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In this assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation based on the application of a movie character’s functional health assessment. To complete this assignment, select a film from the list below and identify a character from the film on whom you would like to conduct a health assessment. If you want to use a character from a movie that isn’t on the list below, get your instructor’s permission first.

Films:

Get Away From Her
Oil Mask by Lorenzo
Philadelphia’s My Sister’s Keeper
Stepmom Rain Man Steel Magnolias
The Elephant Man’s Story
The All-Powerful
Tic Code Instructions:

Using the “Movie Character Presentation” template, create a PowerPoint presentation with 10-12 slides.
Give an introduction and background on the movie character (client).
The “Functional Health Pattern Assessment” is used to evaluate the client.
Document your assessment using examples from the movie based on your “observations” and thoughts.
Describe any cultural, geographic, religious, ethnic, or spiritual considerations that you have observed or that this client may have.
Describe and provide examples of two normal health patterns of the client as well as two abnormal health patterns.
Based on your assessment, create an appropriate nursing diagnosis for the client.
Identify and describe three client interventions: health promotion, health prevention, and health maintenance.
Identify at least two potential resources or community services to which you would refer this client, and explain your reasoning.
In addition to submitting the presentation to the instructor, you must also post your assignment to the Movie Character Health Assessment Presentation Main Forum as directed by the instructor. Respond to other students’ posts in a way that starts or adds to the discussion. Each participant should make at least three substantive remarks.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should follow APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the Student Success Center’s APA Style Guide.

This assignment makes use of a rubric. Please review the rubric before beginning the assignment to become acquainted with the requirements for successful completion.

This assignment is not required to be submitted to LopesWrite.