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Scheduling and Staffing Competency Collaborate in healthcare delivery systems settings for improved patient outcomes. Scenario You are making a staffing assignment knowing that you are short-staffed. You have five registered nurses (RNs), two licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and two nursing assistants. Those nine employees need to provide a 12-hour shift of services to 30 clients with a high acuity required to a ratio of nurse […]

week 11 final case study July 31, 2022   Week 4 Assignment – Health Care Human Resources ManagementOverviewCompany mergers are very busy and challenging times for corporate leadership. The role that HR plays during a merger is often complex and far reaching. In this assignment, you write an executive brief that considers aspects of how an HR department might prioritize and operate to support the union […]

Throughout this course, you have examined and applied a wide variety of tools that may be used to enhance performance objectives for health care quality, efficiency, and cost in health services organizations. From day-to-day operations to strategic decision making and initiative planning, these tools serve various purposes in affording health care administration leaders with a variety of perspectives and mitigation strategies to enhance performance in […]

How might benchmarking be useful for health care administration leaders? Health care administration leaders face many challenges in ensuring that their health services organizations comply with standards set forth for practice. Further, they must also ensure that relative to their competitors, standards for quality, cost, and patient satisfaction remain consistent. Certain levels of benchmarking, whether internal (across units in an organization), competitive (against rivals), industrial […]

How are risk priority numbers (RPN) useful for health care administration leaders? As you continue your examination of the use of and purposes for FMEA, you will begin to critically evaluate the numbers associated with your analyses. That is, the rates with which certain processes may be failing in your health services organization will allow you to strategically assess and implement efforts aimed to reduce […]

Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is an outstanding tool for evaluating potential sources of failure, the possible effects of failure, and mitigation actions that would reduce the consequences of failure for a given process. As a current or future health care administration leader, FMEA is a necessary tool to help your aim in reducing errors in health care delivery. For this Discussion, review the […]

1. What is a consequentialist ethical theory? 2. What is the difference between an end and a means? 3. What is an intuition pump? 4. What is utilitarianism?  What is the principle of utility? 5. What is hedonism? 6. What is Jeremy Bentham’s hedonistic calculus?  What characteristics of a pleasure or pain does it take into account? 7. How do Panza & Potthast understand Mill’s […]

Assessment Description – Pick a company/organization then answer the 4 questions in chapter 7 as they would impact/relate to the selected company/organization. The purpose of this assignment is to explain core concepts related to stocks and to analyze the ethical implications of decisions and promote ethical standards within organizations. Read the Chapter 7 Mini Case in Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Using complete sentences and academic […]

Question 1: Create a value chain for an Internet-based company such as Google or another Internet-based company. Who are the suppliers? Who are the customers? What activities do you imagine Google has engaged in to become the world’s premier search engine, and what must they do to sustain this position. Question 2:  Conducting a value chain analysis prompts you to consider how each step adds […]

 “Foundations of Graduate Study in Psychology” and reflect on how the concepts apply to your life. Describe what you are looking forward to in the program and why.  Explain how some of the concepts in the video are applicable in your career or home life.  Identify the people who make up your support system and  explain what you will do or who you will turn […]