What are the overall goals for the training or the benefit to the selected organization?

Training and development prompts change within an organization. The goal of training is to identify areas for improvement and to develop growth opportunities that support the employees in their professional career.

For this assignment, you are required to develop a small training exercise in the form of a PowerPoint presentation. Review previous needs assessments and training observations conducted at your workplace to help identify one area for improvement that would benefit your organization. This training exercise does not need to be implemented but should include at least one deliverable that you could use during the training exercise. As you are reviewing your organization, consider employee engagement, systems and procedures, communication, resources, succession planning, and the culture within the organization. These are suggestions for possible areas that could benefit from a training exercise.

Create an 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation of your training exercise,  with speaker notes, and include the following:

· What are the overall goals for the training or the benefit to the selected organization?

· What are two specific objectives for the training exercise?

· What processes or procedures will change after the training has been completed?

· Describe the strategies or actions involved in the training exercise to meet the established goals and objectives. What is the expected employee performance or application after the training? How will the strategies drive successful business results and improve employee performance?

· How will the organization provide support to the current employees receiving this training? To new employees? How will the effectiveness of the training exercise be measured to confirm the anticipated improvement of employee performance?

While APA style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Write a 1,000- to 1,500-word paper that explains the policy process and explains how the Affordable Care Act advanced through the policy process stages.

Assignment Content

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Top of Form

To prepare for this assignment, review the key components of the health care policy process in Ch. 3 of Health policymaking in the United States. Additionally, Chapters 5-9 of the course text are also excellent resources for each stage of the policy process. Here is a breakdown of what you can find in each chapter of Longest (2016):

· Chapter 5: Formulation

· Chapter 6: Legislation

· Chapter 7: Implementation

· Chapter 8: Implementation/Analysis/Evaluation

· Chapter 9: Analysis/Evaluation and Revision

 

The policy cycle provides lawmakers with a pathway for developing a policy and guiding it through the institutions of our government. The cycle starts with identification of a targeted problem and ultimately ends up with providing a specific course of action. Along the way, the outcomes of a policy are subjected to various levels of review, evaluation, and revisions that result in a continual loop. As a health care administrator, it’s important to have a working knowledge of the process and how the process ultimately leads to implementation of health care laws that eventually will have an impact on what you do.

 

Write a 1,000- to 1,500-word paper that explains the policy process and explains how the Affordable Care Act advanced through the policy process stages. Your paper must include the following:

 

1.Discuss five stages of the policy process identified in Longest (2016)– at least 100-150 words to describe each stage:

· Formulation

· Legislation

· Implementation

· Evaluation/analysis,

· Revision

2.Explain how the Affordable Care Act advanced through each stage of the policy process

· How the law was formed/proposed and then passed by Congress

· How it has been implemented and what agencies primarily implement the law

· One or two ways the ACA can be evaluated

· List at least one revision to the law since it has been passed

 

Cite at least 3 reputable references. One of your sources must be the course textbook, Longest (2016). Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works a textbook, or other sources of similar quality.

Discuss how the Court addresses Gementera’s argument that the eight-hour sandwich board condition violates the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishments.”

Discuss how the Court addresses Gementera’s argument that the eight-hour sandwich board condition violates the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishments.” Do you agree with the Court’s conclusions? Why or why not?

How many shares must Carbon8 sell in order to raise the desired amount of capital?

Financial Calculations

Overview

These problems are related to content covered in Chapter 6. Completing them now will help to prepare you for your final exam.

Instructions

Submit your answer to each of the problems and show the calculations you used to arrive at the answer. You must show calculations to receive credit.

 

1. Salinas Corporation has net income of $15 million per year on net sales of $90 million per year. It currently has no long-term debt but is considering a debt issue of $20 million. The interest rate on the debt would be 7%. Salinas currently faces an effective tax rate of 40%. What would be the annual interest tax shield to Salinas if it goes through with the debt issuance?

 

2. Carbon8 Corporation wants to raise $120 million in a seasoned equity offering, net of all fees. Carbon8 stock currently sells for $28.00 per share. The underwriters will require a fee of $1.25 per share, and indicate that the issue must be underpriced by 7.5%. In addition to the underwriter’s fee, the firm will incur $785,000 in legal, administrative, and other costs. How many shares must Carbon8 sell in order to raise the desired amount of capital?

 

3. FM Foods is evaluating its cost of capital. Use the following information provided on December 31, 2017, to estimate FM’s after-tax cost of equity capital.

