Describe mechanisms to resolve identified practice discrepancies between identified standards and practice that may adversely impact patient outcomes.

Course Reflection Guidelines

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on selected RN- BSN competencies acquired through the NUR3165 course.

Course Outcomes

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

  • –  The student will be able to produce a complete research paper.
  • –  The student will identify the research methods, sources and application in nursing practice.
    POINTS

This assignment is worth a total of 100 points (10%).

Requirements

  1. The Course Reflection is worth 100 points (10%) and will be graded on quality of self- assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.
  2. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about your essay may be posted under the Q & A forum under the Discussions tab.
  3. The length of the reflection is to be within three to six pages excluding title page and reference pages.
  4. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered):
    Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (2010, p. 63).
    a. Course Reflection b. Conclusion

Preparing Your Reflection

The BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) outline a number of healthcare policy and advocacy competencies for the BSN-prepared nurse. Reflect on the NUR3165 course readings, discussion threads, and applications you have completed across this course and write a reflective essay regarding the extent to which you feel you are now prepared to:

1. “Explain the interrelationships among theory, practice, and research.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of the research process and models for

applying evidence to clinical practice.
3. Advocate for the protection of human subjects in the conduct of research.

  1. Evaluate the credibility of sources of information, including but not limited to databases and Internet resources.
  2. Participate in the process of retrieval, appraisal, and synthesis of evidence
    in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team to improve patient outcomes.
  3. Integrate evidence, clinical judgment, interprofessional perspectives,
    and patient preferences in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care.
  4. Collaborate in the collection, documentation, and dissemination of evidence.
  5. Acquire an understanding of the process for
    how nursing and related healthcare quality and safety measures
    are developed, validated, and endorsed.
  6. Describe mechanisms to resolve identified practice discrepancies between
    identified standards and practice that may adversely impact patient outcomes.” (p. 16).

Discuss some of the challenges that organizations often face to securely backup the workstations.

As a security manager or administrator of a fictitious company, write a Security Plan Proposal as a project document with the formats in the bullet points below.

Discuss some of the challenges that organizations often face to securely backup the workstations.

In this data-driven space, cloud computing has emerged as a frontier in the technology landscape, which most organizations often adopt to store and manage business operations. So, why are some organizations still reluctant to embrace this platform to backup organizations’ operational and strategic data?

 

What is correlation analysis, and what variable represents the correlation coefficient? What does it mean for the correlation to be statistically significant?

What is correlation analysis, and what variable represents the correlation coefficient? What does it mean for the correlation to be statistically significant?  Does correlation always mean causality?

In a few words, describe How has the formation of the EU created new opportunities for member courtier?

For this assignment, you will first think of a business you would like to start or become involved with. In a few words, describe How has the formation of the EU created new opportunities for member courtier? Of what importance are these opportunities to international managers in another geographic region such as North America or Asia? 

Identify and summarize China Nine Dash Nine Line and what it involves.

Write a paper in which you address the following thoroughly. Cite specifics from research wherever possible to support your paper:

  1. Examine the history of the Spratly Islands in South China Sea.
  2. Identify and summarize the current countries involved in the Islands.
  3. Identify and summarize China Nine Dash Nine Line and what it involves.
  4. Use at least Four quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar types of websites do not qualify as academic resources.

In consideration with this revelation, identify and name these factors, and provide a brief discussion about them?

We learn from the authors that, the use of mobile devices in our society today has indeed become ubiquitous. In addition, CTIA asserted that over 326 million mobile devices were in use within The United States as of December 2012 – an estimated growth of more than 100 percent penetration rate with users carrying more than one device with notable continues growth. From this research, it’s evident that mobile computing has vastly accelerated in popularity over the last decade due to several factors noted by the authors in our chapter reading.

Question 1: In consideration with this revelation, identify and name these factors, and provide a brief discussion about them?

Propose strategies to improve patient or population outcomes related to a health problem.

Use a provided template to develop a 2-4 page submission in which you research and define a patient, family, or population health problem relevant to personal practice.

Important: Complete this assessment first and complete all other assessments in the order they are presented.

In this assessment, you will lay the foundation for the work that will carry through your capstone experience and guide the practice hours to complete the work in this course. The purpose of this assessment is to allow you to define a patient, family, or population health problem that is relevant to your personal practice and to begin building a body of evidence that will inform your approach to your practice hours, the intervention you design, and the professional product you will deliver.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
    • Define a patient, family, or population health problem that is relevant to personal practice.
  • Competency 2: Make clinical and operational decisions based upon the best available evidence.
    • Analyze evidence from the literature and professional sources to define and guide nursing actions related to a health problem.
  • Competency 7: Implement patient-centered care to improve quality of care and the patient experience.
    • Propose strategies to improve patient or population outcomes related to a health problem.
  • Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
    • Reflect on state board nursing practice standards relevant to a selected health problem.
    • Communicate professionally in writing that is clear and logically organized, with correct grammar, spelling, and use of APA style.

