What is the importance of cultural competency in nursing practice? Support your response.

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What is the importance of cultural competency in nursing practice? Support your response.

Discuss Whitmore’s three-stage model of team development (inclusion, assertion, and cooperation)

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Discuss Whitmore’s three-stage model of team development (inclusion, assertion, and cooperation). Apply Whitmore’s team development model to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Explain why it is important to understand individual needs when assessing team dynamics?

How do you use health information technology in your daily work activities?

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How do you use health information technology in your daily work activities? Does the CNO in your organization use the same HIT as the nurses at the bedside? What about those individuals who work in admissions? In order to develop an information system that can facilitate the ability to track, share, and analyze patient data, an organization has to take into account the differing needs or views of various departments.

*How would you begin implementation of the quality improvement initiatives? *What are some realistic outcomes that you could expect with a 6 to 12 month timeline?

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Respond thoughtfully to the following inquiry/question:

1. Think about and do some independent research on recent publications that discuss quality improvement initiatives in healthcare settings that are having positive outcomes that are supported by data, benchmarks or staff/resident testimonies.

2.  Consider a situation where you are hired as manager of a healthcare facility with poor satisfaction ratings by staff and residents/patients.  In addition, your quality indicators show you are below the national average.

*If you have only one year to initiate one or two quality improvement initiatives, what would they be?

*Why did you make this choice?

Respond thoughtfully to the following inquiry/question:

1. Think about and do some independent research on recent publications that discuss quality improvement initiatives in healthcare settings that are having positive outcomes that are supported by data, benchmarks or staff/resident testimonies.

2.  Consider a situation where you are hired as manager of a healthcare facility with poor satisfaction ratings by staff and residents/patients.  In addition, your quality indicators show you are below the national average.

*If you have only one year to initiate one or two quality improvement initiatives, what would they be?

*Why did you make this choice?

*How would you begin implementation of the quality improvement initiatives?

*What are some realistic outcomes that you could expect with a 6 to 12 month timeline?

*How do you know your initiatives have been a success? (you may use a scenario to answer this entire discussion board)

To receive full credit you must:

A. Provide a meaningful, thoughtful and scholarly initial post that is supported by fact/evidence and not just opinion.

B. Provide one supporting source/reference of your initial thread, cited at the end of your discussion board in proper APA format.

C. Proofread and correct any grammar or spelling errors.

*What are some realistic outcomes that you could expect with a 6 to 12 month timeline?

*How do you know your initiatives have been a success? (you may use a scenario to answer this entire discussion board)

To receive full credit you must:

A. Provide a meaningful, thoughtful and scholarly initial post that is supported by fact/evidence and not just opinion.

B. Provide one supporting source/reference of your initial thread, cited at the end of your discussion board in proper APA format.

C. Proofread and correct any grammar or spelling errors.

Explain the importance of random sampling. 

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Explain the importance of random sampling.

What problems/limitations could prevent a truly random sampling and how can they be prevented?

300 WORDS, MINIMUM OF 1 REFERENCE, NO PLAGIARISM PLEASE

Summarize the information gathered in your investigation, including references used.

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Investigate the infant care beliefs and practices of one cultural group in your community.

  • Summarize the information gathered in your investigation, including references used.
  • Describe how you would incorporate the cultural information gathered into a plan of care that respects the infant care beliefs and practices of parents from this culture.

Present your findings in an APA formatted paper.

What are three questions you should ask yourself when you begin your job search? 2. What are the most common mistakes people make in preparing their résumés? 

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1. What are three questions you should ask yourself when you begin your job search?

2. What are the most common mistakes people make in preparing their résumés?

3. What should you know about your prospective employer before the job interview?

4. What should the interviewee try to achieve during a job interview? What should you look for? What red flags should you watch for?

5. What can you do in advance to prepare for the changes during the first year of employment?

6. Create your own SWOT analysis. How would you respond to your personal strengths and weaknesses if you were a prospective employer? How can you enhance your strengths and improve in areas of weakness?

7. Draw a career path for yourself, beginning with the present year and extending to the age of retirement. Be sure to include any “twists and turns” of the path you expect to experience along the way and any barriers you expect to encounter. How will you handle these experiences?

Do an online nationwide search for information about current job prospects in nursing.Compare opportunities in various regions of the country. Why do you think these opportunities are the same or different?

8. Develop a list of questions that you should ask a potential employer. What “homework” will you need to do to prepare for an interview?

Where should the emergency response plan be posted?

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Using Online Library or the Internet, research and discuss on the topic, “Elements of an Emergency Response Plan for a Healthcare Facility.” Based on your research and understanding, answer the following questions:

Where should the emergency response plan be posted?

How often should training be provided—annually or quarterly?

Which healthcare professionals should be a part of the emergency response team? Why?

Create a detailed organizational chart of your training command flow at your present or from a past employer.

Combine your answers in 7- to 8-slides of a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation; not including the title slide and the references slide. Use Notes section for slide narrative. Each slide should contain minimum of two minutes of narrative or talking points.

Submission Details

Support your responses with reasoning and examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

How can the dimensions of diversity, such as age, race, ethnicity,  gender, sexual orientation, and religion affect individual or collective  healthcare needs and capabilities?

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Women and Healthcare

Women have healthcare requirements in addition to those of men  because of their biology and gender roles. Due to their gender roles,  they are frequently responsible for the health and healthcare of others.  The resources they need to care for others may create constraints on  their ability to care for themselves.

Also, it is important to consider the workplace when considering  women’s health issues because the position of women in the workforce has  great impact on the healthcare they receive. Many businesses have  recognized the need to create a more diverse workforce by selective  hiring based on the need to increase selected groups in their workforce.  Some businesses have been more proactive than others. For example,  let’s consider that a business workforce’s diversity plan includes the  following benchmarks:

  • Maintain women’s representation at a minimum of 60 percent.
  • Increase women’s representation in nontraditional occupations from 16 percent to 20 percent.
  • Increase women’s representation in senior positions (grade twelve and above or equivalent) from 28 percent to 35 percent.

On the basis of what you have learned so far, answer the following questions:

  • How can the dimensions of diversity, such as age, race, ethnicity,  gender, sexual orientation, and religion affect individual or collective  healthcare needs and capabilities?
  • Could the above statements constitute discriminatory hiring practices? Why or why not?
  • What would the implications of diversity-based policy development be in relation to healthcare needs?
  • Describe a workforce diversity plan using at least three dimensions  of diversity. Additionally, explain how it relates to improved  health-service delivery.