Will there be specific notes that only the nurses will approve?

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Discussion Topic:

Assume you are working with an implementation team in installing a new nursing documentation system for a home health agency. Historically, all of the agency’s nursing documentation was recorded in paper form. The agency has little computerization beyond basic registration information and has no IT staff.

Members of the implementation have made recommendations for installing a new nursing documentation system. Included in the list of recommendations are:

  • The system needs to take into account the State Nursing Practice Act.
    • The system has to include reflect state laws governing the scope of nursing practice.
  • Nurses should be involved in the workflow setup for all medication tasks, including:
    • drug interactions
    • medication failures
    • allergies
  • There should be visit notes template that both nurses and doctors have to approve.
    • Will there be specific notes that only the nurses will approve?
  • Nurses would like to determine how telephone calls are entered into the system.

Create a post, explaining fully, your answer to the questions below.

  • Based on the information learned in the unit readings, would you include the nurse’s recommendations or do you have recommendations of your own? Justify your decision with supportive material.

In what ways can decisions about staff development affect a public health organization’s staffing plan?

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Addressing Key Human Resource Functions

Part 1

Training staff is important for employers as training focuses on current job requirements. Employers’ responsibilities around staff development arguably are not as obvious since development focuses on enhancing skills required for future jobs.

Respond to the following questions in relation to staff development:

  • Do you think employers should invest in staff development? Why or why not?
  • In what ways can decisions about staff development affect a public health organization’s staffing plan?
  • What strategies would you recommend to balance the benefits of staff development with budgetary constraints?

Part 2

Fair and adequate compensation is critical for attracting the most qualified employees and retaining and motivating staff. When determining compensation, consideration should be given to fair and equitable compensation among all workers in the same company (internal equity) and fair and equitable compensation relative to the external market (external equity).

Consider the following scenario:

You have two medical assistants (MAs) who earn $15 per hour at your medical practice. When you hire a new MA, you discover that the current market pays $16 per hour for medical assistants.

Respond to the following discussion points in relation to equity conflicts and compensation:

  • State what you would offer the new MA and provide your reasons.
  • Discuss the implications of your decisions on internal and external equity.
  • Evaluate the changes, if any, you would make in the compensation of your current MAs.
  • Recommend strategies for resolving similar equity conflicts with compensation.

Performance evaluations can be stressful for both employers and employees. Nevertheless, performance appraisals have a number of benefits for both employers and staff.

Respond to the following questions in relation to performance evaluation:

  • In what ways do performance evaluations benefit employers?
  • In what ways do performance evaluations benefit employees?

HR departments play an essential role in developing an agency’s staffing strategy and handling employee-centered activities of an organization. The presence of an HR department, however, does not absolve individual managers within the agency of human resources responsibilities.

Respond to the following questions in relation to HR issues:

 

  • What role, if any, do managers have in addressing HR issues or concerns?
  • How does this differ from the role of the HR department staff?

Answer questions fully. No amount of pages. Not needed to be in formal paper form.

Please in text cittions, references and no plagerism

In what way are the data collection procedures appropriate for this study?

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Use the content ofthe Applying the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care assignment, which was due in Week Two, as a guide to complete the following assignment.

Respond to the following questions in 1,050- to 1,400-word paper:

 

  • Results: data collection methods
    • In what way are the data collection procedures appropriate for this study?
    • In what way were appropriate steps taken to protect the rights of subjects?
    • In what way is the data collection tool used to support the reliability and validity of the study?
  • Data analysis procedures
    • In what ways are the data analysis procedures appropriate for the data collected?
    • In what ways are the data analysis procedures appropriate for answering the research question or questions, for testing the study hypothesis or hypotheses, or both?
    • What are the key distinctions between qualitative and quantitative data?
  • Conclusion
    • Summarize the findings of the study.
    • Identify the strengths of the scientific merit of this study. What are weaknesses?
    • Identify the major limitations of the scientific merit of this study? What are its weaknesses?
    • Explain if the findings support the hypotheses?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

How is the literature review used in this research?

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Select one of the articles collected in the Week One Annotated Bibliography assignment.

Write a 1,400- to -1,750-word paper that evaluates the research process within your chosen article.

