the role and purpose of the modern union so it effectively serves its membership.

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  • Unhappy with her job, Terri goes to her friend and coworker Joyce and suggests that what the workplace really needs is a union. She thinks this would keep their jobs free from discrimination. Joyce suggests that there are laws that already protect them from discrimination but there may be other benefits to a union.This week will focus on the protected activities of a labor union, in addition to the history of labor unions and their current practices. You will see a clear difference between employment law from the rest of the course and the labor law that is explored this week. The pendulum swings back and forth for the strength of unions and, historically, it is has been a power struggle between management and the union. You will also learn the different types of union shops so that if you are ever in an HRM professional position to work with a union, you will have some awareness and know some questions to ask.
    TO DO LIST:

    • Discussion: Redefine the role and purpose of the modern union so it effectively serves its membership.
    • Assignment: Prepare and record a presentation of 4–6 PowerPoint slides that explains and analyzes the key elements of National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp., 1963.
    • What You Need To Know: Study the case and the laws to learn more about employer/union rights and obligations.
    • Interactive Learning Module: Practice identifying the different types of union shops through the scenarios and questions in the activity.
    • Prepare: Review the assignment for next week, HR Challenge: OSHA Analysis.
  • Discussion Overview
    Redefine the role and purpose of the modern union so it effectively serves its membership.
  • Assignment OverviewBased on key guidelines from the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), analyze the National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp., 1963 case. Prepare and record a 4–6 slide PowerPoint presentation that explains and analyzes key elements of the case.
  • What You Need to Know
    Legal Background
    Read the course file, Legal Background: Labor Unions [PDF], for a basic understanding of the topic for this week. This background information is intended to support your learning like a section of a textbook.
    Case
    Analyze this case using the IRAC method in preparation for your assignment.

  • Interactive Learning Module: Types of Union Agreements
    Access this interactive activity to learn more about unions. Understanding basic union organization is essential for the HRM professional. Whether your job involves working with union representatives or not, you should understand how the laws around union activity have impacted employee relations. This background will help you analyze the case for your assignment.
    LAUNCH INTERACTIVE MODULE
  • Write Your Discussion Post
    The Role of Unions in the Twenty-First Century
    What will be the role of labor unions in the twenty-first century? Some argue that the traditional role of the union in protecting the worker has been usurped by significant legislation protecting the worker against discrimination, unsafe work conditions, and unfair pay. Others point out that unions remain indispensable for several reasons; for example, because “at-will” employment is still the law of the land, meaning that most workers can be fired for any reason.

    • How does the role and purpose of the modern union need to be redefined to effectively serve its membership?
    • How does the presence of a union influence the job of the HR professional?

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT ANALYSIS

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HR CHALLENGE: NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT ANALYSIS

Introduction

Not all human resource specialists will have to navigate situations with unions and management, but all human resource professionals need to think legally. By studying a seminal case between management and the union, National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp., 1963, you will gain background knowledge about the agency model of union membership and what the court defines as unfair labor practices.

The habit of mind that you develop by studying and analyzing this case will serve you as you think about the legal ramifications of negotiations with employees and management on a wide range of issues.

Scenario

Your company is reviewing its approach to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Your human resources team has been tasked with giving a presentation about the history of the NLRA that is appropriate for leaders as well as other human resource specialists in order to prepare them for ongoing discussions about the issues presented by NLRA for your company.

Your Challenge

You are a human resource specialist who has been tasked to present the key points from this case to various small groups of company leaders and other human resource specialists so that they have the background to discuss how the NLRA could impact your business.

Instructions

Based on key guidelines from the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), analyze National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp., 1963. Prepare a 4–6-slide PowerPoint presentation explaining and analyzing key elements of the case.

  1. Read the National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp., 1963case, noting the bulleted elements below.
  2. Review the IRAC strategy for analyzing cases and apply those steps in your study of this case.
  3. Prepare 4–6 PowerPoint slides that address the following:
  • Introduction.
    • Summary of the events leading up to the case.
  • Analyze General Motors’s position in the case.
    • What was their position about ______? What was their rationale for their position?
  • Analyze the union’s position in the case.
    • What was their position about ______? What was their rationale for their position?
  • Analyze the role of the court in the case.
    • What is the effect of the court’s decision on all organizations and unions?
  • Analyze the relationship of the case with the NLRA.
    • Consider case assertions, evidence, and findings.
  • Evaluate the historical impact of this case on the union/management power struggle.
    • What was the relationship before the case? Who was considered the winner in this case? How did the case affect future challenges?
  • Assess how this case changed the relationship between management and all employees at GM, and in unionized organizations in general.
  1. To support your assertions, cite specific examples from the case and from your other assigned readings.
  2. Record your presentation using Kaltura. The presentation should not exceed 6 minutes. Or another option is to write out the script of your presentation in the presentation notes section of each PowerPoint slide.
  3. Review the HR Challenge: National Labor Relations Act Analysis Scoring Guide before submitting this assignment to ensure that you have thoroughly addressed the grading expectations of this assignment.

