Nursing Leadership and Management – Healthcare

NS5070P: Nursing Leadership and Management – Healthcare – Nursing Assignment Help

Task:

Consider how the key aspects of nursing leadership and management we have been studying impact healthcare organizations. Understanding these is a core competency for nursing leaders and managers. In depth exploration of these aspects will improve your working knowledge of their importance and application as a nursing leader or manager. In an effort to provide you with a strong foundation in this area, this assignment asks that you critically examine and analyze one of these key aspects as it applies to a focused healthcare setting.

Writing/content instructions:

Select an aspect of nursing leadership and/or management that you learned about in your readings, class, or through your research efforts. For example, consider the variety of aspects we have discussed including but not limited to ethics, planned change, education, fiscal planning, communication, quality control, or perhaps staffing or motivation.

Chose a specific type of healthcare organisation/setting. For example you may wish to consider a local hospital, outpatient clinic, or rehabilitation centre/nursing home on which to focus the paper.

Utilizing a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed, evidence-based references from materials found in the library, class, and your text books, apply nursing leadership and/or management concepts and theories to critically analyze the key aspect you have chosen. Discuss how the key aspect you have selected relates to the healthcare organisation/setting you have chosen.

Consider the following questions as you develop your paper:

What is the current state of the key aspect you have chosen in regards to the setting you have identified. Consider including its importance, change in value over time (has it become more or less important), and does it have a critical application to the healthcare organisation/setting you have chosen and if so, what impact does it have on the setting?

What are some current challenges/barriers facing nursing leadership and managers in this healthcare setting as it relates to the key aspect you have chosen to discuss? What would you do to overcome these challenges?

What recommendations would you make to the organisation/setting as to how they could apply this key aspect to improve the quality of patient care?

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Sociology homework help

  1. Annotation guide: In order to annotate your Argument, work through the following steps:
Type of annotation How to do it where it shows you how
1.      Essay plan for a one-sided argument. Fill in Template 1 See below
2.      Thesis, Arguments and Reinforcement of thesis Fill in Template 2 as per of Persuasive texts part 1
3.      Resources for sustaining a position in an argument and conjunctions. Pick your best argument paragraph and highlight evaluative resources and conjunctions you’ve used, and explain why you’ve used them. Fill in Template 3
 		 As per the model in the lecture Persuasive texts part 3

 
 
Template 1: Essay plan for a one-sided argument.
Thesis: The main argument I want to make and support in my essay is as follows:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
Arguments:
 

Arguments to support the thesis Specific points and evidence to support the arguments
 
 
 
 
 		  
 
 
 
 
 		  
 
 
 
 
 		  
 
 
 
 
 
 		  

 
Reinforcement of thesis: The message I want to leave my reader with is:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
 
 
Template 2: Thesis, Arguments and Reinforcement of Thesis

  • Copy and paste your Thesis stage and Reinforcement of Thesis stage and bold your Text Preview.
  • For your Arguments, copy and paste the Topic Sentences only.
  • For your counter argument paragraph, copy and paste the Topic Sentence AND the Restate thesis phase.
  • Colour code your text: Highlight the scope (pink for Focus of study and blue for Lens) in the question and throughout your essay. Use different colours to highlight your arguments and their place in the Text Preview (as per modelled in class).
Essay question: Can well-developed soft skills help graduates get ahead in their chosen career?
Thesis stage
Thesis statement
 
 
 
 
 
Preview
 
 		  
 
 
 
 
 
Arguments (topic sentences)
Create extra columns if you need them. 		1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 		 2
 
 		 3
 
 		 Counter argument + reinforcement of own argument
 
 		  
Reinforcement of thesis
 		  
 
 
 
 

 
Template 3 – resources for sustaining a position in an argument and conjunctions

  • Choose an argument paragraph from your essay. Highlight the evaluative resources and conjunctions you used to help sustain your argument (positive and negative evaluation language). Then write a paragraph (150 words) explaining to your tutor how the evaluation resources have built your argument.
  • In your analysis of the paragraph from your essay, you should put any direct quotes from your essay in quotation marks. You should also relate your quotes to the meanings they create i.e. how the resources of evaluation and conjunction build your argument and make your writing more persuasive.

