Using Data for Management Decisions

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Scenario:

You will be assigned to a team to work with to complete all portions of this project.• The organization has established a strategic objective to become an “Employer of Choice” within three years.  (Addressed in Part I)• As the HR Leaders, your team must determine what HR Services are most important to the employees and what their current level of satisfaction is with the various services. (Addressed in Part II)• Your team is on a specific budget and will make decisions about where to invest during this fiscal year to increase overall employee satisfaction with HR Services. (Addressed in Part III)• Your team will then present the findings and recommendations of this Project to the Organization Executive Team.

Part III:  Using Data for Management Decisions

● (100-200 words) Building on Part II of this project, introduce the recommendations that will be made and the process used to select them.

● (250-300 words) Using current research, provide recommendations to improve the first negative gap.

●(250-300 words) Using current research, provide recommendations to improve the second negative gap.

● (250-300 words) Using current research, provide recommendations to improve the third negative gap.

● (150-200 words) Formulate a compelling conclusion as to why implementing your recommendations will support the company’s strategic objective (as stated in the scenario and discussed in Part I) and secure budgeted funds for implementation.

examines the future of work and the key skills and behaviors necessary for succeeding in the evolving workplace.

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Write a 2–3-page essay that examines the future of work and the key skills and behaviors necessary for succeeding in the evolving workplace.

The jobs of today look very different from the jobs our parents had. Whether you work in a cubicle or on a construction site, technology has changed—and is continuing to change—the ways we connect, communicate, and create in our careers. In the past, a college degree was enough to set you up for professional success. Today, employers want job candidates who also have the right skills to succeed.

That’s why Capella partnered with top employers, business leaders, and recruiters to identify 10 skills that are critical to performing your best—not just in one field but across all industries. These are skills that will prepare you for the needs of any future employer and set you up for success in a world that is constantly evolving. In this course, you will learn how these 10 skills will help you reach your professional dreams, and you’ll discover how you can use these same skills right now to achieve your personal and academic goals.

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What are these skills? Whether you are here for a job, for a promotion, for personal enrichment, or to realize a different dream, these skills can work to help you meet your personal, academic and professional goals.

  • Self and Social Awareness is the ability to understand your personal strengths and limitations, and how your behaviors impact others.
  • Technology is the ability to confidently and effectively use technologies to be productive, complete goals and tasks, and maintain a competitive advantage.
  • Productivity is the ability to strategize, organize, and plan to effectively and efficiently manage priorities and time.
  • Initiative is the ability to see what needs to be done and to take action without being prompted to improve a circumstance or create a new one.
  • Results Driven is the ability to act with a sense of urgency and focus to reach outcomes and goals, without compromising integrity and quality.
  • Communication is the ability to actively seek and deliver information, articulate ideas, effectively listen, and connect to various audiences, settings, and situations.
  • Relationship Building refers to the ability to effectively work with others and establish, cultivate, and leverage networks over time.
  • Problem Solving is the ability to identify and frame problems, explore ideas, and create effective, ethical, and evidence-based solutions.
  • Innovation is the ability to creatively think and generate original or unique ideas and solutions outside of routine perspectives.
  • Agility refers to the ability to embrace change and effectively adapt in a continually changing environment to achieve desired results.

The 10 Skills Table media will help you get to know the 10 employability skills discussed in this course. You’ll find a definition for each skill and why each skill matters for the future of work. This course will examine each of these skills and show you how to apply them in your professional and personal life. You will identify areas of strengths and areas that need improvement, and you will create a plan to continue developing these skills after this course ends. Understanding, developing, and applying these skills will give you the tools you will need to be competitive in the 21st-century workplace.

Assessment Instructions

Overview

What do we mean when we discuss the future of work? We are moving away from the classic employment model: you are hired full time and work 40-hour weeks, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at a desk in an office with your fellow employees. The future of work is really happening now. You may remember learning about the industrial revolutions of the past and their impact on the economy and the nature of work. Today we are in the fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0. This new world of technology is characterized by:

  • Instant communication and connectedness.
  • Virtual/remote workspaces.
  • Age-diverse workforce.
  • Move away from lifelong careers at a single company, more of an open talent economy.
  • AI and automation, or machines taking over some workforce tasks and jobs.

In this assessment, you will examine the future of work and the key skills and behaviors necessary for succeeding in the evolving workplace.

Preparation

Review the resources for this assessment. Use the Capella University Library to locate at least one article or book that discusses the skills and aptitudes needed to succeed in the 21st-century workforce.

Instructions

For this assessment:

  • Write a 2–3-page essay that addresses the following questions:
    • What types of jobs will most likely be automated in the future?
    • What types of jobs are more resistant to automation and why?
    • How will automation and continued technological advances impact how you work?
    • Why one or more of the employability skills (such as self and social awareness or agility) are essential for remaining competitive in the 21st-century workplace? Explain.