Submission Requirements

The deliverable for this assignment applies professional skills in Human Resources Management (HRM) to workplace situations that you will likely encounter in your day-to-day work in HRM. As part of your learning, we focus on the development of effective professional communication skills for the workplace.

  • Prepare a 4–6 slide PowerPoint presentation explaining and analyzing key elements of the case.
  • Use short phrases that are clear, comprehensible, and free of jargon for each bullet point.
  • Include no more than three bullet points per slide if possible. Include APA-formatted in-text citations where appropriate
  • Ensure your presentation is relevant to and easily understood by everyone in the audience. Remember, you will be speaking to people of all levels in the company.
  • If you include a voice-over in lieu of presenter’s notes, your recording should be no longer than six minutes.
  • Your written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
  • Include an APA-formatted references slide at the end of the presentation, this is an additional slide at the end of the presentation, Slide 7.

Note: Your instructor may use the Writing Feedback Tool when grading this assignment. The Writing Feedback Tool is designed to provide you with guidance and resources to develop your writing based on five core skills. You will find writing feedback in the Scoring Guide for the assignment, once your work has been evaluated. Learn more about the Writing Feedback Tool on the course Tools and Resources page.

SCORING GUIDE

Your Work will be evaluated using this criteria.

VIEW SCORING GUIDE

Competencies Measured

Competency 1: Apply legal thinking to human resource management issues in the workplace to ensure compliance.

  • Analyze both General Motor’s and the union’s position in the NLRB case.
  • Analyze the role of the court in the NLRB v. General Motors case.
  • Analyze the relationship of a case with the NLRA.

Competency 2: Evaluate the relationship between historical perspectives and events and the alignment of human resource management and the law.

  • Evaluate the historical impact of a case on the union/management power struggle.

Competency 3: Examine relationships between law, human resource management practices, and business activities.

  • Assess how a court decision changed the relationship between management and employees in a case, and in unionized organizations overall.

Competency 6: Communicate clearly, accurately, and professionally in the HR field.

  • Support main points, assertions, arguments, conclusions, or recommendations with relevant and credible evidence.
  • Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

 Promoting Medication Safety (Create a Pill Reminder Card) (individual activity) 

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ssignment #2: Promoting Medication Safety (Create a Pill Reminder Card) (individual activity) 

●     Background:  Maya Steele, a client from the virtual experience, has multiple chronic health issues and has recently returned to her home. During the home visit, the community health/public health nurse observed that Maya is high risk for making a medication error. Maya had a difficult time telling the nurse what each of her medications was for, and was unsure about the timing of some of the medications. As the nurse, you decide to create a customized “pill reminder card” to help Maya keep track of her medications and to address any potential low health literacy concerns and her concerns about her somewhat decreased vision.

○     Maya’s chronic medical issues include: hypertension, hyperlipidemia, Type II Diabetes Mellitus, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), osteoporosis, allergic rhinitis, open-angle glaucoma, mild anxiety.

○     Maya’s Medications:

■     Atenolol 100mg tab; one p.o. daily

■     Hydrochlorothiazide 25mg tab; one and a half tabs p.o. daily

■     Atorvastatin 40mg tab; one p.o. daily

■     Metformin 500mg tab; one p.o.  twice daily with food

■     Lansoprazole 30mg capsule; one p.o. daily

■     Clonazepam 1mg tablet; ½-1 tablet p.o. twice daily as needed for anxiety

■     Timolol 0.5% ophthalmic solution; 1 gtt each eye BID

■     Fluticasone nasal spray; one spray in each nostril BID

■     Alendronate 70mg tab; one p.o. once per week; 30 minutes before first food/other meds; remain upright x 30 minutes

●     Instructions:

○     Students should create a customized, electronic document that will serve as a Pill Reminder Card for Maya.

○     Students should include the name of each medicine, the dose, important information in easy to understand terms (recalling Maya’s low health literacy), use easily understandable graphics/clip art for time of day such as morning or bedtime, include a picture of the pill/product such as shape/size, and pictures that help Maya remember what the pill is for (such as an eye for the glaucoma medication). Students should use actual medication pictures in the document and select clip art that is appropriate. Neatness and clarity of the Pill Reminder Card is essential.

■     An example of a pill card can be accessed via “How to Create a Pill Card” at https://www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/diagnosis-treatment/treatments/pillcard/index.html#Creating

■     It’s recommended that the student conduct an Internet search to find a website that presents actual pill images (such as WebMD’s Pill Identification Tool: http://www.webmd.com/pill-identification/default.htm). The student will need to copy/save the image and potentially resize it so that it fits in the pill reminder card.

○     Students should upload the Pill Reminder Card (electronic version) to the DROP BOX.

■     Note: The drawing tools in MS Word are sufficient to complete this assignment; purchase of drawing software is not required.

Levels of Housing and Care for the Aging Family (individual activity) 

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Assignment #3: Levels of Housing and Care for the Aging Family (individual activity) 

Instructions:

○      Find and explore several reputable websites to help understand and differentiate between the various housing/living options available to seniors.

○      Based on findings from the website exploration, create a table that describes the various levels of housing and care often utilized by seniors. Indicate the following for each level, 1) what services are commonly provided at that level, 2) limitations of care at each level, and 3) what are the payment sources for each level/setting.

