1.The nurse manager of the pediatric unit (you) has experienced frequent turnover with nursing staff. Recently, you have hired several new graduate nurses to fill the staffing vacancies. You need to develop a staffing schedule for the upcoming holidays and ensure adequate staffing with an appropriate mix in the unit. It has always been the…

1.Joanne Burns began her career in the cardiac-thoracic intensive care unit (ICU) as a new graduate. Joanne has demonstrated her competency over the last three years and is respected by moreexperienced professional nurses. She was recently promoted to evening charge nurse. Joanne feels relatively secure with the responsibilities of the position. She knows she still…

1.Cindy Smith, a new RN, and Kim Jones, RN, were finishing work on the day shift of a postoperative surgical floor when a new patient arrived from the emergency room. Cindy stopped what she was doing (calculating intake/output data) and proceeded to admit the new patient. When Cindy got to the patient’s room, the transporter…

1.Jennifer Smith was appointed nurse manager of the coronary care unit five months ago. It is a 10-bed unit that was budgeted at 80 percent occupancy. Her recent responsibility report indicates some positive and negative variances. She has been asked to give a verbal report at the next hospital budget review committee meeting. Among the…

1.Do some double-entry accounting of the money you began the week with and how you spent your funds. Was your spending what you anticipated? 2.On your next clinical rotation, observe the pattern of staff, the use of drugs and equipment, and anything that is unusual. Determine a simple budget for the division. Use categories for…

1.The chief nursing officer of a large community hospital within a large health care system, Dr. Maryann Arthur was reviewing various quarterly reports from the health care system’s administration. One report in particular gained her attention. She noticed that the degree of incident reports had been steadily rising in the acute care nursing units and…

Wang Shiaoming is a student in your fifth-grade Dual Language (English/Mandarin) class. He came to the US four years ago, but this is his second year in your program. He continues to struggle with learning English, and also shows a need for organization in class. There is no one to help him with schoolwork at…

1.Michelle Carlson, a senior nursing student, was given her clinical assignment for the next day. Michelle was working at her part-time job at the cafeteria that evening and didn’t take the time to study her assignment until late that evening. When she reviewed her patient’s condition, she realized she was unfamiliar with many aspects of…

Developing an Ethical Culture Prior to beginning your assignment, read Chapters 7 and 8 of the textbook, andCreating an ethical workplace(Links to an external site.). For this assignment, you will take on the role of a mid-level organizational manager. In your current job role, you have noticed that the organizational culture is contributing to some…

A 6-8 page research paper 12pt font Times Roman following APA formatting (Cover page, Introduction, Community resource interview, body of paper, conclusion followed by “Lesson Learned” paragraph addressing What did you learn from this project that will be helpful to you in your role as a manager? Last page is reference page. Note – There…