Select Walker and Avant method of theory analysis and apply it to an assigned theory.

Theory Analysis and Evaluation 

Purpose: With the evolution of numerous theories within the discipline of nursing, there is a need to examine and critically analyze a theory’s value to the profession and to practice. Consideration of the contribution of a theory to the body of nursing knowledge must be made.

Theory analysis is a systematic, nonjudgmental process that supports understanding of that particular theory. A grand, middle range or borrowed theory may be selected.
There are several methods for theory analysis and evaluation; each has its unique approach and process.

Select Walker and Avant method of theory analysis and apply
it to an assigned theory. You should use examples in nursing practice to illustrate your analysis. APA format is expected.

What does it mean to practice culturally relevant pedagogy?

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy View the videos listed below. Gloria Ladson-Billings says that Culturally Relevant Pedagogy rests on 3 propositions. Think about the pedagogy that is being explained.  Think about ways you can incorporate culturally relevant pedagogy explicitly in your teaching.Reflect about Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and how it may intersect with your instructional decisions. Think about your future classroom.  Design a plan of action that incorporates these practices into your current classroom setting and teaching practices. You must explicitly tie your answers to the information from the three videos. Reflection Prompt: 

• Identify and briefly describe the 3 propositions by Gloria Ladson-Billings
• What does it mean to practice culturally relevant pedagogy?
• What challenges do you think you might face in school that may prevent you from incorporating these practices?
• Provide specific at least one specific way you can incorporate culturally relevant pedagogy in your classroom setting?
  • align at least one plan of action directly with each of the propositions
  • tell how each plan incorporates culturally relevant pedagogy with literacy instruction
  • tell how this will help students improve their reading and literacy learning

Videos:

Submit a 1 to 2 page, single-spaced document that thoroughly explains your response to the reflection prompt above. 
 

Make reasonable  assumptions about the segments that will inform your profit projections.

Overview

The elevator pitch was a success! Senior management believes they  made the right choice in giving you the title of CIO and putting you in  charge of seizing new opportunities in the marketplace.

Scenario

While the pitch conveyed your good idea, it was just that: an idea.  You now have to test the feasibility of your idea. However, before you  create a complete business model canvas (BMC), you want to quickly  identify key elements needed to take your product or service idea to  market.

In doing so, you will assume that all components of the BMC are at  the fingertips of your project team. For example, you will have to work  with the marketing and sales departments, and perhaps outside vendors  and suppliers, to promote, advertise, and sell the product or service.

The Business Model Canvas Template you complete in this assignment  will serve as the groundwork for the more detailed PowerPoint slide deck  you will create in Milestone Two. As with any well-executed project, a  former project manager experienced in such product-to-market initiatives  has agreed to assess your complete BMC slide deck, which you will  submit in Module Five.

Prompt

For this assignment, consider the company you have selected and the  work you have completed so far to further your business idea. Then,  complete the Business Model Canvas Template linked in the Guidelines for  Submission section with your assumptions about the key activities for  your business idea, product, or service. Specifically, you must address  the following rubric criteria:

• Value proposition: Complete the Value Proposition  building block by describing the value of your business idea, such as  the customer need you are satisfying or the problem you are solving.
• Front-stage considerations: Outline the segments  related to your potential customers, which include the Customer  Segments, Channels, and Customer Relationship building blocks.
• Back-stage considerations: Make initial assumptions  about how your business will work. This includes completing the Key  Activities, Key Resources, and Key Partnership building blocks.
• Financial considerations: Make reasonable  assumptions about the segments that will inform your profit projections.  These include the Cost Structure and Revenue Stream building blocks.

Guidelines for Submission

Complete and submit the Business Model Canvas Template PPT. Any sources cited should use APA formatting.

Identify a manager’s organizational or employee performance need to control and why the control is important in that situation.

During this week, we discussed the function of controlling and the tools managers use to measure performance. As you can see, this is important to the manager because it will determine whether there is a need for corrective action.

For this discussion board:

1. Identify a manager’s organizational or employee performance need to control and why the control is important in that situation.
2. Classify the control used for that situation (feedforward, concurrent, or feedback control).
3. Identify which tool was used and why.
4. Suggest any other type of control or tool that you would use.

250 – 350 words

Discuss the differences between pure employment at will and employment at will with exceptions.

