Category: Nursing

  • HR Management Discussion Questions and Responses Title: Enhancing Individual Performance and Organizational Competitiveness through Performance Management and Total Compensation Strategies

    150 Words, and one source per question.
    Classe Book:
    Dessler, G. (2020). Human resource management (16th ed.). Pearson/Prentice Hall. ISBN-13: 9780135172780
    2-1
    As technology continues to advance, organizations are using social media and online platforms to attract and acquire eligible employees. What processes, procedures, and specific websites are currently being used in your organization to attract and acquire potential employees from the online setting? As a job seeker, discuss the benefits and challenges that accompany social media, including LinkedIn, when searching for employment? What are the drawbacks that an employer faces when using websites to attract future employees for positions and how can these drawbacks be reduced?
    2-2
    Assume that you were rejected for a position you applied to, based on their selection methods used. In general, discuss both the reliability and validity as they relate to recruitment and selection practices. Why are both factors critical when considering which selection method to use in making hiring decisions? Lastly, critically evaluate both the reliability and the validity of your firm’s current recruitment and selection process.
    3-1
    Organizations may have developed a detailed interview process with standard questions for each position, pre-employment assessments, and other selection tools. Specify one standard interview question an organization would ask a candidate for a particular position. You can use the new role identified in the Topic 2 assignment or another position. Discuss why you developed this question and the response you would expect a potential candidate to provide.
    3-2
    it is important to ensure that a candidate fits into the culture of the organization. What pre-employment selection methods can be used to find the best candidate that fits the culture of the organization? What message is sent to candidates about the interview process and selection methods of an organization? Clarify how HR can ensure any pre-employment assessments used are not inherently biased.
    4-1
    Prior to developing your training programs, you must analyze your organizational needs, identify employee skills gaps based on performance, and have resources available to support training goals, including those associated with succession planning. These constitute learning conditions to ensure training programs have purpose and alignment to organizational goals. Thinking about the learning conditions described, and assuming your organization has the readiness for learning, recommend at least one training program your organization would benefit from by implementing. Explain why this training program supports the organizational goals and aligns with employee performance needs. How do you determine the training program effectiveness on the organization?
    4-2
    What formal and informal onboarding or assimilation processes exist in your organization or an organization with which you are familiar? Identify the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of the onboarding or assimilation processes. What changes do you recommend making to the current onboarding or assimilation process to improve their efficiency when orientating new employees?
    5-1
    Why is employee engagement an important strategy to foster within an organization? What experience have you had or what examples have you seen or heard about that have helped foster a positive work environment and culture of engagement? Share one strategy that you believe can foster an engaging environment in the workplace.
    5-2
    Often times, employees come to a point when they are ready to advance their position or further develop their skills. How can the organization’s leadership support individuals seeking to relocate laterally or advance their careers by moving into a position of higher authority within their organization? Provide an example and describe how such a comprehensive approach supports employee retention.
    6-1
    The appraisal process is one step in identifying potential improvements or growth opportunities for individual performance. What is the most helpful component from the job analysis that can be used in designing a performance appraisal tool?  What is the most difficult part of the performance management process?
    6-2
    Explain how the performance appraisal tool used within your respective organizations aligns with the organization’s strategic goals. Discuss how a performance management process relates to employee growth and development within their respective jobs. 
    7-1
    Identify and explain two elements of the total compensation package that promotes organizational competitiveness that attracts and retains employees.
    7-2
    What are legally required benefits and why are they required by law? Can any of these benefits be waived? Provide an example. Provide one additional benefit that should be made into a legally required benefit.

  • Title: Managing Chronic Fatigue and Chest Pain in a 52-Year-Old Male Patient with Comorbidities and Caregiving Responsibilities

    Instructions:
    Scenario: A 52-year-old male patient who is a house painter presents to the office reporting chronic fatigue and “mild” chest pain. When he is painting, the chest pain is relieved after taking a break. He reports that the pain usually lasts 5 minutes or less and occasionally spreads to his left arm before subsiding. The patient was last seen 3 years ago by you, and you recommended diet changes to manage mild hyperlipidemia, but the patient has gained 30 pounds since that time. The patient’s medical history includes anxiety, vasectomy, cholecystectomy, and mild hyperlipidemia. The patient does not smoke or use other tobacco or nicotine products. The patient cares for his wife, who has multiple sclerosis and requires 24-hour care. His daughter and grandson also live with the patient. His daughter assists with the care of his wife, and his job is the major source of income for the family. The initial vital signs are: blood pressure 158/78, heart rate 87, respiratory rate 20, and body mass index 32. As part of the diagnostic work-up, an ECG, lipid levels, cardiac enzymes, and C-reactive protein (CRP) are ordered. The patient reports that he does not have time to “be sick” and says that he needs to take care of everything during this visit so he can return to work and care for his wife.
    What additional information should you obtain about the pain the patient is experiencing?
    What additional physical assessments need to be completed for this patient?
    What differential diagnoses should be considered for the patient?
    Assuming that the in-office EKG did not indicate any abnormalities, how would you proceed to manage the abnormal subjective and objective findings discovered during this visit? Include specific interventions for each diagnosis in your treatment plan. Provide complete prescription details, follow-up instructions, and potential referrals.
    What patient teaching will be incorporated into the visit to modify the patient’s risk factors?
    Include the ICD-10 codes you would choose for each problem addressed and the Evaluation and Management/Office visit code expected for this visit. Keep in mind the length of time it has been since this patient has been seen in the clinic.
    Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

