To prepare   Review Chapters 4 and 5 from the course text, Human Resource Management: Functions, Applications, Skill Development. What best practices can be used to identify, analyze, and describe positions within a health care setting? In addition, what considerations and factors should be taken into account when recruiting job candidates?   Reflect upon the recruitment process used in your current organization or one with which you are familiar. Then, select one setting to further investigate. Consider questions such as the ones below to identify the recruitment methods and steps involved in searching for and attracting potential employees. What is expected of the nurse manager in terms of recruitment? What is expected of HR in terms of recruitment? How are job openings posted and/or advertised? What challenges or constraints have been experienced with regard to recruiting desirable and qualified applicants?     Submit a brief description of your selected organization’s recruitment process. Include an explanation of who is responsible for each step, how and where positions are advertised, and any unique methods used to recruit employees. Explain the effectiveness of these recruitment processes by citing authentic examples from the setting you selected and this week’s Learning Resources as appropriate.   Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses. Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days using one or more of the following approaches: Offer and support an alternative perspective on the effectiveness of a colleague’s recruitment process by citing examples from the Learning Resources or from your own research in the Walden Library. Expand on a colleague’s posting by providing a legal perspective for why a recruitment process should be revamped or changed, based on readings and evidence. Share an insight on similar advertising and recruitment methods your setting has used, synthesizing information to provide new perspectives.   Required Readings   Lussier, R. N., & Hendon, J. R. (2016). Human resource management: Functions, applications, & skill development (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.   Chapter 4, “Matching Employees and Jobs: Job Analysis and Design” (pp. 120–160) This chapter discusses the importance of matching applicants with the “right” jobs. It highlights topics such as job analysis, job design, and job redesign.   Chapter 5, “Recruiting Job Candidates” (pp. 192–230) Chapter 5 provides an in-depth examination of recruitment best practices. It explores recruitment considerations and challenges along with internal and external factors that can impact recruitment efforts.   Chapter 6, “Selecting New Employees” (pp. 194–226) This chapter explains selection processes that are commonly used to find qualified employees. The authors share many techniques used by HR professionals and nurse managers to select the “right” employee for the job. Markey, L., & Tingle, C. (2012). Screening RNs: A change in hiring practice. Nursing Management, 43(2), 13–15. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.   This article discusses the process of hiring to fill a nursing position, with a focus on Baton Rouge General Medical Center (BRGMC). At BRGMC, the interview process has one new addition: behavioral screenings for potential RNs. With this new aspect, interviewees are screened for behavior in clinical practice scenarios, equipment recognition, and skills demonstration. Optional Resources Lussier, R. N., & Hendon, J. R. (2016). Human resource management: Functions, applications, & skill development (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Chapter 11, “Compensation Management” Chapter 13, “Employee Benefits”   As a nurse manager, it is critical that you consider the answers to questions such as these when designing your recruitment process. Identifying the approaches applicants use to find jobs can help you broaden your pool of applicants. In addition, knowing how to create accurate job descriptions to advertise for open positions can increase the chances of finding an applicant that is qualified and exhibits skills that you and your workplace desire.   In this Discussion, you examine the process in which a health care organization engages when attempting to recruit qualified and desirable job candidates.   To prepare   Review Chapters 4 and 5 from the course text, Human Resource Management: Functions, Applications, Skill Development. What best practices can be used to identify, analyze, and describe positions within a health care setting? In addition, what considerations and factors should be taken into account when recruiting job candidates?   Reflect upon the recruitment process used in your current organization or one with which you are familiar. Then, select one setting to further investigate. Consider questions such as the ones below to identify the recruitment methods and steps involved in searching for and attracting potential employees. What is expected of the nurse manager in terms of recruitment? What is expected of HR in terms of recruitment? How are job openings posted and/or advertised? What challenges or constraints have been experienced with regard to recruiting desirable and qualified applicants?     Submit a brief description of your selected organization’s recruitment process. Include an explanation of who is responsible for each step, how and where positions are advertised, and any unique methods used to recruit employees. Explain the effectiveness of these recruitment processes by citing authentic examples from the setting you selected and this week’s Learning Resources as appropriate.   Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses. Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days using one or more of the following approaches: Offer and support an alternative perspective on the effectiveness of a colleague’s recruitment process by citing examples from the Learning Resources or from your own research in the Walden Library. Expand on a colleague’s posting by providing a legal perspective for why a recruitment process should be revamped or changed, based on readings and evidence. Share an insight on similar advertising and recruitment methods your setting has used, synthesizing information to provide new perspectives.   Required Readings   Lussier, R. N., & Hendon, J. R. (2016). Human resource management: Functions, applications, & skill development (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.   Chapter 4, “Matching Employees and Jobs: Job Analysis and Design” (pp. 120–160) This chapter discusses the importance of matching applicants with the “right” jobs. It highlights topics such as job analysis, job design, and job redesign.   Chapter 5, “Recruiting Job Candidates” (pp. 192–230) Chapter 5 provides an in-depth examination of recruitment best practices. It explores recruitment considerations and challenges along with internal and external factors that can impact recruitment efforts.   Chapter 6, “Selecting New Employees” (pp. 194–226) This chapter explains selection processes that are commonly used to find qualified employees. The authors share many techniques used by HR professionals and nurse managers to select the “right” employee for the job. Markey, L., & Tingle, C. (2012). Screening RNs: A change in hiring practice. Nursing Management, 43(2), 13–15. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.   This article discusses the process of hiring to fill a nursing position, with a focus on Baton Rouge General Medical Center (BRGMC). At BRGMC, the interview process has one new addition: behavioral screenings for potential RNs. With this new aspect, interviewees are screened for behavior in clinical practice scenarios, equipment recognition, and skills demonstration. Optional Resources Lussier, R. N., & Hendon, J. R. (2016). Human resource management: Functions, applications, & skill development (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Chapter 11, “Compensation Management” Chapter 13, “Employee Benefits”]]>

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  • Does good avoid or decrease suffering and pain? How? Support your responses with examples.
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    Assignment 1:  Write a 700- to 1,050 word essay in which you do the following:

    • Explain the importance of active listening in the workplace.
    • Explain how supportive and defensive climates can improve relations in the workplace.
    • Provide examples of the above.
    Format your essay consistent with APA guidelines.   Assignment 2:  Imagine you are a supervisor in a health care office and you want to address this topic with your employees.   Write a 350- to 700-word memo to your employees in which you do the following:
    • Describe the principles of verbal and nonverbal communication.
    • Provide examples of how verbal and nonverbal communication can improve relationships in the workplace.
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    Assignment 5: Public Health Preparedness Due Week 10 and worth 200 points You have just been hired as a new Vice President of quality and safety for a full-service 600-bed government healthcare organization.  Within your first month on the job, the national security threat level has been raised to Imminent, which means there is a credible, specific, and impending terrorist threat against the United States, and your facility may be directly impacted. The Chief Executive Officer has requested an immediate six to eight-page report of your proposal for handling such a situation. Note: You may create and /or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. Write a 6-8 page paper in which you:
    1. Examine the existing procedures related to at least four (4) of the ten (10) essential public health services. Focus on the principal effects that these procedures will have on your hospital during the emergency.
    2. Specify the importance of continuing to evaluate patients, as stipulated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), during the emergency.
    3. Detail three (3) measures that you would use in order to maintain the electronic medical record system during the emergency.
    4. Defend your position on the decision to accept health insurance during the emergency as a potential source of income for the facility. Provide support with at least three (3) examples that illustrate your position.
    5. Analyze the extent to which this emergency might affect the quality of care provided to the patients and the unimpeded operation of the organization.
    6. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
    Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
    • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
    • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
    The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
    • Examine information management and health care records and how the legal reporting requirements impact health care.
    • Analyze the impact of healthcare financing and health insurance on healthcare access, quality, and cost.
    • Analyze the influence of health policy and health reform on healthcare access, quality, and cost in the U.S.
    • Analyze tort reform and healthcare quality.
    • Use technology and information resources to research issues in healthcare policy, law, and ethics.
    • Write clearly and concisely about healthcare policy and law using proper writing mechanics.
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