Category: Healthcare

Review the performance appraisal system in your work environment by describing the type of system used, at least 2 rating errors that can occur, and at least three ways to improve the system based upon the readings.  Be sure to mention the type of rater training for managers as one of your ways to improve the system.
2-2 page paper in APA format .
To demonstrate you read and understand the learning material, you must mention information from the article links and other documents or your own similar scholarly research, and cite the source(s) in-text (abbreviated at end of sentence) and on the separate reference page (full reference).
reading material 
Performance Appraisal Rating Errors
As hard as managers try to be objective in assessing others’ performance, it is human nature to hold biases that may unintentionally influence ratings.   Following is information the Dartmouth College Human Resources department uses to inform their managers on rating errors along with how to avoid them. Again, use this information in responses to one of this week’s discussion question and in your written assignment.

How to Avoid the 5 Most Common Employee Appraisal Biases

https://blog.kenjo.io/the-9-most-common-errors-in-performance-appraisal

18 pages plus cover
and refrences in APA format double spaced 12 point times new roman.  Please see attached milestone submissions
Create a program
proposal that seeks to address a public health problem in a given community. By
conducting an assessment of a need in the community and a review of literature,
you will present a convincing argument relative to why the chosen health
problem must be addressed, followed by sound recommendations that illustrate
how your proposal will improve the health, safety, and quality of life for
people in their communities while also promoting social justice.
Specifically, the
following critical elements must be addressed:
I.       
Statement
of the Problem
A.       
Briefly discuss the
public health problem, including epidemiological patterns, trends, and
populations affected. Is this a population or individual health problem?
B.       
Analyze the social
determinants of health- and social justice-related disparities that impact the
distribution of this problem in a community or target population.
C.       
Briefly discuss your
program proposal’s objectives and its logic model for planning. Would your
program proposal focus on prevention or treatment?
D.       
Conduct an assessment
of a need in your community, ensuring the inclusion of a description of the
community and how this proposed program may improve the health, safety, and
quality of life for people in their communities. Be sure to specify the
ecological framework for health problems within the community. Note that you will
not conduct a full community needs assessment; rather, you will identify a need
through a preliminary review of local newspapers or other relevant sources.
Your instructor is available to review sources and identify ways to obtain
information and navigate the system. From there, you will research what is out
there, what is missing, what others have done to solve the problem, and so on.
This evaluation presents an opportunity for you to engage the community by
contacting appropriate individuals either directly or using the internet or
telephone to interview them about the problem selected.
E.       
Based on your program
proposal’s objectives and your assessment of the need in the community,
evaluate project methods such as study/intervention design and statistical issues
related to sampling, measurement, and analysis for their strengths and
weaknesses in addressing the public health problem you have identified.
II.       
Literature
Review
Using secondary
sources, analyze how the health problem is being addressed in other
communities. How prevalent is it? Through a review of the literature, evaluate
the social, political, and historical milestones and trends relative to the
identified problem. You should also review interventions that have been
attempted in other communities and their success, or lack thereof.
A.       
Provide evidence by
reviewing the scientific literature related to public health problem,
information on the needs of the community, potential interventions or programs,
and appropriate and relevant theoretical framework(s).
B.       
Analyze the human
subjects-related concerns and protections that will be established in the
proposal. In other words, what issues must be considered with regard to human
participation research, and how will those issues be not only addressed, but
protected (e.g., Institutional Review Board approval) throughout the proposal?
III.       
Recommendations
Based on the statement
of the problem, a thorough review of the literature, and the identification of
potential program/intervention model(s) and theoretical framework(s) related to
the health problem, provide recommendations for addressing the issue through
appropriate public health strategies (including public policy, community mobilization,
patient or provider education, and health communications).
A.       
Based on your research
and identified community need, concisely suggest (one paragraph at the most)
appropriate technical and professional communication strategies that will
promote your public health program.
B.       
Propose evaluation
methods for determining efficacy of the program. According to the CDC, program
evaluation questions generally fall into several groups. How will you evaluate
your program based on this framework? For example, would you use the
implementation, effectiveness, efficiency, or cost-effectiveness method of
evaluation?
C.       
How will you attend to
attribution (i.e., can progress on goals and objectives be shown to relate to
your program, as opposed to other things that are going on at the same time) in
your program?
IV.       
Conclusion
A.       
Articulate any
limitations of the proposal.
B.       
Summarize how the
rights, interests, and freedom of individuals and community interests may be
impacted by the program proposal.
C.       
Discuss implications
for future research or related projects or programs.

PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS, SEE ATTACHMENTS, AND FOLLOW RUBRIC FOR DISTINGUISH SCORE
In a 5–7 page written assessment, determine how health care technology, coordination of care, and community resources can be applied to address the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined. In addition, plan to spend approximately 2 direct practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group you’ve chosen to work with and, if desired, consulting with subject matter and industry experts. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form. Report on your experiences during the second 2 hours of your practicum.
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Introduction
As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you’ll be positioned to maximize the use of technology to achieve positive patient outcomes and improve organizational effectiveness. Providing holistic coordination of patient care across the entire health care continuum and leveraging community resource services can lead both to positive patient outcomes and to organizational improvements.
Preparation
In this assessment, you’ll determine how health care technology, coordination of care, and community resources can be applied to address the health problem you’ve defined. Plan to spend at least 2 direct practicum hours working with the same patient, family, or group. During this time, you may also choose to consult with subject matter and industry experts.
To prepare for the assessment:
Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete and how it will be assessed.
Conduct sufficient research of the scholarly and professional literature to inform your assessment and meet scholarly expectations for supporting evidence.
Review the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 3 [PDF], Download Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 3 [PDF],which provides guidance for conducting this portion of your practicum.
Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center’s Writing Support page.
Instructions
Complete this assessment in two parts.
Part 1
Determine how health care technology, the coordination of care, and the use of community resources can be applied to address the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined. Plan to spend at least 2 practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group. During this time, you may also consult with subject matter and industry experts of your choice. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form. Use the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 3 [PDF] (SEE ATTACHMENT) provided for this assessment to guide your work and interpersonal interactions.
Part 2
Report on your experiences during the second 2 hours of your practicum.
Whom did you meet with?
What did you learn from them?
Comment on the evidence-based practice (EBP) documents or websites you reviewed.
What did you learn from that review?
Share the process and experience of exploring the effect of the problem on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Did your plan to address the problem change, based upon your experiences?
What surprised you, or was of particular interest to you, and why?
Requirements
The assessment requirements, outlined below, correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.
Analyze the impact of health care technology on the patient, family, or population problem.
Cite evidence from the literature that addresses the advantages and disadvantages of specific technologies, including research studies that present opposing views.
Determine whether the evidence is consistent with technology use you see in your nursing practice.
Identify potential barriers and costs associated with the use of specific technologies and how those technologies are applied within the context of this problem.
Explain how care coordination and the utilization of community resources can be used to address the patient, family, or population problem.
Cite evidence from the literature that addresses the benefits of care coordination and the utilization of community resources, including research studies that present opposing views.
Determine whether the evidence is consistent with how you see care coordination and community resources used in your nursing practice.
Identify barriers to the use of care coordination and community resources in the context of this problem.
Analyze state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies associated with health care technology, care coordination, and community resources and document the practicum hours spent with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
Explain how these standards or policies will guide your actions in applying technology, care coordination, and community resources to address care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of technology, care coordination, and community resources.
Explain how nursing ethics will inform your approach to addressing the problem through the use of applied technology, care coordination, and community resources.
Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Additional Requirements
Format: Format your paper using APA style. APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] is provided to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include:
A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.
Appropriate section headings.
Length: Your paper should be approximately 5–7 pages in length, not including the reference page.
Supporting evidence: Cite at least five sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format.
Proofreading: Proofread your paper, before you submit it, to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on its substance.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology to improve patient and systems outcomes.
Analyze the impact of health care technology on a patient, family, or population problem.
Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.
Analyze state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies associated with health technology, care coordination, and community resources and document the practicum hours spent with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
Competency 6: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes.
Explain how care coordination and the utilization of community resources can be used to address a patient, family, or population problem.
Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing

HA425M1-1: Analyze how health care managers use systematic approaches to quality improvement and operations.
Assignment Introduction:
Using what you have learned throughout this course, you will synthesize the information to create a 7- to 8-minute PowerPoint and video presentation to discuss an upcoming quality improvement project with all staff. This will include your finance manager, clinical support staff, providers, and administrative staff.
Assignment Directions:
Assignment Details
Assume that you have met with a small team previously to design a quality improvement project and have developed a plan. Using the knowledge of your previous assignments, outline the following:
the reason for the project (the why)
the impact to your patient population
a discussion of health disparities within this population as it pertains to the project
your plan, including data collection and potential barriers to the project

The final policy paper is cumulative and covers Chapters 1 – 16 of McLaughlin and McLaughlin (2014) textbook. To complete the final assignment you are required to use at least eight peer-reviewed sources with at least two from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. Be sure to read United States National Healthcare Policies 2015: An Analysis with Implications for the Future of MedicineLinks to an external site..
Choose four policy analysis processes and apply each one to a policy case (you may use a previous week’s case) or choose from the list below:
Trans Pacific Partnership AgreementDownload Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
Policy response to the problem of suicide in AustraliaLinks to an external site.
The political economy of austerity and healthcare: Cross-national analysis of expenditure changes in 27 European nations 1995–2011Links to an external site.
Proposition 63: Should Other States Follow California’s Lead?Links to an external site.
Provide details on the other policy processes that were not utilized in your research. How could they be applied? Why would they be applicable?
All applicable information from previous weeks must be included.
A conclusion MUST be included at the end of the paper summarizing the key aspects of health policy.
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
Must be 10 to 15 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must use at least eight scholarly sources in addition to the text.
Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.