  • Assessment of Learning Outcome 4: Constructing a Basic Business Case for Additional Care Funding in the Context of Coordinating and Managing Holistic Care for Children with Complex and Palliative Care Needs.

    What Learning Outcome Will Be Assessed?
    1. Examine critically coordinating, leading and managing holistic care provision for children, young people with complex and palliative care needs, drawing on the best available evidence. 
    2. Appraise current health policies and identify their impact on the delivery and coordination of care across the child’s healthcare journey in partnership with the family. 
    3. Discuss critically the complex provision of mental, cognitive, behavioural and physical care services across a wide range of integrated settings for children with complex and palliative care needs and their families
    4. Construct a basic business case for additional care funding by applying knowledge of finance and resources
    Assesment Brief: Students will be asked to present a business case for additional care funding which enhances care provision for an individual (1000 words using this business case proposal template), accompanied by a 2000 word commentary with rationale for the business proposal. You can use the business proposal template to guide your content. Here is a blank business proposal template which you can start to write your assignment in.

  • “The Moral Imperative of Universal Health Care: Why Access and Coverage Should be a Right, Not a Commodity” As a society, we have a moral obligation to ensure that all individuals have access to quality health care. Health care is not just

    Discuss your position regarding access to and coverage for health care. Are we obligated to provide access to and coverage for health care for all Americans as an entitlement (a right)? Or should health care be considered a commodity that is subject to the influences of economic, social, and market demand (supply and demand)? Be sure to include the rationale for your position in your discussion.

  • “The Power of Nursing: My Personal Journey and Passion for Making a Difference in Healthcare”

    my interest for pursuing a degree in nursing implements my experiences in the healthcare industry as a medical professional worker for several years now wants to keep on gaining the knowledge and skills and make a difference in humanity naturally and holistically. Referencing back when I was hospitalized for several months and my child being in nicu for months, the nurses were the first and last person I would see and my motivation to remain positive through my low moments. naturally I am a nurturer and caring human being loves to help ones who can’t care for themselves, I take pride and joy into what I do.

  • Title: Ethical and Policy Issues Affecting Coordination of Care: A Presentation for the American Nurses Association

    Select a community organization or group that you feel would be interested in learning about ethical and policy issues that affect the coordination of care. Then, develop and record a 10-12-slide, 20-minute presentation, with audio, intended for that audience. Create a detailed narrative script or speakers notes for your presentation, 4-5 pages in length.
    TOPIC CHOSEN: AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION
    Course Competencies
    By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
    Competency 4: Defend decisions based on the code of ethics for nursing
    Assess the impact of the code of ethics for nurses on the coordination and continuum of care
    Competency 5: Explain how health care policies affect patient-centered care.
    Explain how governmental policies related to the health and/or safety of a community affect the coordination of care.
    Identify national, state, and local policy provisions that raise ethical questions or dilemmas for care coordination.
    Competency 6: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead patient-centered care.
    Communicate key ethical and policy issues in a presentation affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a selected community organization or support group, using PowerPoint or other appropriate software. Both speaker notes and audio voice-over are included.

  • “Concept Mapping: An Approach to Understanding Disease Processes and Providing Effective Care” “Nursing Interventions and Evaluating Outcomes: A Comprehensive Approach”

