AUDIENCE People who already run this unit day to day. They know the routines, the alarms, the usual orders, and what “looks wrong” at the bedside. They do not need a primer and they do not need to be told who they are. PITCH Peer teaching. Same language you would use with a strong colleague on night shift — direct, specific, no pep talk, no “empowerment,” no “as a nurse you should.” EXPAND KNOWLEDGE BY GOING ONE LAYER DEEPER THAN PROTOCOL: - why this number / this trend matters before the page goes out - what changed in the evidence vs what we still do by habit - early signs that the usual path is failing - what to watch, when to escalate, what to say when you escalate - traps experienced people still miss DO NOT - define basic NICU terms - put “roles and responsibilities” or scope-of-practice slides - use “the nurse’s role is…” - use classroom tone, learning objectives theater, or motivational closers - dumb down physiology; explain the mechanism only when it changes what you do SLIDE VOICE Takeaway titles. Short bullets. Action thresholds. “If you see X, do Y.” Fundamentals, if needed at all, live in speaker notes — not on the slide.
AUDIENCE
People who already run this unit day to day. They know the routines, the alarms, the usual orders, and what “looks wrong” at the bedside. They do not need a primer and they do not need to be told who they are.
PITCH
Peer teaching. Same language you would use with a strong colleague on night shift — direct, specific, no pep talk, no “empowerment,” no “as a nurse you should.”
EXPAND KNOWLEDGE BY GOING ONE LAYER DEEPER THAN PROTOCOL:
- why this number / this trend matters before the page goes out
- what changed in the evidence vs what we still do by habit
- early signs that the usual path is failing
- what to watch, when to escalate, what to say when you escalate
- traps experienced people still miss
DO NOT
- define basic NICU terms
- put “roles and responsibilities” or scope-of-practice slides
- use “the nurse’s role is…”
- use classroom tone, learning objectives theater, or motivational closers
- dumb down physiology; explain the mechanism only when it changes what you do
SLIDE VOICE
Takeaway titles. Short bullets. Action thresholds. “If you see X, do Y.”
Fundamentals, if needed at all, live in speaker notes — not on the slide.
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