Exam Content
As a health care manager, you are included in the ethics committee. There has been a new case brought before the committee for your review and recommendation. You will be responsible for reviewing the facts and providing a written response to the committee with your recommendations. This process will allow you the opportunity to analyze the health care manager’s role in ethical decision-making in a health care ethics case.
Preparing for the Assessment
Read the Ethics Committee Case Study & Consideration Questions.
Review the questions to consider when reviewing an ethical dilemma.
Review the Ethical Decision Models & Problem-Solving Methodologies.
Assessment Deliverable
Write an 875- to 1,225-word response to the ethical committee regarding your recommendation as a health care manager presented with this case. In your response, you should:
Identify the major stakeholders in the case.
Identify the ultimate decisions makers (e.g., medical team, parents, etc.) in the case.
Explain Baby Bundle’s rights in this case.
Describe the ethical theories or principles that pertain to the case.
Analyze your role as a health care manager in this ethics committee decision.
Based on your review of the case and the fact that the parents are not in agreement, state your recommendation to the committee for next steps.
Cite at least 2 sources according to APA guidelines.

Scenario
You have just been hired as a Project Manager for Kingston-Bryce Limited and have been assigned your first project. Kingston-Bryce Limited (KBL) is a custom furniture manufacturer that specializes in hand-crafted dining room tables. The Board of Directors has identified an opportunity to purchase a competitor that also specializes in custom furniture. The acquisition of the competitor will enable KBL to expand operations and triple their workforce and will take 18 months to complete. In order for this acquisition to be successful, you will need to use your project management skills to ensure success.
Instructions
Your first task is to create a project plan outline for the Board of Directors in Microsoft Word or Excel. You will need to create the timeline in Excel and copy that timeline into the Word Document. The project outline is essential for documenting all of the necessary tasks and milestones necessary to complete the project. The project is expected to take 18 months to complete, and the major milestones are broken up by quarters. You will need to be creative and develop the following items as if you were running the project.
THERE ARE 4 QUARTERS
Include the following (you will need to create these items):
tasks and milestones;
a project description/scope;
key stakeholders;
timeline for the project.
NOTE – Be sure the documents display proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.

