Staffing

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Scenario – Staffing is an important part of nursing management as healthcare is very labor intensive. Since nursing is a major expense in any institution it is oftentimes the area where administrators will try to save money, sometimes forsaking quality and increasing the chances that there will be disgruntled nurses after a short time. The following scenarios are for two units in the same hospital so acuity levels will be the same. Acuity levels are as follows: #1=4.0; #2=3.2; #3=2.3; #4=1.4. The first unit is the ICU. The second is a Med-Surg floor. (HINT: Start with an 8 hour shift first)

Here is your staffing for ICU: 3-RN’s; 1-Unit Sec

Staffing for Med-Surg: 2-RN’s; 2 LPN’s; 1 Unit Sec

ICU Unit 

  • 6 patients = #1 acuity
  • 2 pts = #2 acuity
  • 0 pts = #3 acuity
  • 0 pts = #4 acuity

Med-Surg Unit 

  • 0 pts. = #1 acuity
  • 2 pts. = #2 acuity
  • 4 pts. = #3 acuity
  • 8 pts. = #4 acuity

Instructions:

  1. Please calculate the proper staffing for each unit along with the hours for a unit secretary. 
    • Be sure to show each step in your calculation with an explanation for each of the steps.

must be 1 page

apa 7th edition required

1 reference required

Capital Investments in Emerging Markets

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  1. Use the Internet and/or Strayer Library to research a publicly traded manufacturing company of your choice. Review the current plans that your selected company has identified for capital investments in emerging markets. Note: You can find useful information on a company’s capital investment plans from their website and/or press releases.
    Write a 5–6-page paper in which you:

    1. Suggest a methodology to supplement the traditional methods for evaluating the capital investments of your selected company in the emerging markets to reduce risk. Provide a rationale for your suggested methodology.
    2. Assess one way in which inflation could potentially impact planned capital investments in emerging markets and examine one (1) approach to perform an accurate evaluation of the investments. Suggest how this knowledge may impact management’s decisions.
    3. Contrast the modifications you would make in evaluating the projects to increase internal capacity in the largest market in which the company currently operates with the modifications you would make in evaluating expansion projects into secondary markets. Suggest one way that this information will impact the decisions made related to expansion.
    4. Examine two benefits of using sensitivity analysis in evaluating the projects for your selected company. Suggest how this approach can provide a competitive advantage for the company.
    5. Use at least three quality academic resources in this assignment. Use the Strayer Library to conduct your research. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources. 
    6. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
    • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    • 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. 
    • This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
      The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
    • Create a recommendation for evaluating a company’s capital investments in emerging markets that includes the potential impact of inflation, modifications to evaluating projects, and benefits of using sensitivity analysis.
  2. By submitting this paper, you agree: (1) that you are submitting your paper to be used and stored as part of the SafeAssign™ services in accordance with the Blackboard Privacy Policy; (2) that your institution may use your paper in accordance with your institution’s policies; and (3) that your use of SafeAssign will be without recourse against Blackboard Inc. and its affiliates.

The Commentary Article

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 <<<ALL THINGS NEEDED WILL BE IN THE ATTACHMENT>>>

!!!!!!!PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION AND ATTACHMENTS!!!!!!!

For this assignment, your goal is to share your position and “join the conversation” on the topic you have been researching all quarter by preparing your writing for print or online publication.  Readers of commentaries want to grasp the issue you are presenting and understand your angle right away.  You must make your point quickly and memorably, with an ultimate goal of convincing readers to agree with you, act in some way, and/or change their minds

In this assignment, you will continue writing about your ongoing research topic, but you will modify it to meet the various formatting and style needs of your chosen publication.  This does not mean that you can just take a 2,000-word paper and cut off 1,000 words; instead, you must demonstrate that you have made careful choices to revise your more academic writing to fit another medium targeted toward a different audience.

This assignment requires you to:

  1. Choose a publication to which you will write your commentary from the specified list of options below (consult your professor for approval if there is a different publication you have in mind that is not on the list).
  2. Determine the style, tone, level of formality, etc. that is typical for that publication.
  3. Analyze the target audience for the publication, and consider how their needs dictate the writing choices you will make.
  4. Write a Commentary Article between 700 – 1000 words using the same topic you’ve been researching all quarter.
  5. Use APA format – it is likely that the publication you choose will not use APA format; however, since learning APA is a key component of this class, we will continue to use it here.  If you do decide to submit for publication, be sure to consult publication guidelines and use the reference style specified.

