the nursing shortage can affect anyone, at any time. point out the difference in care you would rec from a nurse with 5 pts compared to 11.. how often you would be evaluated, how much attention you would rec.

etc

DarlinNurseRed · Jul 16, 2006

Food works well for speeches,,,have a Bon Voyage cake with stats written on it...(for all the staff nurses who have left nursing to do management, or just stopped being a nurse.)

If you want an attention getter, take a little pink Victoria's secret bag to the podium with you-you don't have to tell them whats in it,,,they will stay awake just for curiosity's sake.

Humor,,,Like "How many Nurses does it take to screw in a light bulb?"

"None, cause it is shift change."

How many nurses does it take to screw in a light bulb?

None,,cause they get a Nursing assistant to do it.