    Concept Mapping Spring 23 edits
    Concept Mapping Spring 23 edits
    Criteria Ratings Pts
    This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDisease Process and Pathophysiology Risk Factors
    5 pts
    Satisfactory
    Learner performs a thorough review of the disease process pathophysiology; identifies risk factors.
    3.5 pts
    Beginning
    There are critical aspects of pathophysiology missing. This entry is incomplete.
    0 pts
    Unsatisfactory
    The pathophysiology information is missing.
    5 pts
    This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeRecognizing Cues
    What matters most?
    5 pts
    Satisfactory
    Based on available patient data, the learner identifies at least four (4) critical cues that are significant and could impact the patient condition. The learner may consider both subjective and objective patient data.
    3.5 pts
    Beginning
    Based on available patient data, the learner identifies two (2) or three (3) critical cue(s) that are significant and could impact the patient condition. The learner may consider both subjective and objective patient data.
    0 pts
    Unsatisfactory
    Based on available patient data, the learner identifies zero (0) or one (1) critical cue(s) that are significant and could impact the patient condition. The learner may consider both subjective and objective patient data.
    5 pts
    This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnalyzing Cues
    What could it mean?
    5 pts
    Satisfactory
    Based on the identified cues, the learner is able to create three (3) – four (4) supporting connections between the relevant cues and client conditions/problems.
    3.5 pts
    Beginning
    Based on the identified cues, the learner is able to create two (2) supporting connections between the cues and patient condition/problems.
    0 pts
    Unsatisfactory
    Based on the identified cues, the learner is able to create one (1) or zero (0) supporting connection(s) between the cues and patient condition/problems.
    5 pts
    This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePrioritizing Hypotheses
    Where do I start?
    5 pts
    Satisfactory
    Based on the identified connections between cues and patient conditions/problems, learner is able to identify and rank three (3) client conditions/problems critical to positive patient outcomes. These should be listed with most urgent problems first.
    3.5 pts
    Beginning
    Based on the identified connections between cues and patient conditions/problems, learner is able to identify and rank two (2) client conditions/problems critical to positive patient outcomes. These should be listed with most urgent problems first. This point value is also chosen if client/problems are not listed with the priority concern(s) first.
    0 pts
    Unsatisfactory
    Based on the identified connections between cues and patient conditions/problems, learner identifies zero (0) or one (1) client conditions/problems critical to positive patient outcomes.
    5 pts
    This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeGenerating Solutions
    What can I do?
    5 pts
    Satisfactory
    List five (5) solutions/outcomes with appropriate interventions that will positively impact client outcomes and are appropriate to the care of the client. Outcomes/goals are listed in the SMART format.
    3.5 pts
    Beginning
    List three (3) to four (4) solutions/outcomes with appropriate interventions that will positively impact client outcomes and are appropriate to the care of the client. Outcomes/goals are listed in the SMART format.
    0 pts
    Unsatisfactory
    List zero (0) to two (2) solutions/outcomes with appropriate interventions that will positively impact client outcomes and are appropriate to the care of the client. This point value is also chosen if outcomes/goals are not listed in the SMART format.
    5 pts
    This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTaking Actions
    What will I do?
    5 pts
    Satisfactory
    Describe how each of the five (5) identified nursing interventions will be performed, implemented, administered, communicated, or taught.
    3.5 pts
    Beginning
    Describe how three (3) to four (4) of the identified nursing interventions will be performed, implemented, administered, communicated, or taught.
    0 pts
    Unsatisfactory
    Describe zero (0) to two (2) of the identified nursing interventions will be performed, implemented, administered, communicated, or taught.
    5 pts
    This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeEvaluating Outcomes
    Did it help?
    2.5 pts
    Satisfactory
    Describe how you will determine the effectiveness of the five (5) priority nursing interventions you implemented. How will you know if your interventions are effective or not?
    1.5 pts
    Beginning
    Describe how you will determine the effectiveness of three (3) to four (4) priority nursing interventions you implemented. How will you know if your interventions are effective or not?
    0 pts
    Unsatisfactory
    Describe how you will determine the effectiveness of zero (0) to two (2) priority nursing interventions you implemented.
    2.5 pts
    This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeNursing Process template
    2.5 pts
    Satisfactory
    Recognizing the completion of this template will assist the learner with the concept map assignment, all six (6) boxes are thoroughly completed. The SBAR information is thoroughly identified, and the chosen concept for the assignment is clearly identified.
    1.5 pts
    Beginning
    Information is missing from one (1) to three (3) box(es). The SBAR information is thoroughly identified, and the chosen concept for the assignment is clearly identified.
    0 pts
    Unsatisfactory
    Information is missing from four (4) to six (6) boxes. This point value is also chosen if the SBAR information is missing and/or the chosen concept for the assignment is not identified.
    2.5 pts
    Total Points: 35

  • “Module 4 Assignments: A Collection of Separate Tasks”

    PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED WORD DOCUMENT (MODULE 4.docx) FOR INSTRUCTIONS. ENSURE THAT EACH ASSIGNMENT IS DONE SEPARATELY PLEASE AS THIS ARE A COLLECTION OF SEPARATE ASSIGNMENTS. IF ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE NECESSARY PLEASE LET ME KNOW.