List of publications you may choose from:

  1. Your local newspaper
  2. Ebony (Links to an external site.)
  3. Time Magazine Opinion (Links to an external site.)
  4. NPR Opinion (Links to an external site.)
  5. Huffington Post Opinio (Links to an external site.)n
  6. Slate Magazine (Links to an external site.)
  7. The Washington Examiner Opinion (Links to an external site.)
  8. Vox (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
  9. Teen Vogue

 **IMPORTANT: Be sure to consult the interactive Media Bias chart (Links to an external site.) introduced earlier in this class.  Each site listed above has a different placement on this chart.  Some lean left, some lean right.  It is imperative that you analyze the publication you choose and align your purpose to best meet the publication type and style, in addition to the target audience.  This requires you to spend some time analyzing the publication itself (review articles, investigate the publication’s mission, read policies and guidelines for submitting opinion pieces).  If there is a publication you would like to write toward and it is not on the list, talk with your professor about its viability. Your professor must approve any publications not on the list.   

PSY 331 Psychology of Learning Wk4-A

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Applying Learning Theory to Life

Prior to beginning work on this activity read all of the required  reading, review the content from weeks one through three, visit the  website http://selfdeterminationtheory.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.,  and review the Instructor Guidance. This week you will be discussing  the multiple perspectives about how we learn, based on your developing  knowledge about learning theory, and how it affects your own ability to  perform at desired levels.

Required elements:

  • Explain behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, and humanism as applied to learning. Suggested template.
  • Summarizes at least two sub-theories/ideologies within each framework. 
    • Examples include:
    • From behaviorism 
      • associative learning, classical conditioning, operant Conditioning, conditioning, extinction, and ratio/interval schedules
    • From cognitivism 
      • schema theory, memory development, elaboration theory (i.e. Bloom’s  taxonomy), cognitive load theory, and social learning/cognitive theory.
    • From constructivism (conceptions of knowledge are derived from the  process of constructing individual interpretations of one’s experiences) 
      • cognitive constructivism, dialectical (social) constructivism, zone of proximal development, and discovery learning
    • From humanism 
      • motivational theories of learning (i.e. self-determination theory,  Maslow’s hierarchy of needs), experiential learning, and Steiner  pedagogy or Waldorf education.
    • List and briefly explain a minimum of two theoretically supported  strategies, that we have learned about during the past weeks, that you  think would most help you to increase your own learning success.
    • List and briefly explain a minimum of two theoretically supported  strategies, that we have learned about during the past weeks, that you  think would most help someone in your personal or professional circle. 
      • Apply basic methods of psychological research skills to this content  by synthesizing supporting evidence from at least three scholarly  sources from the Ashford University Library that defend the strategies  you have chosen.

The Applying Learning Theory to Life paper

   

Violent Borders, Chapters 3

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Initial Post (at least 150 words)

In Chapter 3, Jones surveys several international border issues (Israeli-Palestine border; India-Pakistan-Bangladesh borders; Bangladesh-Myanmar border;  Australian border).  Explain the situation at one of these borders and include any significant or problematic details, facts, examples, and/or statistics that Jones reveals. Add on to Jones’ explanation of the issue by researching additional information on the same border situation to include any updated facts or evolving events that capture how the issue at this border has evolved from 2016 to today. (Make sure to include page numbers if you quote from Jones, and make sure to use the toolbar to link in the URL to your research; you can also use the toolbar to embed any images or videos that you referenced. See Helpful Canvas Guides below).

Reply to Two Posts (50 words for each)

For your two replies, focus on different borders than the one your initial post discussed.

Acknowledge the significance (and accuracy) of the information presented by your peers and add on to their work by relating additional details about the border issue discussed (or one that shares similar concerns). Details of your response can come from the book and/or your own research. (Use the toolbar to link in the URL to any sources you use; you can also use the toolbar to embed any images or videos that you referenced. See Helpful Canvas Guides below).

Important Requirement: focus on a different border for each of your replies (don’t talk about the same one for both replies).