Explain the research process and what you can assume from the study from the following perspectives:

  • How is the literature review used in this research?
  • What are ethical considerations for data collection?
  • What is the data telling us in terms of statistical analysis?
    • Are the findings statistically significant?
    • Do the conclusions match the results of the study?
    • Do the conclusions answer the research questions in the definition of the problem?
    • Are the conclusions appropriate?
    • Do you have enough information to make a decision on the effectiveness of the study? If so, is it effective?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

What effect has research had on consumers’ perspectives on health care?

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Select one of the articles from the readings this week on consumerism in health care and obtain faculty approval.

Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, including detailed speaker notes, based on the techniques of the research process from Weeks Two and Three.

Include the following elements:

  • Background: Summarize the article by explaining how the article applies to customer service or consumerism in health care. What effect has research had on consumers’ perspectives on health care?
  • Methodology: Provide an overview of the scope of the study in the chosen article by explaining data collection and where to find the data. Describe the process used to determine validity and reliability of research findings to support evidence-based practices.
  • Result: Differentiate between the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the data described in the article in terms of descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, or both. Do you have enough information to make a decision on the effectiveness of the study?
  • Conclusions: Explain some ways to integrate the future trends of health care research and consumerism.

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Do you think employers should invest in staff development? Why or why not?

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Training staff is important for employers as training focuses on current job requirements. Employers’ responsibilities around staff development arguably are not as obvious since development focuses on enhancing skills required for future jobs.

Respond to the following questions in relation to staff development:

  • Do you think employers should invest in staff development? Why or why not?
  • In what ways can decisions about staff development affect a public health organization’s staffing plan?
  • What strategies would you recommend to balance the benefits of staff development with budgetary constraints?

Evaluate the changes, if any, you would make in the compensation of your current MAs.

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Fair and adequate compensation is critical for attracting the most qualified employees and retaining and motivating staff. When determining compensation, consideration should be given to fair and equitable compensation among all workers in the same company (internal equity) and fair and equitable compensation relative to the external market (external equity).

Consider the following scenario:

You have two medical assistants (MAs) who earn $15 per hour at your medical practice. When you hire a new MA, you discover that the current market pays $16 per hour for medical assistants.

Respond to the following discussion points in relation to equity conflicts and compensation:

  • State what you would offer the new MA and provide your reasons.
  • Discuss the implications of your decisions on internal and external equity.
  • Evaluate the changes, if any, you would make in the compensation of your current MAs.
  • Recommend strategies for resolving similar equity conflicts with compensation.

Performance evaluations can be stressful for both employers and employees. Nevertheless, performance appraisals have a number of benefits for both employers and staff.

Respond to the following questions in relation to performance evaluation:

  • In what ways do performance evaluations benefit employers?
  • In what ways do performance evaluations benefit employees?

HR departments play an essential role in developing an agency’s staffing strategy and handling employee-centered activities of an organization. The presence of an HR department, however, does not absolve individual managers within the agency of human resources responsibilities.

Respond to the following questions in relation to HR issues:

  • What role, if any, do managers have in addressing HR issues or concerns?
  • How does this differ from the role of the HR department staff?

Describe your findings and proposed solutions in 1,050-1,750 words from the information and articles collected in the Health Care Reform Project, Part I assignment.

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Resources: Results from Health Care Reform Project, Part I

Research three possible solutions to your selected health care economic issue, as determined in Week Two. The solutions do not need to be extensive, but must represent solutions identified in your research.

Describe your findings and proposed solutions in 1,050-1,750 words from the information and articles collected in the Health Care Reform Project, Part I assignment.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

. What are the reasons for this decision? Why did you not select the other plans offered?

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Review the Health Care Economics Issues HMO Simulation.
Select either Constructit or E-editor to analyze for your paper.
Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you present a profile of the chosen company, including the demographics of the employees, the health care risk factors or potential areas of high utilization, and the premiums the company is willing to pay.

As a representative of Castor Insurance, your job is to maximize profit and minimize risk for the company. Based on your analysis of potential utilization, provide at least two reasons why each plan could be selected. Then state which plan you would select to sell to your chosen company. What are the reasons for this decision? Why did you not select the other plans offered?