Do you believe that a program of HR metrics and workforce analytics might be useful in Regional Hospital?
HR Metrics and Workforce Analytics
Please watch this video The Power of HR Metrics: Growth, Performance, Sustainment (3 min 35 s) on the importance of metrics.
Review the Case Study: Regional Hospital on page 420 of the textbook.
Based on the video, your readings this week, and the case study, please respond to the following questions:
Do you believe that a program of HR metrics and workforce analytics might be useful in Regional Hospital?
What opportunities do you see regarding where and how metrics and analytics might be applied in this organization?
Identify three analyses and associated metrics you think might be useful for Regional Hospital to consider.
Kavanagh, M. J., Thite, M., & Johnson, R. D. (2018). Human resource information systems: Basics, applications, and future directions (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc
How is public administration different from private management? What are the implications of these differences for the public administrator in the areas of: a. Decision Making.
Final Essay question: How is public administration different from private management? What are the implications of these differences for the public administrator in the areas of: a. Decision Making, b. Human resource management,c. Accountability? The paper should be a minimum of 2-3 pages in length, excluding tables, title page, and reference page. A minimum of 2 tables should be included as well as a minimum of 5 sources to support your work.
Discuss historical or current factors that affect the percentage cost of capital in your country of expansion.
Country Analysis: Flow of Currency
Using the same business and country for expansion that you chose in Unit I, address the items below. The webpage The World Factbook can be a helpful resource as you are researching.
Explain the steps the country in which you plan to expand into has taken to protect their domestic currency.
Explore ways this country has encouraged (or discouraged) international investment into their country.
List institutional factors, including size of the economy and domestic investor base that may impact the use of debt and equity instruments for capital in your venture of business expansion.
Discuss historical or current factors that affect the percentage cost of capital in your country of expansion.
Your final assignment should be at least three pages in length. Use at least two outside, reputable sources as references to support your research. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
Discuss the 2 roles of police officers as public servants and crime fighters?
Discuss the 2 roles of police officers: the public servant and the crime fighter. Utilize current research to explain why some people may believe police subculture is breaking down. Review the presentation titled Police (Part 2) found in the Reading & Study folder of Module/Week 3. Integrate an analysis of Biblical Themes, legalism, and licentiousness, as discussed in the presentation. How do these concepts tie into the roles of police officers as public servants and crime fighters?
Discuss the Sierpinski gasket.
This week’s discussion has introduced working with graphics programming, particularly with respect to primitives and attributes. One of these applications is the Sierpinski gasket. Discuss the Sierpinski gasket.
In your answer, specifically think of and give a real-life scenario where:
The Gasket can be utilized.
Recursion can/cannot be applied.
Describe several examples of sexual harassment in the workplace. Discuss methods of dealing with these instances.
Chapter 11
1. Why is the subject of workplace health and safety of concern to nurses?
How are these concepts related to patient safety and patient outcomes?
2. What action is suggested when you are faced with an angry or hostile coworker?
3. Why is substance misuse among nurses a serious concern? What is the most appropriate way to handle a suspicion that a coworker may be involved in serious substance misuse?
4. What is the most common physical injury experienced by LPNs and nursing assistants? How can a nurse manager help staff avoid physical injury at work?
5. Describe several examples of sexual harassment in the workplace. Discuss methods of dealing with these instances.
6. Review the policies and procedures on the following safety issues in your current clinical rotation. Compare with other students in the class. What are the similarities and differences? What might this mean in terms of workplace safety?
Latex allergies
Needle-stick injuries
Violence
3. Go to the ANA website and explore the sections on workplace and patient safety under the heading Professional Nursing Practice.
Which concepts discussed in these sections are particularly important to the beginning RN? Why?
4. Interview one of the staff nurses on your unit. Explore his or her feelings and concerns related to the following topics. Based on the comments, develop strategies to address the concerns.