Analyzing Assessment Data

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Data from assessments can used to determine if learners are meeting course or learning outcomes. Assessments can be utilized in many ways, such as learner practice, learner self-assessment, determining readiness, determine grades, etc. The purpose of this assignment is to analyze sample test statistics to determine if learning has taken place.

To address the questions below in this essay assignment, you will need to use the information from your textbook chapter readings and the data provided in the “NUR-648E Sample Item Analysis” resource.

In a 1,000-1,250 word essay respond to the following questions:

  1. Explain what reliability is and whether this test is reliable based on the “Sample Item Analysis” resource. What evidence supports your answer?
  2. What trends are seen in the raw scores? How would an instructor use this information?
  3. What is the range for this sample? What information does the range provide and why is it important?
  4. What information does the standard error of measurement provide? Does the test have a small or large standard error of measurement? How would an instructor use this information?
  5. Explain the process of analyzing individual items once an instructor has analyzed basic concepts of measurement.
  6. If one of the questions on the exam had a p value of .100, would it be a best practice to eliminate the item? Justify your answer.
  7. If one of the questions on the exam has a negative PBI for the correct option and one or more of the distractors have a positive PBI, what information does this give the instructor? How would you recommend that the instructor adjust this item?
  8. Based on the “Sample Item Analysis” resource, what steps would you take to improve learning?  

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. 

  • Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

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    HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION ASSIGNMENT / 4-5 PAGES REQUIRED

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    Please view this short video:

    Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) at the Connecticut Health Foundation
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-RJjGJP-fU

    REQUIRED READINGS:

    Sutton, K. (2015). Outcomes Achieved Through Implementation of Interdisciplinary Plans of Care. MEDSURG Nursing, 24(5), 304-308.

    Senate armed services subcommittee on personnel hearing. (2016). Lanham: Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc.

    OPTIONAL READINGS:

    Crider, N. M., & Ulrich, E. (2016). Evaluation of organizations and systems. Evaluation of Health Care Quality for DNPs. In J. Hickey & C. Brosnan (eds) Evaluation of health care quality for DNPs. (127-142) New York: Springer Retrieved from Trident University Online Library.

    Kim, R.H., Gaukler, G.M., & Won Lee, C. (2016). Improving healthcare quality: A technological and managerial innovation perspective. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 133(b):373-78.  Retrieved from Trident University Online Library

    Morais, R. M. d., Somera, S. C., Goes, W. M., & Costa, A. L. (2016). Applicability of an assessment model for healthcare information systems in a public hospital. Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management, 13(3), 459.

    Naessens, J. M., Van Such, M. B., Nesse, R. E., Dilling, J. A., Swensen, S. J., Thompson, K. M., … & Santrach, P. J. (2017). Looking under the streetlight? A framework for differentiating performance measures by level of care in a value-based payment environment. Academic Medicine, 92(7), 943.

    Newman, M. W. (2017). Integrated and collaborative care: Quality improvement in action. Psychiatric Annals, 47(7), 374.

    van, d. H., Niemeijer, G. C., & Ronald J.M.M. Does. (2013). Measuring healthcare quality: The challenges. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 26(3)269-78. Retrieved from Trident University Online Library

    Yamasato, K., Tsai, P. J. S., Bartholomew, M., Durbin, M., Kimata, C., & Kaneshiro, B. (2016). Discrepancy between identification of early-term elective deliveries by manual chart review and data vendor. Hawai’i Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 75(12), 367.

    Newspaper Article

    Slabodkin, G. (2017). Joint Commission eases ORYX requirements for acute care hospitals. Health Data Management (Online).

    Health and medicine – Quality of care; Researchers at Oregon State University describe findings in quality of care (what drives continuous improvement project success in healthcare?). (2017). Health & Medicine Week.

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    Assignment Expectations

    For this module’s assignment, please complete and submit a 4- to 5-page paper that addresses the following tasks for a specific standard, guideline, or criteria supporting ORYX and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI):

    1.Identify the specific standard, guideline or criteria.

    2.Present the exact standard, guideline or criteria that will be critiqued in this assignment.

    3.Review and examine the facts and data supporting the standard, guideline or criteria. (Focus on the scientific information, research data, and findings of professional groups.

