This guide is for NURS 489 Week 8 Group Project, start to submission. The group's 20-slide PowerPoint on leadership from De Pree's Leadership Jazz, with speaker's notes on every slide.
NURS 489 is Leadership in Nursing, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's RN to BSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS489; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 489 Leadership in Nursing |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 8 |
| Points | 200 points |
| Length | 20 slides with speaker's notes |
| Sources | De Pree's Leadership Jazz and other sources as needed, in current APA |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | PowerPoint with speaker's notes |
What NURS 489 Week 8 Group Project asks for
Your group creates a 20-slide PowerPoint presentation about leadership, drawn from De Pree's text, with speaker's notes explaining the content of each slide. Three individual benchmarks (Week 2, 25 points; Week 4, 30; Week 6, 50) assess your contributions and participation along the way. The final presentation is due in Module/Week 8 with Finkelman chapter 13 and is worth 200 points.
Where it fits in NURS 489
In the published schedule, Group Project is one of 8 graded written assignments in NURS 489. It follows Week 7 Discussion Board Forum 5, and it is the last written assignment in the course.
How NURS 489 Week 8 Group Project is graded
Liberty grades Group Project with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 200 points in the published guide. That is about 20% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in NURS 489 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 489 Week 8 method, step by step
Plan the talk before the slides
Write the message of the Group Project in two sentences, then outline the points that support it. Slides built before the message tend to become a stack of facts.
One idea per slide
Each slide carries one point, stated in its title. Short lines, readable type, no paragraphs on the slide.
Put the evidence where it is used
Cite sources on the slides where you use them and list them on a references slide (De Pree's Leadership Jazz and other sources as needed, in current APA).
Write speaker notes or a script
Script the talk slide by slide. If the guide asks for voiceover or notes, the analysis lives there.
Rehearse to the time limit
Do one timed run before the final recording and trim to fit the limit.
Check the technical requirements
Before submitting, check the slide count and timing (20 slides with speaker's notes), that audio plays, and that the link or file opens for someone else.
A structure for NURS 489 Week 8 Group Project
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,200 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction slides | De Pree's view of leadership and the presentation's purpose. | ~140 words |
| Core concepts | Key ideas from Leadership Jazz, one per slide. | ~580 words |
| Nursing application | How each idea plays out in nursing leadership. | ~340 words |
| Conclusion and references | Takeaways and sources. | ~140 words |
A topic angle that works
Assign each member a set of De Pree's chapters and a consistent slide pattern: the idea in the title, one image, and speaker's notes that explain the idea and give a nursing example. The benchmarks are where the group checks each member's slides before the final.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Slide 7, the leader as a voice. De Pree argues that a leader's voice must match their actions; people listen to what leaders do first.1 In nursing, a manager who asks staff to report errors but blames the first nurse who does has a voice and actions that do not match, and reporting stops.2 The lesson for nurse leaders is simple: model the behavior you ask for, especially when it costs you something.3
- States De Pree's idea plainly.
- Gives a nursing example that shows it.
- Draws a practical lesson.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 489 Week 8
- Fewer than 20 slides.
- Slides without speaker's notes.
- Content not drawn from De Pree.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: 20 slides with speaker's notes
- Sources: De Pree's Leadership Jazz and other sources as needed, in current APA
- Slide count and time limit within the guide's numbers
- Audio, notes or video included if the guide asks
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
Are NURS 489 group benchmarks graded individually?
Yes. The guide says the benchmarks assess each student's individual contributions and participation in the group project.
How many points is NURS 489 Week 8 Group Project worth?
200 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 489, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 20% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 489 Week 8 the same in every section of NURS 489?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 489. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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