The purpose of this assignment is to display your understanding of budgeting principles and terminology.

For this assignment, you are a nurse manager, and you need to explain the concept of an operational budget to your staff. You need to do this in a way that will help them to understand how an operational budget impacts department operations.

Create an 8- to 10-slide PowerPoint Presentation (excluding the title and reference slides) addressing the following:

• Cost Concepts
• Revenue Concepts
• Breakeven Analysis
• The difference between the operational and capital budgets

Include 3–4 peer-reviewed resources.

Additionally, include a title side, reference slide, comprehensive speaker’s notes, and graphics that are relevant to the content, visually appealing, and placed appropriately. 

Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style. 

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.