 
Paragraph
Key

Colour Meaning
   
   
   

 
Insert an argument paragraph from your essay here and colour code it
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of paragraph (150 words)
Write your analysis here
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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>Management homework help

Case Study 3.2 Project Selection at Nova Western, Inc.
This case presents an example that is common, in which different screening methods may yield different findings.  In this case, two projects are competing for funding; Project Janus, championed by the organization’s Software Development group and Project Gemini, which as the backing of their Business Applications organization.  Using a weighted scoring model, it appears that Project Gemini offers the best alternative in terms of the criteria employed.  On the other hand, when a Discounted Cash Flow approach is used, the results suggest that Project Janus will earn greater returns on initial investment.  Instructors can use this case to illustrate the fact that many times, selection models will point to conflicting results, particularly when financial models are paired with non-financial approaches.
Instructors can fashion a debate from this case, in which they assign one team to serve as champions for Project Janus and the other for Project Gemini.  It serves as a valuable exercise for requiring students to commit to one approach or another, defend their positions, and also examine these competing models for their strengths and weaknesses.
Questions

  1. Phyllis has called you into her office to help her make sense of the contradictions in the two project evaluations. How would you explain the reasons for the divergence of opinion from one technique to the next? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each screening method?
  2. Choose the project that you think, based on the two analyses, Nova Western should select. Defend your choice.
  3. What does this case suggest to you about the use of project selection methods in organizations? How would you resolve the contradictions found in this example?

Case Study 4.2—Finding the Emotional Intelligence to Be a Real Leader
As the title suggests, this case is about the concept of emotional intelligence and its role in effective leadership.  Kathy was a competent project manager who had been successful in the past, in other settings, but was failing badly in her first effort as head of a large, international project.  Her inability to understand her team’s sensibilities and her own domineering style are combining to create a highly negative team environment.  The nature of emotional intelligence is identified by possessing: (1) self-awareness, (2) self-regulation, (3) motivation, (4) empathy, and (5) social skill.  In this case, it appears that Kathy, though possessing strong motivation and, to some degree, self-regulation, is singularly lacking in empathy and social skills.  Further, it could be argued that she is doing a poor job with self-awareness as well, as she does not understand how her own behaviors contributed to these problems.
Questions
1. Discuss how Kathy lacked sufficient emotional intelligence to be effective in her new project manager assignment.
2. Of the various dimensions of emotional intelligence, which dimension(s) did she appear to lack most?  What evidence can you cite to support this contention?

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Reading homework help

Final Project: Document redesign in plain language  
The first thing you need to do is read three chapters on usability studies. There is a lot of repetition across the chapters. “Chapter 8 Evaluating the Complete User Experience: Dimensions of Usability” is by Roger A. Grice and a broad introduction to important concepts in usability studies. “Chapter 9 Ensuring Usability” is from a book by Rebecca Burnett. The copy is unfortunately hard to read in parts but the chapter is rich and in any case it contains more than you need to know. “Chapter 13 Reviewing, Evaluating, and Testing Documents and Websites” is found in the technical communication textbook that is linked on the left menu in Blackboard.
The next thing you need to do is to find a document to work with. Take some time on this. I do not recommend that you gravitate to the first thing that comes your way. Consider different possibilities, and if you think it will help, post your thoughts in Discussions and seek feedback from your classmates. I have not set up a forum for this conversation. You can post in “Questions about the course” or to Blackboard Messages if you so choose.
The third thing you need to do is avoid panic. If you try to jump right in and start thinking about this project in terms of the readability and usability tests below you risk cognitive overload. Take this project one step at a time. This is a big assignment but it is not as scary as it may at first seem. The project is broken down in stages, and you are the one who is in charge of each stage.
So, after deciding on a document in conversation with me and maybe your classmates, you will develop an evaluation test plan using the table below as a guide. Chapter 9 in Burnett can help you fill out various parts of the plan. Delete items that do not apply.
Evaluation Plan
Testing Goals

Test Type Sub-types of Tests:
(See pp. 314, 315, 316, 318.)		 Goals
(What do you want to find out?)
 
