Poster
The Application of xyz Middle Range Theory to Practice scientific poster includes:
- brief description of a specific middle-range nursing theory
- model of the theory (if available)
- instruments used to measure this theory (if any)
- evidence supporting the theory (if any)
- grade evidence using the AACN (2009) standards
- Proposed clinical practice guidelines to apply this theory to practice using the IOM (2011a) standards.
How to use this PowerPoint poster template and do this poster
The poster is set up for you exactly as it should be. To see the poster online in the module, view as page. You have to download the template to your computer to actually see it. Please don’t change the set-up. It has been set up for you to simply “fill in the blanks” beginning with the name of your theory, your name, and your university at the top of it. When you have completed all of the poster, save it with your name, application of x theory and put it in the dropbox. Note that you can’t print a 3’x6′ poster on your home printer. If you want a print of the poster, send it to the directions on the poster, pay them $68 and they will send you a print of your poster that you can use in your hospital or for a poster presentation at a conference. [You have colleagues who wonder what you learn in graduate school 🙂 and they support you in some ways in this endeavor, displaying your poster is a way of giving back to them and improving practice]. The great news is that after you finish this, you will know how to do a professional scientific poster. That will never again be a problem for you. Posters are a great way to convey information.
Filling in the blanks on the poster
Notice as you click on an area, it will come up to normal size so that you can work on it. I don’t recommend using a font less than 10, but 12 is better. I used 10 in the example in the Evidence Table. 🙂 Please remember to save your work everytime you work on this. Otherwise, you are going to be very, very upset. The grading rubric is going to give you very detailed instructions. Use them. 🙂 Occasionally, on the poster, I’ve given you directions, such as in the methods section or given you an example (Evidence Table). Remove the directions and the example and write in the methods and evidence that you used. The reference in Reference must stay as it is because it references the evidence weighting table.
Part I
The first part of Part 1 requires you to look up how often this problem occurs, who it effects and why it is important. The sentence format is written for you. [The quickest, easiest sources will be Healthy People 2020 or CDC. Remember to (author, year) this and put the reference in References].
Most of you will either have a description of the theory in Part 1 in the table or a model displaying this. Information for the table in Part I will come from your presentation. Simply cut and paste. Notice that words are a premium on a poster, so you cannot have lengthy sentences, especially in the propositions area. You can use phrases. NOTE: If you have a great model that displays the concepts and their relationships (propositions), you don’t need this table because a good model does that for you. Be sure and label the model as Figure 1. xyz Model. You can delete the table. However, list the assumptions if there are any. If there isn’t a model of your theory, can you construct one? If not, there isn’t one. The model will not be a part of your paper. If you don’t have a model that shows the concepts and relationships, you need the table.
Instruments in Part I refers to Instruments that measure this theory. For example, Kolcaba’s comfort theory has a comfort scale. Name it in the instrument section and provide the complete reference in the References section of the poster.
Part II
Part II is the Evidence Table. Some of you are using theories with very little evidence. You will have very little there. Some of you will use theories with a LOT of evidence. Notice that you can’t use all of that. You will have to select the 9 studies that provide the best, more generalizeable evidence. NOTE: If you have an evidence table with < 9 studies on it, be prepared for a very low grade UNLESS there is very little published about this theory. Students MAY NOT arbitrarily decide to limit a theory, such as Pender's HPM to a selected population such as adolescents or Kolcaba's Comfort theory to "cardiovascular nursing" unless of course, the students plans to have a very low grade on this poster. THIS poster is about applying this theory to THE practice of nursing, not the student's practice. This is in red for a reason. The words in all caps are not accidental. Note that by simply clicking on the sides of each cell, you can make them wider/narrower. If you click on the bottom line of a row, you can move it up or down. All of your evidence has to be weighted on the table using the weighting metric that was selected for this project.
Part III
Writing the practice guidelines. This is the new part and the fun part. You selected this theory because you think it is important for practice. How would nurses do that? What guidelines should nurses use in their practice to use this theory?
