Adult gerontology acute care

The purpose of this assignment is to raise awareness of your specific APRN role and specialty through an infographic. Imagine you are describing your APRN role and specialty to a high-schooler who might be interested in the same career. What would be important for them to know? Your infographic should be engaging, visually appealing, and informative. The infographic should convey your information clearly and concisely. Consider including some of the following facts to include: Basic demographics (How long has your role been around? How many NPs of your specialty are there? Where are the majority of the NPs in your specialty located? etc…) Educational/licensure/certification requirements (How long does it take to become one? How do we know you’re qualified?) Common work settings (Where can we find you?) Average salary (How much money do you make?) Services provided/types of patients & visits (Who do you see?) Commonly treated conditions (What do you do?) Associated organizations– certifying body, professional specialty org, etc (How do you organize? How do you stay up to date?) Specialty specific advocacy efforts/causes (What’s important to you?) Anything else you think is important Before you begin… Take some time to plan out your infographic before you get started. Make sure to review the rubric. As we move through the modules and you come across information you would like to include in your infographic, write it down. Sketch out a draft infographic before you get started. Creating your infographic… Recognize that infographics are meant to be read quickly. Include short bites of information, not entire paragraphs of text. Consider where you may be able to replace text with an image or graph. Your infographic must include: A title At least one graph or data visualization At least 4 images 8 – 10 facts