Important: Complete this assessment first and complete all other assessments in the order they are presented.

Professional Context

Nurses are leaders in problem identification and solution, planning and implementing patient care strategies to address problems in the home, hospital, and community. This assessment will help you develop a problem statement for a patient, family, or population health concern.

Chapter 6 & 7 discuss the concept of internal customers. Some managers resist this concept arguing that the only customers people should worry about are the ones who are paying the bills. Discuss.

Book for Questions: Quality and Performance Excellence

Pleease read carefully, theses are all seprate discussion boards.  PLease read and ensure to respond carefddully . Each response must be at least 2-3 paragrphs. 2 at the lease . The price that is set is the proce that i am sticking to the assignment is due by friday

1)Think about a recent personal service you purchased (It could either be a separate service or part of a goods purchase).  Chapter 1 discusses the most important and reference page are required with each case studyfactors of see in Module 1 under Chapter 1’s PowerPoint slide #14.

2)Which quality philosophy discussed in Chapter 2, Deming, Juran, or Crosby, do you personally feel more comfortable with? Why? Which of these approaches do you think would possibly work best in your own organization?

 

3)Pick a tool, technique, or philosophy found in Chapter 4 and discuss why you selected it and how you could apply it to your life (or perhaps to the life of someone you know – you do not need to use real names!).

4)Chapter 6 & 7 discuss the concept of internal customers. Some managers resist this concept arguing that the only customers people should worry about are the ones who are paying the bills. Discuss.

5)Chapter 8 discusses Quality Teams. Think of a team you participated in recently (at work or otherwise) and analyze it using the criteria for effectiveness discussed in the chapter. Was it successful? Was it lacking in any of the dimensions? What could have been done to improve the teamwork?

What is the importance of the Medical Assistance attitude?

Read and study chapter 46: Making the transition from student to employee. Then, answer the following questions on a document with word format. Do not use pages format from MacBook as blackboard does not recognize this format. Finally, submit the document using the submission area. Do not use the comment area.

a) What is a practicum?

b) What is the importance of the Medical Assistance attitude?

c) What is a resume?

d) What is a cover letter?

Discuss how would you design a training program (e.g., to use a new software for tracking sales) for Malawi?

Malawi was once a British colony—but is now a relatively small (population about 17.4 million) but independent country in Central Africa. Thus, it inherited a British administrative tradition, which is very Western and very bureaucratic. And thus it also benefits from significant investment from Western MNEs, with many local subsidiaries. However, traditional Malawi cultural values, which emphasize family membership and attention to status, are also superimposed onto local and multinational business administrative systems, mostly imported from Europe and the US. In the Malawian culture, workers view employers as an extension of their families. They expect to be provided with a broad array of benefits from their employers, such as housing and transportation. Malawi society also places great importance on status differences. The relationship between managers and subordinates is viewed as authoritative; workers give deference and expect managers to act paternally. Malawians view proper protocol as very important. Managers often resist accepting individual blame for their mistakes and do not directly criticize their subordinates. Malawian managers rarely delegate authority because the culture believes that delegation strips managers of their authority and thus lowers their status in the eyes of their subordinates. How do these cultural practices influence the development of T&D programs by MNEs in Malawi? MNEs setting up local operations in Malawi must consider the following three realities when developing training programs:

■ Western models of innovation, motivation, leadership, etc. will not work well in Malawi. For example, most Western (European and Anglo) management experts believe that proper leader behavior depends on the situation: there is no one right way to lead. However, the Malawian culture believes that leaders should always be authoritative. Consequently, HR professionals must first learn how these issues apply in a Malawian culture and then train Malawian workers accordingly.

■ Status-conscious Malawian managers will resent being told to attend a training program. They will interpret this gesture as an indication that they are considered “below-average” performers—and will assume that their subordinates will make the same assumption. A company must thus carefully prepare a strategy to solicit trainee attendance in a way that will not cause managers to “lose face” with their peers or subordinates.

■ Training methods must be congruent with employee learning styles. Malawians learn best in “process-oriented” education settings. Consequently, training methods that use experiential and small-group techniques and other “supportive learning” techniques should be used in lieu of those that focus on lectures and rote learning.

Source: Adapted from Jones, M. L. (1989). Management development: An African focus. International Studies of Management and Organization, 19(1), 74–90; and updated (2014) from the following: http://www.afribiz.info/content/2014/foreign-transnational-corporations-in-malawi; and 2014 CIA World Factbook. Available at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/.

Discussion Questions

1 Are there any training techniques that are culture free? Why or why not?

2 How would you design a training program (e.g., to use a new software for tracking sales) for Malawi? What would it look like? Who should deliver it? How should it be delivered? What language and cultural variables would you take into consideration?