Text-based
 		 (Readability tests, design review, or editorial review?)  
User-based
 		 (Retrospective or concurrent? Beta test or user feedback?)
 		  

 
Participants

Test Type Researchers/Participants and Their Characteristics
(Who will perform or participate in each type of testing? How many participants?)
Text-based
 		 (Describe your own characteristics as a researcher: level of education, experience, age, gender, and any other relevant characteristics.)
 
User-based
 		 (Describe your participants’ level of education, experience, age, gender, and any other relevant characteristics.)
 

 
Methods
Key Features and Elements for Testing

Test Type Specific Features and Elements for Testing
(What will you focus on?)
Text-based
 		 (Diction, sentence length, paragraph length, design features, etc.?)
 
User-based
 		 (Organization, navigation, completeness, etc.?)
 

 
Key Questions and Testing Scenarios

Test Type Questions/Scenarios
Text-based
 		 (Which tool [a checklist or a formula] will you use and what will it do?)
User-based
 		 (What will you ask your participants to do?)
 

 
Document and dates
I have a Word version of the evaluation plan that I will post or send to you as your ideas develop. For now, look for documents to use for this assignment. They need to have some substance and a usability element to them. A flyer is not enough. A technical manual written for specialists is too much, especially if the content is not meant to be understood by non-specialists.
Okay, there is a lot to absorb here. For now, read the posted materials. If you already have a document in mind feel free to send it to me. If you have already done an assignment like this one in another class please do not reuse material. Each project will take on a slightly different dimension or shape.
November 15: Decide on a document
November 22: Submit your evaluation test plan and begin work on your project
November 25-28: Thanksgiving break: Make your relatives take your usability test. Refuse to feed them if they do not cooperate.
December 7: This is the last day of class at the university
December 8-9: Reading Days
December 10-16: Final Exam Week: Your project is due on December 10

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For this portion of the Project you will create a sentence outline of your proposal. Here you will include more detail about how your mission/observations will take place, using full sentences. Here is a helpful website that explains the different types of outlines and this page gives an example of a sentence outline, scroll down to that section and note that you will want to include APA citations for any sources you use. Here is an additional example: How to Create a Sentence Outline. Based on the feedback from your instructor, you will include your original or if it needed to be edited include BOTH original and edited Vision Statement. And then you will include an outline of the important aspects of your proposal. Each of the below should have a few sentences about the aspect of the project. What are you mainly interested in exploring or researching and state how it could advance our knowledge of our universe. Speak to the object you will be studying. Based on what you want to study, will there need to be a spacecraft/telescope built? If a spacecraft is involved, define the type of instruments it will carry? See below for an example. If it is a land-based telescope, speak to if it will be built and what type (spectrum) it will be. If you are using an existing telescope, which one and what part of the spectrum will you be observing in? (Think about what you want to discover, and how specific parts of the spectrum might give you that information.) What technology will you be using? Does it exist? Is someone currently developing it? Speak to how long you expect the mission/observations to last? What might the general costs be? (This can be researched in detail later) Example: Instruments used on the WMAP craft: WMAP Mission Overview and Craft/Orbit details Submission Instructions In a single document include your name and date, your original and corrected (if needed) Vision Statement and your outline of the above information, in numbered bullet form. You will submit your Proposal Outline to the corresponding assignment folder by the due date stated in the course Schedule. Your instructor will give you feedback on your work and you will progress to Part III of the Final Project. Include any references you used in order to gather your data, with proper citations. attachment

For this portion of the Project you will create a sentence outline of your proposal. Here you will include more detail about how your mission/observations will take place, using full sentences. Here is a helpful website that explains the different types of outlines and this page gives an example of a sentence outline, scroll down to that section and note that you will want to include APA citations for any sources you use. Here is an additional example: How to Create a Sentence Outline.
Based on the feedback from your instructor, you will include your original or if it needed to be edited include BOTH original and edited Vision Statement. And then you will include an outline of the important aspects of your proposal. Each of the below should have a few sentences about the aspect of the project.

