Capstone Project Statement of Intent

Today nurses are overworked, underpaid, and very stressed. Overworking makes them tired and stress makes them unhealthy which leads to mistakes. Nurses need more employees but the population is too small to develop enough nurses. The main solution is to introduce robotic nurses into the medical facilities in order to reduce the insane workload on nurses which will lead to less mistakes and therefore less deaths. The only problem with introducing robotic nurses into the industry is that some people are uncomfortable with the idea of robots taking care of them. I will create a survey where patients can describe what would make them feel more comfortable around robots (synthetic skin, smiling, human reactions, etc.) in order to create a robot that would be more personable with patients. 

PSA Assignment

Examples:

The Girl Effect PSA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIvmE4_KMNw 

This video kept me watching because of the words and the background music. It showed a way to get girls out of poverty and improve the world as a unit.  

No Kid Hungry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421782837&x-yt-cl=84359240&v=2RUYkzJio24

This video was very entertaining and eye opening because of the dramatic music and the children who looked hungry and lonely. It made me think about how lucky I am to eat every day.

The article explaining how to write a PSA helped because it provided a simple and easy to follow layout of requirements. I learned to stick straight to the facts and only talk about results. I should use formal language and make it emotional so that others can connect with my PSA. I need to make it clear for the audience and include music and sound effects to keep the audience's attention.  At the end of your PSA you should be able to 

My PSA:

I will emphasize that
1) 90,000 people die per year because of nurses' mistakes
2) robotic nurses can reduce the amount of mistakes
3) Nurses will not be overworked and stressed
4) Robots are 100% effective and can work any time of the day
5) Nurses approve and support robot aid

Visuals and Audio:
I will introduce the PSA with dead bodies covered by bags in a medical facility and state, "90,000 people die each year due to nurse's mistakes." Then I will talk about the benefits of the robots and how nurses approve them. Then, I will end the PSA with, "Don't let this be you."
The audio will be a piano background that makes it dramatic sort of like the commercials asking for donations to help abused dogs and other animals.

Type of PSA;
I am going to have a dramatic PSA with a shocking introductory image and suspenseful music. This PSA is relating to deaths so it will be very serious and contain text (one to two words per slide)

Outline:
Intro- Dramatic music in the background. Several images of dead bodies inside bags located in a medical facility.
Body- Describe that 90,000 people die per year due to nursing mistakes. List the solution of robots and its benefits.
Conclusion- Support robotic care and donate so that you can ensure you and your family are safe. Don't Don't become one of these people. (Show bodies in a bag and fade the image out to end the PSA)

Capstone Project Statement of Intent

• The goal of my project is to help people understand that robots are a necessity in the nursing work force and convince them to have more robot nurses work in hospitals. I will also try to help people feel comfortable with the idea of being cared for by a robot. If robots are approved for human care, then it will allow nurses to work less, reduce stress, and provide more accurate healthcare.
• It's important because our population is on the rise and there are not enough nurses to take care of all our patients, so they are making more mistakes that lead to deaths. Why are they making more mistakes? Because they are being overworked, underpaid, and have high stress levels.
• The goal of making people more comfortable with the idea of robots will allow hospitals to implement more robots without worrying about a decreased amount of patients; therefore, I will have improved the nursing career by allowing patients to accept robot care. I have already talked to several nurses and all of them believe that robots would be highly beneficial and approve of them. Most people are worried that robots will take away their jobs, but this isn't true because you can not program a robot to recognize human feelings and nor could robots comfort the patient. 
• It gives back to society by allowing hospitals to use more robotic nurses because they won't have to worry about patients leaving their care due to insecurity in robotic technology. So nurses will make less mistakes, reduce stress levels, and stop overworking. It will improve healthcare overall. 

Final Yearbook

My theme is "Where equality comes first" because I wanted to resemble how Richland takes diversity seriously and accepts it.
I chose this theme because it's very clear and direct. In addition, many people would look for colleges who accept diversity when applying. I was able to explore this theme by using different hands and feet and words. At first I thought about using different ducks, but the hands and feet look more balanced and resemble humans. I used the hands and feet to apply many different colors and effects in order to resemble diversity. My theme relates to the hands and feet by welcoming different people into the RCHS community. My duck also has diversity, friendship, and cooperation inside it. I used a large font with a clear font style in order to make my words stand out. 

Yearbook Design

Throughout the process of creating a yearbook cover, I discovered the easiest and quickest cites to use for imagery without copyrighting. I explored different designs using background effects until I finally decided to use a gradient fill. I liked this because I was able to create a purple and green color for one page. In addition I explored tons of different colors because I was trying to make the 6 ducks look diverse. I discovered that I could use Shift and + to change the color of my duck and Ctrl V to paste the same size duck. I was also able to create a new clip art duck with the help of my professor. I also used a font that I got from the internet as well by downloading and installing the font into Photoshop. Overall I learned a lot from creating this yearbook and it was very entertaining to create. 

Typography

     I explored the word "death" by blending together flames and wood to resemble destruction. I used this word because it's a very clear word that anyone can relate to or imagine and because of that it was very simple for me to create a picture that was similar to the word. I used a font called "infected" that helped bring a sort of Gothic effect to the text. 

Capstone Poster Outline

Title and Intro: The future of nursing. Today, nurses are overworked, stressed, and underpaid: however, we've found a solution.

Body 1: The introduction of robot nurses will save us $21 billion a year and save 90,000 lives. These patients die every year because of simple mistakes that nurses make caused by stress and long working hours.

Body 2: Overall they will improve care and there will be less illness where the patients can overcome their sickness quicker because the nurses are able to spend more time ensuring correct medication is given to the patient instead of moving them from place to place. 

Body 3: 7% of the population will be saved per ear and there will be a much faster response by nurses because they won't be so busy anymore. 

Conclusion: Robots will be the future of the medical industry whether you like it or not; however, this survey concludes that the far majority of people would like healthcare from a robot because of they never make mistakes. 

This is the new poster. I removed the old poster and deleted the file. 

Template Review

Name: Productivity: The colors used were navy blue, light blue, red, beige, and white.

1. Very organized and statistics are very useful for people who have no clue what you're talking about. 
2. It will help the audience realize what I'm talking about and give them a general idea of where we are number-wise. 
3. The colors are very mature and formal and data is easy to include. 

Name: Influenza: The colors used were blue, white, black, and grey.

1. This is a great poster because it's a quick description of the flu and provides a chart describing the increased chances of getting sick.
2. There are many explanations describing the flu and how to get treated.
3. It is also very organized and the audience can follow along easily. 

Name: Dexter's Laboratory Presentation: The colors used were black, blue, and orange.

1. Has a background relating to science which makes it easier to relate to my capstone topic (nursing)
2. Organized layout makes it easy to read and follow for the audience
3. There's a lot of information in a small area