    4.Critique and analyze the body of information that you have researched and developed for the selected standard, guideline or criteria.

    5.Present your findings and opinion on the adequacy of the selected standard, guideline or criteria.

    6.List of references.

    7.SUBHEADINGS REQUIRED FOR EACH QUESTION ANSWERED

    8.APA Format

    Better Cities

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    Answer the following questions. If the answer isn’t in the video or article, you should use your notes from class, including the lecture video, and outside sources, such as Wikipedia. Please cite all your sources using the citation method of your choice. I don’t care which citation style you use, I just want to be able to look up your sources. Some of the answers will only require a short answer, while other questions will require longer and more detailed answers. 

    Please watch all of these videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLksMcZdaPcZ36tj01H_BjU0iXMpXGK2IL (Links to an external site.)

    and then answer these questions:

    1. Amsterdam has a reputation for being a bike friendly town. Discuss the key events that occurred in the urban development of Amsterdam from post WW2 to the present, that have either increased or decreased bicycling in Amsterdam. What were some proposals that were either adopted or rejected? 
    2. What are the odds of being injured on your bike in Amsterdam compared to being injured in the US?
    3. Describe “woonerf”, what it means, and how it is achieved in the Netherlands.
    4. What’s the relationship between the number of people riding bicycles and the number of people injured riding their bicycles? Back up your statement with examples.
    5. How is Barcelona creating livable urban neighborhoods?
    6. What are the measured benefits of Barcelona’s plan?
    7. How are the livable/walkable neighborhoods in Barcelona fundamentally different than newly created livable/walkable neighborhoods in the US? 
    8. What’s the projected population for California in 2050? How do the three possible futures for CA laid out in the VIsion CA’s plan compare in terms of economic and environmental effects?
    9. How does the amount of urban segregation vary from day to night in most urban centers?
    10. Discuss whether American businesses have gotten more or less diverse over time, and why it’s a complex topic to examine. 
    11. How many households in Utrecht have bicycles? How many households have more than three bicycles?
    12. How has Utrecht made commuting by bicycle and train more convenient?
    13. How does Utrecht show cars that they are guests on some roads?
    14. Are cities or suburbs more polluting in terms of CO2 emissions? How much of a difference is there? 
    15. What does the term “drive until you qualify” refer to with regards to home loans? How is this idea fundamental in understanding the forces that drive urban sprawl?
    16. What demographic shift is expected to take place in the suburbs from 1960 to 2025? How does that fit with traditional ideas of who wants to live in the suburbs?
    17. Where do Boomers and Gen Y/Millennials say that they want to live? 
    18. What’s a great name for an indie band and why are those areas targeted for conversion?
    19. Discuss an example of a “dead mall” that was converted to a different use. 
    20. What is “middle housing” and why can’t it be built in the US and Canada? What are lively and liveable neighborhoods and why are they now illegal to build in the US? 
    21. Why was zoning created? What are some benefits?
    22. How does the Netherlands make safer streets for bicycles and pedestrians? The more specific examples and details the more points. 
    23. How does the Netherlands make it easier to shop by bicycle?
    24. How does moving day differ in the Netherlands from the US?

    Professional Networking

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    Whether you are embarking on a new career or are already well along on your journey, identifying a mentor is a great way to build your professional network. Expanding your professional network provides you more opportunities for professional growth. It is important to understand how your professional connections can enhance your career goals, so take time to carefully identify and select the right individuals prior to making requests for your connections.  

    Mentorship is vital and often involves an individual who has the ability and desire to foster a relationship with you to provide professional advice and guidance. A great place to start building your network will be with people you currently know. Connect with members of professional organizations within your industry that are related to your personal interests. To attain the next level of success in your career, you must advocate for yourself. You need a team of people to help you along. 

    In this activity, you will explore ways to build your professional network. University of Maryland Global Campus students have access to a number of student and professional organizations within your chosen industry, which you can explore to learn more about the field. Internships, volunteering, mentorship, and connecting with alumni are just some of the opportunities available to help build your professional network. 

    Now that you know more about networking, mentorship, and the UMGC student organizations, answer the following questions: 

    • What steps will you take to build or expand your network? 
    • What are your short-term and long-term goals for networking? 
    • Which professional networks would be the most beneficial to you and why?