  1. What are you mainly interested in exploring or researching and state how it could advance our knowledge of our universe.
    1. Speak to the object you will be studying.
  2. Based on what you want to study, will there need to be a spacecraft/telescope built?
    1. If a spacecraft is involved, define the type of instruments it will carry? See below for an example.
    2. If it is a land-based telescope, speak to if it will be built and what type (spectrum) it will be. If you are using an existing telescope, which one and what part of the spectrum will you be observing in? (Think about what you want to discover, and how specific parts of the spectrum might give you that information.)
    3. What technology will you be using? Does it exist? Is someone currently developing it?
  3. Speak to how long you expect the mission/observations to last?
  4. What might the general costs be?  (This can be researched in detail later)

Example: Instruments used on the WMAP craft: WMAP Mission Overview  and Craft/Orbit details

Submission Instructions

In a single document include your name and date, your original and corrected (if needed) Vision Statement and your outline of the above information, in numbered bullet form. You will submit your Proposal Outline to the corresponding assignment folder by the due date stated in the course Schedule. Your instructor will give you feedback on your work and you will progress to Part III of the Final Project. Include any references you used in order to gather your data, with proper citations.

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Powerpoint Unit Vl

I have uploaded the resources to help complete this assignment in the files below. I have in files attached UNIT II, Unit lV  and UNIT V,  below. 

Instructions for assignment-Unit VI PowerPoint Presentation

  • Weight: 10% of course grade
  • Due: Tuesday, 05/09/2023 11:59 PM (CST)

Instructions

Personal Leadership Training Plan: Experience

In Units II, IV, and V, you contributed to the Personal Leadership Training Plan and focused on attributes, knowledge, and skills. In this unit, you will add experience to your plan.

Within your presentation, respond to the following points:

  • Explain the type of experiences you have had that will make you a strong leader.
  • Explain and evaluate your experience with organizational change. (This can be from your employer, club, church group, or family unit.) How did you facilitate the change, and was it successful?
  • How can you use Kotter’s 8-Step Process for organizational change during your future career?

Your completed PowerPoint presentation must be a minimum of 10 slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides. Additionally, a minimum of three peer-reviewed or academic resources must be used. Keep the text on the slides concise, and use the notes section to fully explain your ideas. All sources used must be cited and referenced according to APA style.

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>& Finance homework help

  1. Read the case study.
  2. Answer the discussion questions and post to the discussion:
    1. Initial Post:
      1. Respond to every aspect of the discussion prompt with originality. Demonstrate an exceptional familiarity with the text and topics being covered and utilize text/lecture note/PowerPoint references.
      2. Respond to your initial post with at least 300 words
      3. Post initial post by 11:59 p.m., Thursday, CT.

 