The practice guideline part of the poster was set up using the
Emergency Nurses Association
practice guidelines synopsis format. There is an example of an ENA CPG in Additional Resources. Notice that ENA conceptually organizes the practice guidelines in their synopsis. They aren’t just a list of disorganized “stuff”. I’ve given you Assessment, Intervention, and so on. You can easily change those to fit your theory by simply clicking on the word, deleting it and writing your own. When you click on it, it will appear horizontally and then go back to it’s vertical place. 🙂 Example: A recipe is a set of practice guidelines that have been conceptually arranged by Ingredients and Method.
How I recommend writing the CPGs
1) Take your middle range theory and on a blank document simply write down the things that nurses should do to implement this theory. Write them all down as you come to them in the theory.
2) Once you have them all written out, edit them to make them succinct and salient (short, sweet, and to the point). Delete the redundant ones. Remember simpler is better when writing CPGs. Cite the evidence supporting each CPG with (author, year) and it’s evidence weighting following the CPG. Ex: (Smith, 2020) [A] Now you have answered the eternal questions of “where did you get that?” and “how strong is the evidence?”. [Although ENA does not cite their synopsis with evidence, you’ll be glad you did if you ever use this poster].
3) Once you’re happy with those, look at how they could be grouped. What fits together. Cut and paste them into those groupings. Do they fit together. What is the common ground that makes them fit together. The common ground for each grouping is your conceptual organizer. You are only looking for 2 or 3 conceptual organizers.
4) Now, you can grade or weight the CPG using the metric at the bottom. Notice that the grade is based on the preponderance of evidence supporting this action This is your judgment but it is based on this metric.
Complete the benefits and harms section at the bottom of this section. For this poster, you are providing the benefits and harms of implementing these CPGs vs usual practice. There may be no harms. If so, say None.
The qualfying statement at the bottom of Part III has been written for you. Leave it exactly as it is. You might want to read it because you always want to accompany practice guidelines with a qualifying statement. Notice that one of the qualifiers is that these CPGs were not developed by a panel of experts because they were not. [Just a point for you to know when you write CPGs in your professional life, you always want to have the qualifier that these are based on the best available evidence at the time they written and that the nurse should always consider their applicability to the facts of the particular patient before using these].
Part IV
The first part of Part IV is the hardest part. Provide the “elevator speech” or the “sound byte” for why this theory should be used. Make it simple, succinct, and persuasive.
The references are your complete references (in perfect APA format). Leave the reference that is on the template there. It references one of the metrics that were used. For space reasons, single space your references without indentation. Double space between references.
The contact information is your contact information with your university email address, not your RODP email address. We want people to know how to contact you to tell you how awesome your poster is.
Please complete your faculty member’s name and his/her university email address. This is important because if you use this poster anywhere else, we have to provide the faculty member that someone should contact if s/he is concerned about the content of the poster. The course designer’s name and contact information is provided so that someone would know who to contact with concerns about the project itself or the structure of the poster.
Images
If you have white space on the poster in a section, think about using some images. Again, Google images is your best source. If you don’t have space, that is fine. A picture is always worth a thousand words.
When you are done, you will be so proud of your work and so will we. Please let me know if you have any questions. I’m glad to help you.
Introduction
linical
Practice Guideline
vidence Table
XYZ theory is important to nursing because it addresses the problem of __________that affects x% of the population. Smith (2020) developed this middle range theory to explain xxxx.
ethods
Conclusion
(
rief, succinct reason why this theory and these guidelines should be adopted by a health care agency).
References
rmola, R.R., Bourgault, A. M., Halm, M. A., Board, R.M., Harrington, L., Heafey, C. A., Lee, R., Shellner, P. K., Medina, J. (2009). AACN levels of evidence: What’s new? Critical Care Nurse 29(4), 70-73.
Contact Information and Acknowledgements
Contact information: Student name; email address
Acknowledgements: This poster was developed as a project for
Professor: Name, Rank,
Course
esigner
A qualitative synthesis of XYZ theory was conducted to ascertain the evidence supporting the use of xyz theory in nursing practice, nursing research, nursing education, and nursing administration.
