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V B Whitaker

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The technical presentation.

A technical presentation, like any other presentation, requires organization so the audience can follow the speaker's core message smoothly and logically. Remember to incorporate these "tips" to make your technical presentation successful: Keep it short and simple (KISS) Using fewer visual aids is better Use large, bold and colorful, and unclutered visual aids Communicate with simplistic language Use vocal variety Use gestures Know your audience.

Audiovisual Aids

Organization--the key for a successful presentation.

Organizing a presentation that flows smoothly, logically, and creatively requires extensive preparation. Adequate preparation time gives you an opportunity to receive constructive criticism by having your colleagues critique your speech prior to public presentation. Continuous practice before a "friendly" audience helps to build confidence. Remember, after assessing your audience, knowing when and where your presentation will be given, how your speech will be presented, and attending to the above "tips," your presentation will be a winner.

Humans

Ethics: issues of concern.

Awareness of the aforementioned issues (confidentiality and privacy, deception and debriefing, and publication of study results and data analysis) is a major step in preventing the violation of a patient's dignity as a human being during a research study. Also, with patients themselves in unison with patient advocates demanding "humane" care and voicing the patient's "right to know" about alternative procedures, we must not assume our study participants to be naive and blindly trusting of nursing. On the other hand the public perception of nursing as a profession of "care givers" and not "harm doers" is one that we should perpetuate in good faith.

Confidentiality