 To be wrongfully terminated is to be fired for an illegal reason, which may involve violation of federal antidiscrimination laws or breach of contract. The legal standards governing termination differ substantially depending on whether private-sector and nonunion employees or public-sector and unionized employees are being considered. As the company HR leader, you are accountable to the organization to ensure that all employee terminations are initiated and completed while maintaining strict adherence to current employment laws and EEOC guidelines.

1. Address your understanding of the term constructive discharge—what is it? Then, identify factors courts might focus on to determine if constructive discharge exists. How might the organization avoid claims of constructive discharge? Hint: Read Constructive Dismissal and Wrongful Termination. 
2. Discuss the differences between pure employment at will and employment at will with exceptions. Do you believe employment at will is fair? If not, what is an alternative?
3. Briefly describe what the Montana Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act (WDEA) is. What do you see as benefits of this act to employees? Employers?
4. Identify and discuss a minimum of three actions organizations may want to consider as they seek to handle employee terminations legally.

• Evaluate the legality of an employee termination in five pages.
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Why is it important to understand management style in a human relations course?

Why is it important to understand management style in a human relations course? Discuss at least three points.

Exercise Instructions:  You are required to submit a 2-Page (Title Page and Content Page), APA formatted paper with substantial content. Substantial content requires staying on topic and fully addresses the assignment in a clear, concise, and meaningful manner. The deliverable length of your posting responses must be at least 2-pages, (Title Page and Content Page) APA format.

Exercises must be the students original thoughts based on the topics from the “Open Educational Resource” (OER) Course Textbook and/or other referenced sources.  Direct quotes from references must be less than 20 words.  Please review for sentence structure, grammar and punctuation errors.  Plagiarized submissions may result in a “0” for the submission.  

Late submissions will be deducted 5 points.

All assignment(s) derive from the OER Textbook.  For academic purposes, at least 1 APA formatted reference is required pertaining to the topic(s).

What school or district policies might affect your decisions?

School administrators are responsible for evaluating the performances of various employee groups. Being able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of employees and provide them with quality feedback is essential to the success of the entire school. As the school leader, you will need to  evaluate the instructional leadership capacity of your entire staff.

Read the following case studies and choose either the Elementary or Secondary to inform the assignment.

Elementary

You are a school principal in an elementary school. In preparation for meeting with your third grade team lead, Ms. Juarez, you have been analyzing the students’ reading performance data. You have identified that the students in four of the five teachers’ classes exhibit good to exceptional outcomes on their DIBELS benchmark data. Additionally, three of the teachers have historically yielded student scores with above average state standardized test results in comparison to schools in your district with similar demographics. In previous discussions with Ms. Juarez, she has cited the teachers’ efforts to plan together utilizing the pacing guide, core program, and assessment results as the primary reasons for their students’ positive outcomes.

One teacher, Ms. Monroe, has been identified as an outlier by the district’s assessment coordinator, relative to the results of her students, compared to the other four teachers. Additionally, you have observed evidence that suggests Ms. Monroe is behind on the pacing guide, compared to her colleagues. You also have received anecdotal information that she does not engage with her teammates during scheduled grade level meetings, which leads you to believe that she is not making an effort to plan with them outside the scheduled meetings.

Secondary

You are a school principal in a 9-12 grade high school. In preparation for a meeting with your ELA department chair, Mr. Wong, you have been analyzing the students’ ELA performance data. Including Mr. Wong, your school has eight ELA teachers. For seven of the ELA teachers, 70% or more of their students are demonstrating good to exceptional outcomes on their writing benchmark data. Four of the teachers have historically yielded student scores with above average state standardized test results in comparison to schools in your district with similar demographics. In previous discussions, Mr. Wong has cited the teachers’ efforts to plan together utilizing the pacing guide, core program, and assessment results as the primary reasons for their students’ positive outcomes.

One teacher, however, Mr. Blumenstock, has been identified as an outlier by the district’s assessment coordinator, relative to the results of his students, compared to the other two teachers. Additionally, you have observed evidence that suggests Mr. Blumenstock is behind on the pacing guide compared to his colleagues. You also have anecdotal information that he does not engage with his teammates during scheduled content team meetings, which leads you to believe that he is not making an effort to plan with them outside the scheduled meetings.

In 750-1,000 words, analyze your chosen case using the three-part guiding questions below.