○      In the table, address the following living/housing options:

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o Skilled Nursing Care (Nursing Home)

o Transitional Care/Rehab facility

o Memory Care (Dementia/Alzheimer’s Care)

o Assisted Living (ACLF)

o Home Care / In-home Services

o Adult Day Care

o Senior Apartment/Retirement Community (Independent Living)

○      Describe 3 or more considerations elderly people like William and Edna need to think about before making a housing choice.

○      List 3 websites that provide information about senior housing options in different ways and could be used by seniors. Identify clear rationale for referring elderly clients to these websites.

:  Describe a systems-based solution that could have prevented this event.

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Scenarios/Questions (choose one)

1. In acute care, a charge nurse is assigned to oversee a unit, and a nursing supervisor oversees the nursing role across a facility.  All work together to control the flow of patients in and out of the unit and facility, make staffing assignments, and assist with problems and crises. Consider this situation: A nurse is dealing with a crisis for one patient and misses a second patient crisis—a young woman who died from a postoperative hemorrhage. In this tragic situation, competing crisis events on the unit prevented a nurse from adequately monitoring other assigned patients on the unit. The charge nurse and nursing supervisor stated in the Board of Nursing’s investigation of the event that they depended on the individual nurse to alert them if help was needed. Question :  Describe a systems-based solution that could have prevented this event.  (DO NOT state what the nurse should have done differently; you are to describe a  systems-based solution , not a personal, professional one.)

Infographic: Prison Population (individual or group activity)  

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Assignment #2: Infographic: Prison Population (individual or group activity)  

Instructions:

o In preparation for this assignment, students should explore websites and scholarly sources that discuss characteristics of, and health issues related to, the prison population. In addition, students should learn about developing an infographic, which is a visual image such as a chart or diagram that represents data and information.

o See https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/free-ppt-infographic-templates-designs-ht or other sources of your choice for ideas on infographics.

o Students should create an infographic (visual representation) that depicts demographics, characteristics, and common health issues of the prison population. The infographic should address factors such as racial/ethnic mix, gender, age, chronic health conditions, mental health conditions, addictions, and communicable disease. Students should include citations within the infographic.

o Students should upload the infographic document in the provided DROP BOX.

social media/digital marketing strategy used b”y your company(Kylie Cosmetics).

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dentify and evaluate the social media/digital marketing strategy used b”y your company(Kylie Cosmetics). Kylie cosmetics is owned by Kylie Jenner.

The following are the guidelines:For each presentation, please give a breif introduction only to your chosen company.

Integrate theory and critical analysis skills through practical examples of your chosen company (product/service).Creativity is encouraged – please include some form of class interaction in your presentation. Please make sure that your presentation is MARKET/COUNTRY specific. For companies, with a wide product mix (i.e. numerous different types of products/product categories, you can choose to make your presentation specific to one product category/product line).

Below provides an OVERVIEW ONLY of key concepts/areas that should be addressed in each presentation. Your presentation should not necessarily be limited to the information below. You are expected to review the lecture notes, text book and relevant journal articles to your allocated week’s topic. Please use some pictures and provide references if you are using content from internet. Thank you.

comparing and contrasting statistics regarding teen pregnancy rates in South Florida, versus two other parts of the country —

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Instructions: Write a 1 to 2 pages paper comparing and contrasting statistics regarding teen pregnancy rates in South Florida, versus two other parts of the country — look for areas that have different types of populations (e.g., urban, rural, suburban, diverse populations, etc.). Also, identify and describe at least (2) two online resources (of your choice) that serve the pregnant teen population locally and/or nationally. Use reputable internet sources (government agencies, foundations, etc.) and provide rationale for why you chose them, as it relates to accessibility, understandability, and attractiveness for teenagers.

 

 two evidence-based treatment plans for adults diagnosed with schizophrenia with evidence-based treatment plans for children and adolescents diagnosed with schizophrenia.

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The Assignment (2 pages):

Compare at least two evidence-based treatment plans for adults diagnosed with schizophrenia with evidence-based treatment plans for children and adolescents diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Explain the legal and ethical issues involved with forcing children diagnosed with schizophrenia to take medication for the disorder and how a PMHNP may address those issues.

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Explain and characterize the changes in the standard rule-of-nines for burns involving children.

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TOPIC: Explain and characterize the changes in the standard rule-of-nines for burns involving children.

For this assignment, you will produce a 4–7 minute audio-video presentation on your chosen topic.

In your presentation, include the following:

  • Include at least one type of visual aid in your presentation such as PowerPoint slides, diagrams, white board use, etc.
  • You are expected to explain the processes or concepts in your own words using references to support your explanations. Include a reference list at the end and cite references verbally or with on screen citations.
  • Use appropriate master’s level terminology.
  • Include all necessary physiology and/or pathophysiology in your explanation.
  • Use detailed explanations to teach or explain. Your audience is your classmates and professional colleagues.
  • Reference a minimum of two sources; you may cite your etext as a source. Use APA format to style your visual aids and cite your sources. Include a reference page in your video.
  • Your presentation must include both audio and visual components and be professional in nature