· Yield to maturity on long-term government bonds: 4.4%

· Yield to maturity on company long-term bonds: 6.3%

· Coupon rate on company long-term bonds: 7%

· Historical excess return on common stocks: 6.5%

· Company equity beta: 1.20

· Stock price: $40.00

· Number of shares outstanding (millions): 240

· Book value of equity (millions): $5,240

· Book value of interest-bearing debt (millions): $1,250

· Tax rate: 35.0%

What are some of the problems in our healthcare system that have led to increased interest in and support of universal healthcare?
Assignment Content 1. Top of Form The topic of universal healthcare or, more specifically, a s ingle payer healthcare system, has begun to gain momentum. The idea of universal healthcare is often discussed during election cycles, but legislation on the topic has not made significant progress. Some states have proposed state-level universal care models. Consider the topic of universal healthcare and your perspective on this topic. Write a 600- to 800-word paper that discusses universal healthcare in the United States. Research and Discuss the following topics: · What is universal healthcare? · What are some of the problems in our healthcare system that have led to increased interest in and support of universal healthcare? · How might a universal healthcare system impact cost of care, quality of care, and access to care in the US? · List two likely positive outcomes of a universal healthcare system. · List two likely negative outcomes/cons of a universal healthcare system. · Share your perspective on a universal healthcare system. Cite at least 2 reputable references. Reputable references include trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, a textbook, or other sources of similar quality. Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
Post an explanation of how competing needs, such as the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients, may impact the development of policy.

Discussion: Organizational Policies and Practices to Support Healthcare Issues

Quite often, nurse leaders are faced with ethical dilemmas, such as those associated with choices between competing needs and limited resources. Resources are finite, and competition for those resources occurs daily in all organizations.

For example, the use of 12-hour shifts has been a strategy to retain nurses. However, evidence suggests that as nurses work more hours in a shift, they commit more errors. How do effective leaders find a balance between the needs of the organization and the needs of ensuring quality, effective, and safe patient care?

In this Discussion, you will reflect on a national healthcare issue and examine how competing needs may impact the development of polices to address that issue.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and think about the national healthcare issue/stressor you previously selected for study in Module 1.
  • Reflect on the competing needs in healthcare delivery as they pertain to the national healthcare issue/stressor you previously examined.
By Day 3 of Week 3

Post an explanation of how competing needs, such as the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients, may impact the development of policy. Then, describe any specific competing needs that may impact the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected. What are the impacts, and how might policy address these competing needs? Be specific and provide examples.

By Day 6 of Week 3

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days by providing additional thoughts about competing needs that may impact your colleagues’ selected issues, or additional ideas for applying policy to address the impacts described.

Develop a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that depict your transition into the role of the professional nurse.

Transition to Professional Nursing Practice Presentation (15% of Grade)

As you begin your transition into professional nursing and move from novice nurse to expert, there are new challenges that await you. Identifying and selecting a professional role transition model from chapter one in your textbook will help you understand the many changes that await you moving forward.

Develop a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that depict your transition into the role of the professional nurse. The presentation should be no more than 10 slides, include a title page, brief introduction, description of the transition model being used, how the model relates to you/career, indicate your choice for a mentor or source you found helpful. Lastly, describe the support you have/need to ensure your success. Your presentation should conclude with a conclusion and a reference list, using APA 7th

edition formatting.

Does the company include a Safe Harbor statement within their 10K? What does this statement say?

Case Study 1

Worth 75 points due at the end of Module 3

Be sure to include a cover page and References page for this assignment.

Pick a publicly-traded company and pull down their most recent 10K. Include the link to the financial statements as a reference on your References pages. I cannot verify your answers without a link to the financial statements.

Answer the following questions for the most recent year on the 10K:

1) Does the company include a Safe Harbor statement within their 10K? What does this statement say?

2) Who audited the financial statements? What was their opinion?

3) What is the total amount of the company’s current assets?

4) What is the total amount of the company’s current liabilities?

5) What is the amount of the company’s total assets?

6) What is the total amount of the company’s long-term liabilities?

7) What is the total amount for Retained Earnings?

8) What is the total gross profit?

9) What is the total operating profit also known as Earnings before Interest and Taxes?

10) What is the net income?

11) What is the cash flow from operating activities amount?

12) What is the cash flow from investing activities?

13) What is the cash flow from financing activities amount?

14) What inventory method does the company employ?

15) What depreciation method does the company utilize?