Part 1: Analyze the Case

Consider the following questions to begin analyzing the situation:

• What do you consider the responsibility of the team lead/department chair in assisting the outlier teacher?
• What stakeholders should be included in the conversation relative to next steps? Are these individual conversations or a group discussion or both?
• What questions should be considered when making a determination about next steps?

Part 2: Identify the Larger Issues

Consider the following questions to analyze the contextual issues present in the situation:

• What school or district policies might affect your decisions?
• What additional information do you need as part of your decision-making process?
• What are the potentially positive and negative outcomes of doing nothing? 
• What are the potentially positive and negative outcomes of taking action? 

Part 3: Create an Action Plan

Use the following questions to guide you in describing what approach you will take to assist the team lead/department chair to help the outlier teacher, including 3-5 specific action steps:

• What is your plan moving forward?
• How does your plan sustain a culture of collaboration, trust, learning, and high expectations?
• How will you include the critical stakeholders in the decision-making process?
• What challenges do you anticipate?
• How will you provide ongoing support to your team lead/department chair?
• How will you evaluate the results of your teacher leader’s efforts?
• What does the timeline look like?

Support your analysis and plan with 2-3 scholarly resources.

Evaluate two of the barriers and provide solutions for how health care organizations can overcome them.

DNP-835A: Patient Outcomes and Sustainable Change

ASSIGNMENT 1:
Quality and Sustainability Paper: Part 1
Assessment Description
This assignment will be completed in two parts, which will be synthesized into a final paper.
The purpose of this assignment is to investigate a quality and/or safety issue in a health care entity. You will use the issue and health care entity that you select in this paper for Part 2 of the assignment and for the sustainability assignments. You may use an issue identified at the practice site in your DPI Project.
General Guidelines:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. 
This assignment requires that you support your position by referencing six to eight scholarly resources. At least three of your supporting references must be from scholarly sources other than the assigned readings.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite to verify similarity scores.  
Directions:
Write a paper (1,500-1,750 words) discussing the role of quality or safety in nursing practice. Include the following:
In your own words, define quality and safety measures and describe their relationship and role in nursing practice today.
Create a table that identifies three barriers, and three facilitators or methods for addressing the barriers, in today’s health care that impact both patient outcomes and organizational outcomes.      Evaluate two of the barriers and provide solutions for how health care organizations can overcome them. Describe two of the facilitators or methods and explain how the facilitators or methods will assist overcoming or reducing barriers. Attach the table as an appendix to this assignment.
Identify a health care entity. Provide an overall description of this entity without using the real name (e.g., location, size, profit or nonprofit, years in operation). In addition to not using the name of the health care entity, do not use the name of any person described.
Select a specific contemporary quality and/or safety issue that is measured at the health care entity and explain how that measure is applied in nursing practice. You will use this selected issue      for all quality and sustainability assignments.
Describe the current quality and/or safety program the health care entity has in place to address the quality and/or safety issue you selected. Describe the key quality measures or components currently used to analyze the health care program’s outcome. Discuss what is working and      what is not working.
Summarize the specific variables used to track improvement of the health care quality and/or safety program’s outcome.
  
RESOURCES
Werlau, T., Soares-Sardinha, S., Overman, A. S., Chutz, J., Emory, J., Jones, C. M., Lee, G., & Smith-Miller, C. A. (2020). Creating microclimates of change: Transparency in disseminating nursing quality performance data. JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 50(7/8), 385-395. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000000905
Graves, L. Y., Tamez, P., Wallen, G. R., & Saligan, L. N. (2021). Defining the role of individuals prepared as a doctor of nurse practice in symptoms science research. Nursing Outlook, 69(4), 542-549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.01.013
Kennedy, K., Campis, S., & Leclerc, L. (2020). Human-centered leadership: Creating change from the inside out. Nurse Leader, 18(3), 227–231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2020.03.009
Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, December 17). Health outcomes measure [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W2GuZO853Q

Explain how principles of Christian leadership could influence a leader’s philosophy on public service.

Compare the various approaches to leadership as covered in your textbook readings for this topic. Include the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
Choose one of the approaches. Describe how that approach might influence a leader’s philosophy on public service.
Explain how principles of Christian leadership could influence a leader’s philosophy on public service.
Use two to three scholarly resources to support your explanations.

What is your role in advocating on behalf of individuals with disabilities who are struggling with addiction?

What is your role in advocating on behalf of individuals with disabilities who are struggling with addiction? What is required of you, ethically speaking?