Synopsis of Proposed
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Using XYZ Theory
Student name, BSN, RN
Application of xyz Theory
| Assumptions of XYZ Theory | Major Concepts | Propositions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Model showing relationship between the concepts
Instruments
| Reference Discipline |
Purpose/ Research Question(s)/ Hypotheses |
Sample & Instruments used | Variables Analysis of Data |
Findings | Strengths/ Limitations |
1 Level of evidence |
| Otoo, Lartey & Perez-Escamilla (2009) Nursing |
Incentives/Barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in periurban Ghanian women | n= 35 women with child <4 mo. x age=27.5 _____________ 4 focus groups of 7-10 women; 10 open ended questions, | Demographics 4 discussion areas: Knowledge of EBF, reasons, motivation, benefits of EBF, barriers to EBF and consequences |
EBF easier milk flow barriers= jobs, breast/nipple problems, perceived insuf. milk family pressure | Convenience sample; possible bias from social pressure in group |
|
Include inclusion/exclusion criteria for literature search, search engines used, keyterms used in the search, parameters for dates of publication
Qualifying Statement
These guidelines were developed by the author as a master’s student project for NURS 7000 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Practice. They were designed to provide nurses with proposed clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the clinical application of this middle range theory based on the best available evidence at the time these were written. They were not developed by an expert panel. This document is not intended to impose a standard of care that prevents a variance in a specific situation. They are proposed guidelines that should only be used according to the nurse’s judgment of their usefulness with each individual patient and situation.
| 1American Association of Critical Care Nurses’ (2011). Evidence Leveling System |
| Meta-analysis of multiple controlled studies or meta-synthesis of qualitative studies with results that consistently support a specific action, intervention or treatment |
| Well designed controlled studies, both randomized and nonrandomized, with results that consistently support a specific action, intervention, or treatment. |
| Qualitative studies, descriptive or correlational studies, integrative reviews, systematic reviews, or randomized controlled trials with inconsistent results. |
| Peer-reviewed professional standards, with clinical studies to support recommendations. |
| Theory-based evidence from expert opinion or multiple case reports. |
| Manufacturer’s recommendation |
Benefits/Harms of Implementing the Guideline Recommendations
Potential Benefits
Potential Harms
Strength of Recommendation
Rating Scale
Recommendation
Recommendation
Recommendation
Recommended
| Assessments | Assess all women admitted to Labor and Delivery for risk factors (single, minimal support system, hx of depression) for PPD (Smith, 2020 [A]; Jones, 2025 [B]) The [A] or [B] after the author, year is the weight of that evidence from your evidence table. Notice how well the CPG will now be supported with graded evidence. |
| Interventions | |
| Text |
Decision options
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Strength of Recommendation
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DESIGN GUIDE
This PowerPoint 2007 template produces a 36”x72” presentation poster. You can use it to create your research poster and save valuable time placing titles, subtitles, text, and graphics.
We provide a series of online answer your poster production questions. To view our template tutorials, go online to PosterPresentations.com and click on HELP DESK.
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QUICK START
Zoom in and out
As you work on your poster zoom in and out to the level that is more comfortable to you. Go to VIEW > ZOOM.
Title, Authors, and Affiliations
Start designing your poster by adding the title, the names of the authors, and the affiliated institutions. You can type or paste text into the provided boxes. The template will automatically adjust the size of your text to fit the title box. You can manually override this feature and change the size of your text.
TIP: The font size of your title should be bigger than your name(s) and institution name(s).
Adding Logos / Seals
Most often, logos are added on each side of the title. You can insert a logo by dragging and dropping it from your desktop, copy and paste or by going to INSERT > PICTURES. Logos taken from web sites are likely to be low quality when printed. Zoom it at 100% to see what the logo will look like on the final poster and make any necessary adjustments.
TIP: See if your company’s logo is available on our free poster templates page.
Photographs / Graphics
You can add images by dragging and dropping from your desktop, copy and paste, or by going to INSERT > PICTURES. Resize images proportionally by holding down the SHIFT key and dragging one of the corner handles. For a professional-looking poster, do not distort your images by enlarging them disproportionally.
Image Quality Check
Zoom in and look at your images at 100% magnification. If they look good they will print well.
ORIGINAL
DISTORTED
Corner handles
Good printing quality
Bad printing quality
QUICK START (cont.)
How to change the template color theme
You can easily change the color theme of your poster by going to the DESIGN menu, click on COLORS, and choose the color theme of your choice. You can also create your own color theme.