Additional Requirements

Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:

  • Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
  • APA formatting: Citations should be formatted according to current APA Style and Format guidelines.
  • References: Your assessment should include at least two credible references. One of these references should be obtained from the Capella library.
  • Length: 2–3 pages of text, excluding the title and reference page.

Competencies Measured

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

  • Competency 1: Describe the importance and impact of key skills and behaviors that are necessary for success in the future of work.
    • Describe the influence of automation in the 21st-century workforce.
    • Explain how automation and technological advances affect the nature of work.
  • Competency 3: Develop skills to support a successful learning experience and career.
    • Explain why employability skills are essential for remaining competitive in the 21st-century workplace.
  • Competency 4: Compose text that articulates meaning relevant to its purpose and audience.
    • Write coherently with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and citation of sources

the effect of extremely low birth weight babies on the family and community

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Describe. Consider short-term and long-term impacts, socioeconomic implications, the need for ongoing care, and comorbidities associated with prematurity. Explain how disparities relative to ethnic and cultural groups may contribute to low birth weight babies. Identify one support service within your community to assist with preterm infants and their families and explain how the service adequately addresses the needs of the community, or a population in your community. Provide the link to the resource in your post.

developmental markers a nurse should assess for a 9-month-old female infant.

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Consider the following patient scenario:

A mother comes in with 9-month-old girl. The infant is 68.5cm in length (25th percentile per CDC growth chart), weighs 6.75kg (5th percentile per CDC growth chart), and has a head circumference of 43cm (25th percentile per CDC growth chart).

Describe the developmental markers a nurse should assess for a 9-month-old female infant. Discuss the recommendations you would give the mother. Explain why these recommendations are based on evidence-based practice.

research an environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants and develop a health promotion that can be presented to caregivers.

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You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

The growth, development, and learned behaviors that occur during the first year of infancy have a direct effect on the individual throughout a lifetime. For this assignment, research an environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants and develop a health promotion that can be presented to caregivers.

Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint health promotion, with SPEAKER NOTES, that outlines a teaching plan. For the presentation of your PowerPoint, use Loom to create a voice over or a video. Include an additional slide for the Loom link at the beginning, and an additional slide for references at the end.

In developing your PowerPoint, take into consideration the health care literacy level of your target audience, as well as the demographic of the caregiver/patient (socioeconomic level, language, culture, and any other relevant characteristic of the caregiver) for which the presentation is tailored.

Include the following in your presentation:

Describe the selected environmental factor. Explain how the environmental factor you selected can potentially affect the health or safety of infants.
Create a health promotion plan that can be presented to caregivers to address the environmental factor and improve the overall health and well-being of infants.
Offer recommendations on accident prevention and safety promotion as they relate to the selected environmental factor and the health or safety of infants.
Offer examples, interventions, and suggestions from evidence-based research. At least three scholarly resources are required. Two of the three resources must be peer-reviewed and no more than 6 years old.
Provide readers with two community resources, a national resource, and a Web-based resource. Include a brief description and contact information for each resource.
Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.

Refer to the resource, “Loom,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on recording your presentation.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be 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. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support arti

Select a client whom you observed or counseled that suffers from a disorder related to trauma. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

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Select a client whom you observed or counseled that suffers from a disorder related to trauma. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

  • Describe the client (without violating HIPAA regulations) and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.
  • Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for this client.
  • Explain whether any of the therapeutic approaches in this week’s Learning Resources would be effective with this client. Include expected outcomes based on these therapeutic approaches. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
  • Explain whether motivational interviewing would be effective with this client. Include expected outcomes based on this therapeutic approach. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
  • Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling this client.

Are LTC beds the only place to put us? 

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Over the next two decades, 78 million Americans will grow old.  That’s the largest number ever in the US.

At present, there are around 16,000 nursing homes with 1.7 million beds and about a 15 percent vacancy rate. (See: CDC – Resources on Nursing Home Care).

Clearly, unless the nation undertook a massive building program, there will be many, many more old people than the number of available LTC beds.

So what are we going to do with all the geezers like me?

Are LTC beds the only place to put us?  Are there other alternatives that are more cost-efficient?  Given issues of quality  — either perceived or actual —  in many LTCs, do we really even want to keep traditional nursing homes as an option?  What might old people really want?   What are younger people willing to support financially?  What role might pharmaceutical products have in managing age-related issues? What would be the best way for people to age out into death?

What role does culture play in this discussion?  How do other nations address this issue?

As we think about answers to those questions, there is another level of analysis that looks at the ethics of old age. For example, do you think that everyone has the right to use all the Medicare services they want – regardless of the decisions made about their health when they were younger? In other words, should all old people share an equal right to Federally supported healthcare even if they did not share the same level of responsibility in their earlier choices regarding food, exercise, drugs, and alcohol?