Substance abuse among nurses
Emergency preparation
Quality of work life within the organization
Describe strategies for safe, effective multidimensional nursing care for clients with acid-base imbalances.
Competency
Describe strategies for safe, effective multidimensional nursing care for clients with acid-base imbalances.
Scenario
Tony is a 56-year-old, Hispanic male that presented to the Emergency Room with complaints of shortness of breath, which he has been experiencing for the past two days. He states I havent felt good for about a week, but couldnt afford to miss work. He complains of a cough, fever, and feeling exhausted. Past medical history includes asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes. Upon physical examination, you notice that Tony is struggling to breathe, his respiratory rate is 36 breaths per minute and labored, heart rate 115 beats per minute, blood pressure 90/40 mm Hg, and his pulse oximetry is 84% on room air. You notify the MD. He orders oxygen at 2 L via NC and an arterial blood gas.
Tonys ABG results:
pH 7.28
PaCO2 55 mm Hg
PaO2 70 mm Hg
HCO3 30 mEq/L
Instructions
In a 2 page Word document:
Determine Tonys acid-base imbalance
Describe possible causes of the imbalance
Identify the signs and symptoms that Tony is exhibiting as a result of the acid-base imbalance
List the multidimensional care strategies that are appropriate for the care of Tony
Discuss the outcomes of a change management plan with an under-communicated vision of change. Develop a strategy for avoiding under-communicating the change vision.
Read the article entitled Leadership Excellence: Communicate Your Vision. Next, assess the consequences of leaders not being able to communicate their change vision. Discuss the outcomes of a change management plan with an under-communicated vision of change. Develop a strategy for avoiding under-communicating the change vision.
View the video titled John Kotter Communicating a Vision for Change (4 min 16 s) below. You may also view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGVe3wRKmH0. Next, assess the means of communication that are available to us as leaders. Review Kotters comments regarding communication, and efficient and effective communications. As the leader of a large organization implementing a change, develop a strategy for communicating your vision of change. Discuss the tools that the organization would use as well as the frequency of communication.
What major events in brain development occur in the first two years of life? What parts of the brain are more developed at birth? What parts are less developed? Why are caregivers sometimes called brain architects?
Instructions: Select ONE of the following prompts in this forum, and carefully read the directions for that option before writing and submitting your original post. Be sure to complete the chapter readings and review course content before writing your post each week. Also, please indicate which option you selected in your original post. Remember to review all guidelines for discussion board posting in order to earn full credit. Note: You must cite your sources and include quotations from your chapter readings. In addition to your source citations, you may also include photos, videos, graphs, charts, or other helpful items.
What major events in brain development occur in the first two years of life? What parts of the brain are more developed at birth? What parts are less developed? Why are caregivers sometimes called brain architects? What can caregivers do to support brain development in the first years of life?
The power of sleep to heal the body cannot be underestimated. Explain the diagnostic criteria for your assigned sleep/wake disorder
Discussion: Treatment of Sleep/Wake Disorders
The power of sleep to heal the body cannot be underestimated.Most research indicates that 78 hours of sleep are a minimum that people need to stay healthy. Clients who come to the PMHNPs office frequently complain of sleep problems. It is estimated that 1020% of patients report some type of sleeping problem.
In this Discussion, you will analyze the diagnostic criteria and evidence-based psychotherapy and psychopharmacologic treatment for sleep/wake disorders.
To prepare for this Discussion:
By Day 5 of Week 9, your Instructor will have assigned you a sleep/wake disorder, which will be the focus of your original post for this Discussion. ****NIGHTMARE DISORDER*****
Review the Learning Resources.
Post:
Explain the diagnostic criteria for your assigned sleep/wake disorder.
Explain the evidenced-based psychotherapy and psychopharmacologic treatment for your assigned sleep/wake disorder.
Describe at what point you would refer the client to their primary care physician for an additional referral to a neurologist, pulmonologist, or physician specializing in sleep disorders and explain why.
Support your rationale with references to the Learning Resources or other academic resource.