This Unit’s Case Study and Questions

Case Study

Paying Attention Pays off for Andra Rush
Paying attention has been a key for Andra Rush. As a nursing school graduate she was paying attention when other nurses complained about unfair treatment and decided she wanted to do something about it—so she enrolled in the University of Michigan’s MBA program so she could do something about how employees were treated. As she completed her business courses and continued to work as a nurse, she was paying attention when a patient described his experience in the transport business. The business sounded intriguing, and so, with minimal experience and minimal resources, Rush took a risk and started her own trucking business. She scraped together the funds to buy three trucks by borrowing money from family and using her credit cards. She specialized in emergency shipping and accepted every job that came her way, even if it meant driving the trucks herself. She answered phones, balanced her books, and even repaired the trucks. She paid attention to her customers and made a point of exceeding their expectations regardless of the circumstances. When the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, shut down local bridges, Rush rented a barge to make sure a crucial shipment for DaimlerChrysler made it to its destination on time.
Rush continues to pay attention and credits her listening skills as a major reason for her success. Rush is distinct in the traditionally white male–dominated trucking industry—a woman and a minority (Rush is Native American) who credits her heritage and the “enormous strength” of her Mohawk grandmother for helping her prevail:
It is entirely possible that my Native spirit, communicated to me by my grandmother and my immediate family, have enabled me to overcome the isolation, historical prejudice, and business environment viewed as a barrier to Native- and woman-owned businesses. The willingness to listen, to understand first, and act directly and honestly with integrity is a lesson and code of conduct my elders have bequeathed to me. Being an entrepreneur has reinforced those lessons again and again.
Her Mohawk heritage is pervasive. Rush’s company logo is a war staff with six feathers representing the Six Nations of the Iroquois: Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Tuscarora, and Seneca. She believes in the power of a diverse workforce; as a result more than half of the 390 employees at Rush Trucking are women, and half are minorities.
Rush keeps close tabs on her company and its employees. Though the company has grown from its humble three-truck beginning to a fleet of 1,700 trucks, Rush still takes time to ride along with drivers. She has provided educational programs like “The Readers’ Edge,” a literacy program, to improve the skills and lives of her employees. Rush is actively involved in several organizations that work to improve the position of minorities—she’s on the boards of directors of the Michigan Minority Business Development Council, the Minority Enterprise Development/ Minority Business Development Agency, and the Minority Business Roundtable, and she has served as president of the Native American Business Alliance.

Discussion Questions

  1. As we have discussed, competency models describe the behaviors and skills managers need to exhibit if an organization is to be successful. Consider the general competencies found in Figure 7.3 and apply these to Andra Rush, providing examples of how these competencies apply.
  2. How does the Leadership Pipeline apply to Andra Rush?

References

Hughes, R. L., Ginnett, R. C., & Curphy, G. J. (2015). Leadership: enhancing the lessons of experience (pp. 270-271). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.

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Information Systems homework help

The concept behind the triple bottom line is that companies are responsible to all their stakeholders. This includes everyone involved with the company, whether directly or indirectly. It also includes the planet on which we all live. This approach views shareholders as very important stakeholders. This approach also recognizes the need for companies to consider other important stakeholders in the company, including employees, customers, vendors, and the larger community.
Before writing this week’s discussion posting, review this MindTools article, “The Triple Bottom Line: Measuring Your Organization’s Wider Impact,” for more details on the triple bottom line.

This Week’s Discussion Post

For this week’s discussion, please respond to the following:
How would you implement the triple bottom line (people, planet, profit) concept at your chosen company, whether you are using the snack food company scenario or the company of your choice?
Keep the following format in mind as you complete this week’s discussion:

  • Profit: When looking at profit from this theory’s perspective, the idea is that profits will help empower and sustain the community as a whole. Profits are more than just a benefit for shareholders. Briefly explain your approach.
  • People: Describe your approach to caring about suppliers, customers, employees, and the community. For example, one way to care about employees is to provide a good working environment, training and development opportunities, and health care.
  • Planet: Explain your approach to minimizing your company’s impact on the environment. For example, your company might develop a process to minimize waste or reduce energy usage, such as using recycled materials in its production process.

Post at least one substantive comment to another student’s post.

Notes 

  • Textbook Chapter 14, “Social Responsibility & Sustainability,” pages 259–270, provides additional detail on this topic.
  • You will use the information from this discussion post and the feedback you receive in the Social Responsibility section of your Week 8 assignment, Operations, Technology, Management, and Social Responsibility Plan (With Financials).