You can also manually change the color of your background by going to VIEW > SLIDE MASTER. After you finish working on the master be sure to go to VIEW > NORMAL to continue working on your poster.
How to add Text
The template comes with a number of pre-formatted placeholders for headers and text blocks. You can add more blocks by copying and pasting the existing ones or by adding a text box from the HOME menu.
Text size
Adjust the size of your text based on how much content you have to present. The default template text offers a good starting point. Follow the conference requirements.
How to add Tables
To add a table from scratch go to the INSERT menu and click on TABLE. A drop-down box will help you select rows and columns.
You can also copy and a paste a table from Word or another PowerPoint document. A pasted table may need to be re-formatted by RIGHT-CLICK > FORMAT SHAPE, TEXT BOX, Margins.
Graphs / Charts
You can simply copy and paste charts and graphs from Excel or Word. Some reformatting may be required depending on how the original document has been created.
How to change the column configuration
RIGHT-CLICK on the poster background and select LAYOUT to see the column options available for this template. The poster columns can also be customized on the Master. VIEW > MASTER.
How to remove the info bars
If you are working in PowerPoint for Windows and have finished your poster, save as PDF and the bars will not be included. You can also delete them by going to VIEW > MASTER. On the Mac adjust the Page-Setup to match the Page-Setup in PowerPoint before you create a PDF. You can also delete them from the Slide Master.
Save your work
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Introduction
linical
Practice Guideline
vidence Table
XYZ theory is important to nursing because it addresses the problem of __________that affects x% of the population. Smith (2020) developed this middle range theory to explain xxxx.
ethods
Conclusion
(
rief, succinct reason why this theory and these guidelines should be adopted by a health care agency).
References
rmola, R.R., Bourgault, A. M., Halm, M. A., Board, R.M., Harrington, L., Heafey, C. A., Lee, R., Shellner, P. K., Medina, J. (2009). AACN levels of evidence: What’s new? Critical Care Nurse 29(4), 70-73.
Contact Information and Acknowledgements
Contact information: Student name; email address
Acknowledgements: This poster was developed as a project for
Professor: Name, Rank,
Course
esigner
A qualitative synthesis of XYZ theory was conducted to ascertain the evidence supporting the use of xyz theory in nursing practice, nursing research, nursing education, and nursing administration.
Synopsis of Proposed
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Using XYZ Theory
Student name, BSN, RN
Application of xyz Theory
| Assumptions of XYZ Theory | Major Concepts | Propositions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Model showing relationship between the concepts
Instruments
| Reference Discipline |
Purpose/ Research Question(s)/ Hypotheses |
Sample & Instruments used | Variables Analysis of Data |
Findings | Strengths/ Limitations |
1 Level of evidence |
| Otoo, Lartey & Perez-Escamilla (2009) Nursing |
Incentives/Barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in periurban Ghanian women | n= 35 women with child <4 mo. x age=27.5 _____________ 4 focus groups of 7-10 women; 10 open ended questions, | Demographics 4 discussion areas: Knowledge of EBF, reasons, motivation, benefits of EBF, barriers to EBF and consequences |
EBF easier milk flow barriers= jobs, breast/nipple problems, perceived insuf. milk family pressure | Convenience sample; possible bias from social pressure in group |
|
Include inclusion/exclusion criteria for literature search, search engines used, keyterms used in the search, parameters for dates of publication
Qualifying Statement
These guidelines were developed by the author as a master’s student project for NURS 7000 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Practice. They were designed to provide nurses with proposed clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the clinical application of this middle range theory based on the best available evidence at the time these were written. They were not developed by an expert panel. This document is not intended to impose a standard of care that prevents a variance in a specific situation. They are proposed guidelines that should only be used according to the nurse’s judgment of their usefulness with each individual patient and situation.