PLEASE READ ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS, SEE ATTACHMENTS, AND FOLLOW RUBRIC FOR DISTINGUISH SCORE
Develop an intervention (your capstone project), as a solution to the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined. Submit the proposed intervention to the faculty for review and approval. This solution needs to be implemented (shared) with your patient, family, or group. You are not to share your intervention with your patient, family, or group or move on to Assessment 5 before your faculty reviews/approves the solution you submit in Assessment 4. In a separate written deliverable, write a 5–7 page analysis of your intervention.
Introduction
In your first three assessments, you applied new knowledge and insight gleaned from the literature, from organizational data, and from direct consultation with the patient, family, or group (and perhaps with subject matter and industry experts) to your assessment of the problem. You’ve examined the problem from the perspectives of leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, policy, quality of care, patient safety, costs to the system and individual, technology, care coordination, and community resources. Now it’s time to turn your attention to proposing an intervention (your capstone project), as a solution to the problem.
Preparation
In this assessment, you’ll develop an intervention as a solution to the health problem you’ve defined. To prepare for the assessment, think about an appropriate intervention, based on your work in the preceding assessments, that will produce tangible, measurable results for the patient, family, or group. In addition, you might consider using a root cause analysis to explore the underlying reasons for a problem and as the basis for developing and implementing an action plan to address the problem. Some appropriate interventions include the following:
Creating an educational brochure.
Producing an educational voice-over PowerPoint presentation or video focusing on your topic.
Creating a teaching plan for your patient, family, or group.
Recommending work process or workflow changes addressing your topic.
Plan to spend at least 3 direct practicum hours working with the same patient, family, or group.
In addition, you may wish to complete the following:
Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete and how it will be assessed.
Conduct sufficient research of the scholarly and professional literature to inform your work and meet scholarly expectations for supporting evidence.
Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center’s Writing Support page.
Instructions
Complete this assessment in two parts: (a) develop an intervention as a solution to the problem and (b) submit your proposed intervention, with a written analysis, to your faculty for review and approval.
Part 1
Develop an intervention, as a solution to the problem, based on your assessment and supported by data and scholarly, evidence-based sources.
Incorporate relevant aspects of the following considerations that shaped your understanding of the problem:
Leadership.
Collaboration.
Communication.
Change management.
Policy.
Quality of care.
Patient safety.
Costs to the system and individual.
Technology.
Care coordination.
Community resources.
Part 2
Submit your proposed intervention to your faculty for review and approval.
In a separate written deliverable, write a 5–7 page analysis of your intervention.
Summarize the patient, family, or population problem.
Explain why you selected this problem as the focus of your project.
Explain why the problem is relevant to your professional practice and to the patient, family, or group.
In addition, address the requirements outlined below. These requirements correspond to the scoring guide criteria for this assessment, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.
Define the role of leadership and change management in addressing the problem.
Explain how leadership and change management strategies influenced the development of your proposed intervention.
Explain how nursing ethics informed the development of your proposed intervention.
Include a copy of the intervention/solution/professional product.
Propose strategies for communicating and collaborating with the patient, family, or group to improve outcomes associated with the problem.
Identify the patient, family, or group.
Discuss the benefits of gathering their input to improve care associated with the problem.
Identify best-practice strategies from the literature for effective communication and collaboration to improve outcomes.
Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies guided the development of your proposed intervention.
Cite the standards and/or policies that guided your work.
Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in improving outcomes for this problem.
Explain how your proposed intervention will improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and individual.
Cite evidence from the literature that supports your conclusions.
Identify relevant and available sources of benchmark data on care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
Explain how technology, care coordination, and the utilization of community resources can be applied in addressing the problem.
Cite evidence from the literature that supports your conclusions.
Write concisely and directly, using active voice.
Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.
Additional Requirements
Format: Format the written analysis of your intervention using APA style. APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] is provided to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include:
A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.
Appropriate section headings.
Length: Your paper should be approximately 5–7 pages in length, not including the reference page.
Supporting evidence: Cite at least five sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format.
Proofreading: Proofread your paper, before you submit it, to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on its substance.
Portfolio Prompt: Save your intervention to your ePortfolio. After you complete your program, you may want to consider leveraging your portfolio as part of a job search or other demonstration of your academic and professional competencies.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
Define the role of leadership and change management in addressing a patient, family, or population health problem and includes a copy of intervention/solution/professional product.
Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.
Explain how a proposed intervention to address a patient, family, or population health problem will improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and individual.
Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology to improve patient and systems outcomes.
Explain how technology, care coordination, and the utilization of community resources can be applied in addressing a patient, family, or population health problem.
Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.
Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies guided the development of a proposed intervention.
Competency 6: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes.
Propose strategies for communicating and collaborating with a patient, family, or group to improve outcomes associated with a patient, family, or population health problem.
Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
Write concisely and directly, using active voice.
Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.
Please submit both your solution/intervention and the 5–7 page analysis to complete Assessment 4.

After completion of the video, please complete a reflection and upload to Moodle under the assignment submission. Please ensure that your reflection is a minimum of 500 words, uploaded as a Microsoft Word document, and is in 12-point font, double spaced. It could be based on either prior experiences or your thoughts based on watching the video.

(don’t need to watch all of video, or any of the video in fact). Just can be about anything on dementia. It’s not a graded assignemnt, I’m just too busy to write it right now. No references needed.

Assignment
Detail/Description
1.    
Go
to http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/.  The link is also provided for you in Module
1. Continue to explore additional reliable health data resources/websites.
There are suggestions in Module 1 for reliable websites.  Explore your state, region, and county health
rankings and data.  This will allow you
to prepare responses to the following content areas below.   
2.    
Identify
two areas of commonality and differences in your state health data
compared to your county and region?  Does
your county have similar rankings, health outcomes and factors compared to your
surrounding counties?  Explain and
describe these two data impressions and comparisons.
3.    
Look
closely at your county data. Describe three health trends occurring in
your county (these are noted within the trend column in the county rankings
data), both the positive and negative.  Briefly
describe how does this impacts clinical practice within the county and personal
health as a county resident?
4.    
Identify
and describe two resources/barriers within your county of residence that
may be contributing to positive and/or negative health trends.
5.    
Reflect
and describe how APRN practice and leadership could impact/improve county
health outcomes/factors.
This
assignment is a formal APA formatted paper. 
There is a guide/example for you in Module 1 to follow as many of you
are inexperienced with APA formatting.  At
least three scholarly references are required for this
assignment.  These can include peer-reviewed
professional journals and professional/scholarly data sites (i.e. county health
rankings, CDC sites, etc.).  This paper should be no longer than 3
double-spaced pages of content, excluding the title page and reference page.  All references should be supported by
an in-text citation.
Please use Templet sample attached for formatting the paper. APA 7th edition.
Additional Resoucres:
In addition to the County Health Rankings link, consider these additional resources.
https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/north-carolina/2018/overview
https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/using-the-rankings-data/finding-more-data/south-carolina  
https://www.cdc.gov/public-health-gateway/php/public-health-strategy/public-health-strategies-for-community-health-assessment-data-benchmarks.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/cha/data.html
https://data.cdc.gov/