 
In your response, include: 
1. A brief description of your business (name of the company, what you do, what products or services you are selling)
2. Use the 3 headings (People, Planet, Profit) and discuss per the instructions. Specific examples of what you will do at your company are required.
Additional resources:
Check out these videos to see how the concept is applied at Honest Tea Company.  

  • “Dr. Woody Interviews Seth Goldman of HONEST Tea” (6 min 1 s)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNERSmkIUHo

  • How entrepreneurs can change society – the story of Honest Tea: Seth Goldman at TEDxMidAtlantic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21d7sOyVGKg

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Nursing homework help

2-page case study analysis
Scenario 1: A 32-year-old female presents to the ED with a chief complaint of fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, and vaginal discharge. She states these symptoms started about 3 days ago, but she thought she had the flu. She has begun to have LLQ pain and notes bilateral lower back pain. She denies dysuria, foul-smelling urine, or frequency. States she is married and has sexual intercourse with her husband. PMH negative.
Labs: CBC-WBC 18, Hgb 16, HCT 44, Plat 325, ­ Neuts & Lymphs, sed rate 46 mm/hr, C-reactive protein 67 mg/L CMP within normal limit
Vital signs T 103.2 F Pulse 120 Resp 22 and PaO2
99% on room air. Cardio-respiratory exam WNL with the exception of tachycardia but no murmurs, rubs, clicks, or gallops. Abdominal exam + for LLQ pain on deep palpation but no rebound or rigidity. Pelvic exam demonstrates copious foul-smelling green drainage with a reddened cervix and + bilateral adnexal tenderness. + chandelier sign. Wet prep in ER + clue cells and gram stain in ER + gram-negative diplococci.
In your Case Study Analysis related to the scenario provided, explain the following:

  • The factors that affect fertility (STDs).
  • Why inflammatory markers rise in STD/PID.

As for all the case studies please focus on the following elements:
A detailed explanation of the pathophysiology
Clinical manifestations due to the pathophysiology
Genetic/ethnic considerations
Use research, current sources less than 5 years, and analysis to support your answers
rubric attached

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>Statistics homework help

Assignment Content

  1. Purpose of Assignment 
    This assignment continues to connect the topics learned in the course. Week 3 is a continuation of the Week 2 paper. Note. Word count is not used, but ensure your content is substantive.
    Assignment Steps
    a. Review the instructor’s feedback and update your paper. Add the following new content.
    b. Research Variables. Identify one or two variables that could be used for data collection. Three examples.
    1. Is there a difference in average productivity (DV) based on the production shift (IV)? The productivity and production shift are the two variables.
    2. Is there a correlation in profit (DV) based on product sales (IV)? The profit and product sales are the two variables.
    3. Is there a relationship between employee satisfaction (DV) based on the production shift (IV)? Employee satisfaction and production shift are the two variables.
    c. Collecting a Suitable Sample. Collecting data is not required, but this sampling design could be used.
    Use a random sampling method listed in our textbook, Lind LO8-1. Discuss in detail how the sampling plan would be set up and run for your project. If Stratified or Cluster Random Sampling is used, you will need to discuss a second method for collecting data, such as Simple or Systematic Random Sampling,
    Use Raosoft (2004) to estimate the sample size. Replace the population size of 20,000 with your population size. For instance, if the population was 500, the sample size, n = 218.
    d. Valid and Reliable Data. Discuss how the data collection process is validated before data is collected for the project.
    Surveys are checked before use by one or more means. Data from a database is checked before downloading the sample. Measurements are done with a calibrated or trusted device. Before the sample is collected, you must ensure the data collection process is sound. That is what this is all about.
    A good source is an online textbook Price et al. (2015). You may use Google to search for “sample validation and reliability.”
    Points. Total 80 points.
    Earn 20 points for reviewing the instructor’s feedback and making corrections.
    Earn 60 points for completing the Week 3 topics.
    Submit your business decision-making paper in draft quality.
    Your paper will be reviewed and returned within a day or two. Review the instructor’s feedback and make necessary revisions in preparation for next week.
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