| 1American Association of Critical Care Nurses’ (2011). Evidence Leveling System |
| Meta-analysis of multiple controlled studies or meta-synthesis of qualitative studies with results that consistently support a specific action, intervention or treatment |
| Well designed controlled studies, both randomized and nonrandomized, with results that consistently support a specific action, intervention, or treatment. |
| Qualitative studies, descriptive or correlational studies, integrative reviews, systematic reviews, or randomized controlled trials with inconsistent results. |
| Peer-reviewed professional standards, with clinical studies to support recommendations. |
| Theory-based evidence from expert opinion or multiple case reports. |
| Manufacturer’s recommendation |
Benefits/Harms of Implementing the Guideline Recommendations
Potential Benefits
Potential Harms
Strength of Recommendation
Rating Scale
Recommendation
Recommendation
Recommendation
Recommended
| Assessments | Assess all women admitted to Labor and Delivery for risk factors (single, minimal support system, hx of depression) for PPD (Smith, 2020 [A]; Jones, 2025 [B]) The [A] or [B] after the author, year is the weight of that evidence from your evidence table. Notice how well the CPG will now be supported with graded evidence. |
| Interventions | |
| Text |
Decision options
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Strength of Recommendation
(—THIS SIDEBAR DOES NOT PRINT—)
DESIGN GUIDE
This PowerPoint 2007 template produces a 36”x72” presentation poster. You can use it to create your research poster and save valuable time placing titles, subtitles, text, and graphics.
We provide a series of online answer your poster production questions. To view our template tutorials, go online to PosterPresentations.com and click on HELP DESK.
When you are ready to print your poster, go online to PosterPresentations.com
Need assistance? Call us at 1.510.649.3001
QUICK START
Zoom in and out
As you work on your poster zoom in and out to the level that is more comfortable to you. Go to VIEW > ZOOM.
Title, Authors, and Affiliations
Start designing your poster by adding the title, the names of the authors, and the affiliated institutions. You can type or paste text into the provided boxes. The template will automatically adjust the size of your text to fit the title box. You can manually override this feature and change the size of your text.
TIP: The font size of your title should be bigger than your name(s) and institution name(s).
Adding Logos / Seals
Most often, logos are added on each side of the title. You can insert a logo by dragging and dropping it from your desktop, copy and paste or by going to INSERT > PICTURES. Logos taken from web sites are likely to be low quality when printed. Zoom it at 100% to see what the logo will look like on the final poster and make any necessary adjustments.
TIP: See if your company’s logo is available on our free poster templates page.
Photographs / Graphics
You can add images by dragging and dropping from your desktop, copy and paste, or by going to INSERT > PICTURES. Resize images proportionally by holding down the SHIFT key and dragging one of the corner handles. For a professional-looking poster, do not distort your images by enlarging them disproportionally.
Image Quality Check
Zoom in and look at your images at 100% magnification. If they look good they will print well.
ORIGINAL
DISTORTED
Corner handles
Good printing quality
Bad printing quality
QUICK START (cont.)
How to change the template color theme
You can easily change the color theme of your poster by going to the DESIGN menu, click on COLORS, and choose the color theme of your choice. You can also create your own color theme.
You can also manually change the color of your background by going to VIEW > SLIDE MASTER. After you finish working on the master be sure to go to VIEW > NORMAL to continue working on your poster.
How to add Text
The template comes with a number of pre-formatted placeholders for headers and text blocks. You can add more blocks by copying and pasting the existing ones or by adding a text box from the HOME menu.
Text size
Adjust the size of your text based on how much content you have to present. The default template text offers a good starting point. Follow the conference requirements.
How to add Tables
To add a table from scratch go to the INSERT menu and click on TABLE. A drop-down box will help you select rows and columns.
You can also copy and a paste a table from Word or another PowerPoint document. A pasted table may need to be re-formatted by RIGHT-CLICK > FORMAT SHAPE, TEXT BOX, Margins.
Graphs / Charts
You can simply copy and paste charts and graphs from Excel or Word. Some reformatting may be required depending on how the original document has been created.
How to change the column configuration
RIGHT-CLICK on the poster background and select LAYOUT to see the column options available for this template. The poster columns can also be customized on the Master. VIEW > MASTER.
How to remove the info bars
If you are working in PowerPoint for Windows and have finished your poster, save as PDF and the bars will not be included. You can also delete them by going to VIEW > MASTER. On the Mac adjust the Page-Setup to match the Page-Setup in PowerPoint before you create a PDF. You can also delete them from the Slide Master.
Save your work
Save your template as a PowerPoint document. For printing, save as PowerPoint or “Print-quality” PDF.
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