Discuss how the nursing leadership role is instrumental in providing effective healthcare delivery.

Module Description

Description

Develop three challenges to healthcare and provide a short discussion of possible nursing leadership interventions. Discuss how the nursing leadership role is instrumental in providing effective healthcare delivery.

This week discusses the challenges facing healthcare in the 21st century. It has been said that to understand where we are and where we should be heading that one must have a clear understanding of what has gone before. In this module you will explore the history of health care challenges, including the significant sociopolitical forces and policies, progression of leadership theories, and organizational development. As you explore these forces begin to conceptualize how each has contributed to the current state of affairs and what might be needed to overcome or move past real and perceived deficiencies. Furthermore, the focused learning will include the role of nursing leadership in both past and future challenges in healthcare. Objectives 1. The student will be able to assimilate the challenges in healthcare into nursing leadership decisions. 2. The student will be able to synthesize past and future challenges into the nursing leadership role. 3. The student will integrate the nursing leadership role in guiding the future of healthcare delivery. Goals Alignment 1. University Mission Goals- Goals 1, 2, & 3 2. Program Goals- 1, 2, & 3 3. Course Goals- 1, 2, & 3 Professional Standards 1. Development of needed advanced competencies for increasingly complex practice, faculty, and leadership roles. 2. Enhanced knowledge to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes. 3. Enhanced leadership skills to strengthen practice and health care delivery; Learning Materials 1. Boykin, A., Valentine, K., & Schoenhofer, S. (2013) Health care systems transformation for nursing and health care leaders: Implementing a culture of caring. New York: Springer Publishing Co. Chapter 1 2. The Health Catalyst Website (n.d.) 3. Harvard Business Review Website (n.d.)

carry out research to assess the “Innovation Fitness” of an organisation, at an organisational, departmental or Divisional/Business Unit level.

Innovation Fitness Report From the Handbook Assignment 2: (70%): Innovation Fitness Report

You will carry out research to assess the “Innovation Fitness” of an organisation, at aa organisational, departmental or Divisional/Business Unit level. The 2,000 word report (+/- 10%) will analyse how well the organisation manages innovation in rapidly changing digital environments, and will include prioritised recommendations to improve innovation performance. You will develop a report which covers key elements including: • Introduction setting the overall context for the study • Identifying and critically reviewing relevant literature • Methodology, embedding core theories and material presented during the course • Data analysis, developing your own critical analysis of the results • Discussion section, drawing together key themes identified in the report and recommendations for future actions to improve innovation management in the digital era Assignment 2: From the Handbook Innovation Fitness Report To inform the report, you will undertake a quantitative Innovation Fitness Test Audit at an organisational, departmental or Divisional/Business Unit level which will generate insights regarding: • How well does the organization manage innovation STRATEGY? • How well does it manage LEARNING? • How well it develops and exploits LINKAGES? • How well it manages INNOVATION PROCESSES? • Are the elements of an INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION in place? Option 1 If you have access to an organization of over 10 staff Public Sector or Private Sector Any country: All material, data and appendices must be in English Assignment 2: Quantitative (Survey) Research Carrying out the Innovation Fitness Test • The Innovation Fitness Test / Audit (Including Explanation) – can be found at: https://www.johnbessant.org/toolsgi • Small adjustments to wording of questions can help – but do not fundamentally change the questions Assignment 2: Quantitative Analysis phase • Move beyond general comments on strategy, learning, linkages, processes and innovative organisation • Look at the “outlier” results – very low or high scores – and consider why this might be the case • Compare your findings with comparator organisations – if possible Assignment 2: Qualitative research (interviews) • Additional research beyond the Innovation Fitness Test Audit, including 3-4 qualitative interviews, is likely to strengthen the final report and presentation • Good practice when planning (e.g. emails) and undertaking interviews:  Explain what you are doing, that data will not be retained beyond the assignment by you, and that names and direct quotes WILL NOT be attributed to individuals (in emails, and at the start of the interview)  Aim for a 45 minute interview. Record if you can – but no need for full transcription. Video calls work well (Zoom, Teams etc.)  Design 8 – 12 OPEN questions – to help the interviewee to explore areas beyond the Innovation Fitness Test. A good approach is 6 – 8 “must ask” questions, with some additional questions if you need them

How Technology Negatively Impacts the Environment

Description

Directions: Using the required academic readings and supplemental academic research, please address the following while adhering to the Discussion Board Rubric: For this Discussion Board, pick an example of a technology that has directly or indirectly negatively affected the environment and answer the following questions: • What is this technology? • Who invented this technology? • Why was the technology invented? • How was the technology used? • Where was the technology used? • What were the effects of this technology on the environment? • What peoples and societies, in particular, were affected by this technology? • What are the benefits of this technology? • What are the drawbacks to this technology? • Is climate change an unseen pandemic? Why or why not? o What scientific evidence supports your assertion?

In what ways do the processes and aesthetics of new media performance engage with the idea of ‘liveness’?