A second question to consider is whether or not the Government should have any voice in restricting one’s personal choices about dying.  Should everyone have the right to die when they want to, regardless of the situation or reasons?  (Consider researching Compassion and Choices Organization for more insight) Who and how should an end-of-life decision be made when the person is not in possession of their full faculties?

Lots to ponder this week…

Consideration: This is a repeated story but still useful for this discussion. In the late 1800’s statisticians estimated based on population growth the US would be completely covered, inches deep in horse manure. They did not anticipate the automobile. Similarly, if you went back 120 years and asked farmers what they needed most they would likely say; “a bigger horse that ate fewer oats” they did not account for new technology like a tractor or combine.

When thinking critically about the need for services for the growth in the elderly population perhaps “building more beds” is as fallacious as assuming more horses. What new innovation on the horizon will change the demand forecasting?

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What resources do you use to determine safety and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine?

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Discussion Prompt #1

  • What resources do you use to determine safety and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine?

Discussion Prompt #2

  • Discuss some of the psychophysiological aspects of stress. Which evidence-based stress management interventions do you apply to clinical practice? How effective are they?
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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Case Study

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Patient Profile

Z.Q., 84-year-old Hispanic male, came to the emergency department (ED) 7 days ago with complaints of shortness of breath. His wife stated that he had a history of hypertension, depression, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The admission chest x-ray revealed dense consolidation of the left lower lobe. An arterial blood gas (ABG) at that time showed: pH 7.60, PaCO2 29mm/Hg, HC03 32mmol/L, and PaO2 75mm/Hg. Z.Q. quickly deteriorated and subsequently was intubated. He has been in the intensive care unit for 5 days.

Subjective Data

· Z.Q. and wife have been married 45 years and live with a daughter and 2 grandchildren

· Z.Q. and his wife speak both English and Spanish

Objective Data

Physical Examination

· Blood pressure 167/98, pulse 112, temperature102.0° F, respirations 14, oxygen saturation 72% on 6L via venture mask.

· Height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 75 kg

· Patient localizes to endotracheal tube (ETT) and is intermittently aroused, making several attempts to pull ETT

· Orally intubated #7.5 ETT, taped at 27 cm to lip

· Volume cycled ventilator at FIO2 – 60%, in assist control mode of 14 breaths per minute, tidal volume 450, positive end-expiratory pressure PEEP5 cm H2O

· Breath sounds decreased in bases with bilateral crackles that do not clear after suctioning

· Brown/yellow secretions returned with suctioning

· Peripheral pulses weak at 1/4 with capillary refill greater than 4 seconds

· 2+ pitting edema in the bilateral lower extremities

Newly Obtained Diagnostic Study Results

· Arterial blood gas (ABG) pH 7.31, PaCO2 58mm/Hg, HCO3 28mmol/L, PaO2 54mm/Hg, EtCO2 38 mm/Hg

· Chest x-ray reveals diffuse white out in middle and lower lobes; endotracheal tube present with tip well above the carina;  left subclavian central venous catheter is located in the superior vena cava

· CT scan reveals alveolar opacities with increasing effusions in the gravity-dependent areas of the lungs

 

 

Complete the following Case study questions. Answers must be thorough and cited appropriately in APA format

Interpret Z.Q.’s latest set of ABGs.

 

 

Describe each of Z.Q.’s ventilator settings and the rationale for the selection of each.

 

 

After reviewing Z.Q’s ABG results, the provider increases the PEEP from 5 cm H2O to 8cm H2O. Why would this be necessary and what is the expected outcome associated with this action?

 

 

The provider decides to begin Z.Q. on IV dopamine and milrinone. What is the rationale for using each of these medications?

 

 

Based on the assessment data, what are the nursing priorities for Z.Q.?

 

 

List three potential adverse complications with mechanical ventilation.

 

 

You are concerned about Z.Q.’s nutritional status and approach the provider for a dietary consult, thinking that Z.Q. is a candidate for enteral feedings with Pulmocare. What is your reason for making this recommendation?

School Health Issues

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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Discussion: School Health Issues

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Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, as defined by the World Health Organization. Nationally, there is growing interest in preventing health problems and promoting behaviors that improve individual and community health. The challenge is to use what has been learned about effective strategies to prevent health adversities and to encourage the widespread and consistent practice of healthy behaviors.

Due to changing family conditions and numbers of students attending school with health problems, the traditional role of providing assessment and screening for all students has broadened to include a focus on the physical condition of younger students, as well as substance abuse, early pregnancy, and sexually transmitted disease among older students. School health encompasses a range of activities that promote and protect student health.

LINK (http://www.maine.gov/education/sh/contents/)

  1. In your opinion how much responsibility should public schools take for the health of their students?
  2. Would you consider that public schools with a fairly strong and active health program are crossing over from the business of just an educator to that of a public health/health care provider?
  3. Who should pay for these additional services and programs for our children?

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Please post your response by the end of this module and critique the response of at least one other student.