Discuss a formal role where a nurse is in a position of leadership.

1.Discuss a formal role where a nurse is in a position of leadership. Outline the essential responsibilities of that role and the educational preparation required. Explain what leadership traits, styles, or qualities are required to be successful in this role and why.

2.The influence of leadership can be far-reaching in practice and improving patient outcomes even when not in a formal role. Describe advocacy strategies that you can use as a leader to create positive change in your current workplace. In response to peers, describe a time when you provided leadership and the outcome. Was there anything that you would do differently?

Explain the research method and how you could teach preschoolers the stages of the research process.

Please review the two STEAM/STEM VIDEOS. WHAT IS STEAM/STEM? Summarize what you learned from the videos and reflect on which ideas you can use in your classroom. Explain the research method and how you could teach preschoolers the stages of the research process.
Supplies, Design Phase, Engineering, Testing Phases, Redesign and Engineering, Retest, Conclusion and Application.

Select a country in which Tesla does NOT currently sell, and write a summary outlining key findings that you will submit to the executive team at Tesla.

You’re now a marketing executive for Tesla, tasked with finding and evaluating a new market for car sales. Select a country in which Tesla does NOT currently sell, and write a two-page summary outlining key findings that you will submit to the executive team at Tesla. Your summary should include, in concise business writing style, the factors you used to make your determination, any cultural sensitivities of launching in the selected country, and an evaluation of the economic and political risks associated with launching in that country.

Identify the potential impact of specific health care policy provisions on outcomes and patient experiences.

Develop a 20-minute presentation for nursing colleagues highlighting the fundamental principles of care coordination. Create a detailed narrative script for your presentation,and record a video of your presentation.

Nurses have a powerful role in the coordination and continuum of care. All nurses must be cognizant of the care coordination process and how safety, ethics, policy, physiological, and cultural needs affect care and patient outcomes. As a nurse, care coordination is something that should always be considered. Nurses must be aware of factors that impact care coordination and of a continuum of care that utilizes community resources effectively and is part of an ethical framework that represents the professionalism of nurses. Understanding policy elements helps nurses coordinate care effectively.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to educate your peers on the care coordination process. The assessment also requires you to address change management issues. You are encouraged to complete the Managing Change activity.

Completing course activities before submitting your first attempt has been shown to make the difference between basic and proficient assessment.

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 2: Collaborate with patients and family to achieve desired outcomes.
    • Outline effective strategies for collaborating with patients and their families to achieve desired health outcomes.
  • Competency 3: Create a satisfying patient experience.
    • Identify the aspects of change management that directly affect elements of the patient experience essential to the provision of high-quality, patient-centered care.
  • Competency 4: Defend decisions based on the code of ethics for nursing.
    • Explain the rationale for coordinated care plans based on ethical decision making.
  • Competency 5: Explain how health care policies affect patient-centered care.
    • Identify the potential impact of specific health care policy provisions on outcomes and patient experiences.
  • Competency 6: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead patient-centered care.
    • Raise awareness of the nurse’s vital role in the coordination and continuum of care in a video-recorded presentation. Script and reference list are not submitted.

Determine three (3) reasons that employees may react negatively to performance appraisals and examine the validity of the employees’ position from the perspective of a manager.

Employee Retention and Performance Appraisals ”

  • Speculate on three (3) reasons that employees may leave and three (3) reasons employees may stay with an organization. Outline a retention strategy that HR could use in order to decrease the three (3) reasons you mentioned that employees may be leaving.
  • Go to the Chron’s Website to read the article titled “The Pros & Cons of Performance Appraisal Methods”, located at http://smallbusiness.chron.com/pros-cons-performance-appraisal-methods-39497.html. Determine three (3) reasons that employees may react negatively to performance appraisals and examine the validity of the employees’ position from the perspective of a manager.

Determine a possible timeline for the execution of the union based on the plan you drafted with rationale.

Select one (1) company headquartered in your home state that you would like to work for, that does not currently have unionized employees. Assume that you are an employee of this company and interested in starting a union. Use the Internet to research industry union.

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

  1. Create a scenario of the specific working conditions that has prompted the attention of employees.
  2. Outline the major benefits of organizing a union for this particular company.
  3. Create a mission, purpose, and objective statement for a strategic plan to organize a union for this group.
  4. Outline the components you would need to start a union and brainstorm ideas for each step of the process.
  5. Determine a possible timeline for the execution of the union based on the plan you drafted with rationale.
  6. Speculate two (2) of the management teams’ objections the union is likely to face. Develop two (2) arguments to counter the management position.
  7. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Examine the relationship between management and unions.
  • Create a strategic plan to organize a union for a specific labor force.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in employee and labor relations.
  • Write clearly and concisely about employee and labor relations using proper writing mechanics.

Explain how health care policies affect patient-centered care. Identify relevant health policy implications for the coordination and continuum of care.

You are required to complete this assessment after Assessment 1 is successfully completed.

Care coordination is the process of providing a smooth and seamless transition of care as part of the health continuum. Nurses must be aware of community resources, ethical considerations, policy issues, cultural norms, safety, and the physiological needs of patients. Nurses play a key role in providing the necessary knowledge and communication to ensure seamless transitions of care. They draw upon evidence-based practices to promote health and disease prevention to create a safe environment conducive to improving and maintaining the health of individuals, families, or aggregates within a community. When provided with a plan and the resources to achieve and maintain optimal health, patients benefit from a safe environment conducive to healing and a better quality of life.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to apply communication, teaching, and learning best practices to the presentation of a care coordination plan to the patient.

You are encouraged to complete the Vila Health: Cultural Competence activity prior to completing this assessment. Completing course activities before submitting your first attempt has been shown to make the difference between basic and proficient assessment.

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: Adapt care based on patient-centered and person-focused factors.
    • Design patient-centered health interventions and timelines for care delivered through direct clinical interaction that is logged in the CORE ELMS system.
  • Competency 2: Collaborate with patients and family to achieve desired outcomes.
    • Evaluate learning session outcomes and the attainment of mutually agreed-upon health goals, in collaboration with a patient.
  • Competency 3: Create a satisfying patient experience.
    • Evaluate patient satisfaction with the care coordination plan and progress made toward Healthy People 2020 goals and leading health indicators.
  • Competency 4: Defend decisions based on the code of ethics for nursing.
    • Make ethical decisions in designing patient-centered health interventions.
  • Competency 5: Explain how health care policies affect patient-centered care.
    • Identify relevant health policy implications for the coordination and continuum of care.