ASSIGNMENT 1: ESSAY (2,500 WORDS) (50%)

Pick ONE question from the following:

1. In what ways do the processes and aesthetics of new media performance engage with the idea of ‘liveness’?
2. Compare and contrast the role of remediation in TWO new media performances.
3. Focusing on new media performance practice, discuss the relationship between intermediality and interactivity.
4. In what ways can the processes and aesthetics of audio theatre create a ‘presence effect’? Answer with reference to at least TWO pieces of audio theatre.
5. Critically discuss the role of gaming in at least TWO mixed-reality performances.
6. Critically discuss the educational potential of games.
7. Critically discuss the relationship between cinema and theatre focusing on new media performance practice of your choice.

IMPORTANT FOR ALL QUESTIONS:

In each case your response should focus in detail on the work of AT LEAST ONE practitioner, performer or company working in the broad genre of New Media Performance, unless stated otherwise and draw upon appropriate theoretical frameworks.

The Stanford Presence Project provides a wealth of alternative perspectives and case studies which may prove useful: http://presence.stanford.edu:3455/Collaboratory/Home

Possible companies and artistsYou do not have to pick from this list: these are merely suggestions, based on the module and on the availability of documentation. Some of the artists listed here work primarily with / in new media forms, others only occasionally.

In no particular order:

• Gob Squad: http://www.gobsquad.com/
• Blast Theory
• Lynn Hershman Leeson
• Brith Gof
• Eddie Ladd
• The Builders Association
• Stelarc (To get past intro: http://stelarc.org/?catID=20247)
• Paul Sermon 
• Steve Dixon / The Chameleons Group 
• Robert Lepage
• Tim Etchells
• The Wooster Group
• Forced Entertainment
• imitating the dog

Some useful places to start reading

• Auslander, Philip. Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture. London: Routledge, 1999.
• Balme, Christopher. ‘Theatre and media’, in The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008: 195-208.
• Bolter, David and Richard Grusin. Remediation: Understanding New Media. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999.
• Chapple, Freda and Chiel Kattenbelt (eds). Intermediality in Theatre and Performance. Rodopi: 2006.
• Phelan, Peggy. Unmarked: The Politics of Performance. London: Routledge, 1993.

demonstrate and reflect on how the sociological impact of policy, agency and social structures has influenced your ability to deliver effective care.

Description

Assignment guide from my university: You are required to demonstrate and reflect on how the sociological impact of policy, agency and social structures has influenced your ability to deliver effective care. Lived examples from practice are required on which to base your discussions. Suggestions on how you might manage similar situations in the future in your continuing professional development are expected. A formal academic style is required. However, the use of the first person is permitted where reflection is incorporated into the submission. word limit: 2000 (excluding reference and appendices) Advice from lectures: *What matters is to provide the example(s) in terms of navigating structure and agency and the need for change and improvement. Multiple or many points can emerge from one example and that is not an issue where it remains relevant to the discussion. – Demonstrate broad reading around ‘structure and agency’ see the reading list and lecture notes (contemporary sociologists’ work) – Gather data from placement experience (portfolio of information) and consider how your evidence assists in answering the question (does it contribute or structure or agency or both) – Consider your role (as an agent) in influencing the context you choose. – Consider how other agents, systems and communities might be inextricably interlinked and the implications in health care – Consider the extent to which an individual’s choice of action is constrained or enhanced by the social structures and their own agency. – Discuss any challenges when seeking to bring about improvements in care What I am expecting: paraphrase 2. structure enhancement 3. I feel like my essay is slightly out of the essay topic, so you can trim the excessive content and change it to more relevant content or add sociology theories. (You can even delete the whole paragraph if it is required!) 4. conclusion – I was simply not sure how to summarise my essay!! 5. You don’t need to write appendices and you can ignore the memos I put alongside my essay. *I attached an example essay from previous years for a reference (4 SIP Example PDF). *I also attached the marking criteria. My goal is to get over 75% (I got 62% last time). Feedback from my last essay: 1. The content is largely descriptive. More detailed discussion is required to demonstrate your theoretical knowledge. 2. Continue to develop your critical use of evidence/sources to provide stronger support for your decision-making. 3. Sections need more linking. Tie parts together, build up a story 4. Ensure all points made are fully developed and complete following presentation of a balanced argument

Why is there more negatives than there are positives in the media about social workers?

Research Focus/ Area of research interest

Professional relationships.

The stigma around social workers.

Conflicts between professions.

Why is there more negatives than there are positives in the media about social workers?

Possible research question

What happened for Social Workers to get a bad reputation in the media?

Particular ideas, themes, you wish to explore with reference to 3-5 pieces of relevant literature.

1. Evolution of media.
2. What is social work?

3. The relationship between social workers and the press.

Ayre, P. (2001) Child Protection and The Media: Lessons from the last three decades. British Journal of Social Work 31.

Stone, S., Ekman, E., English, D., and Fujimori, S., (2008) Teaching notes: Collaboration among social work and journalism students and faculty: An instructional model. Journal of Social Work Education, Vol. 44.

Joanne Westwood (2019) Social Media in Social Work Practice.

Research, Policy and Planning (2012) 29(2), 83-94 Research, Policy and Planning Vol. 29 No. 2 © Social Services Research Group 2012 all rights reserved Child protection, social work and the media: doing as well as being done to Ray Jones.

4. How social workers are represented on television shows and the media.

Henderson, L., and Franklin, B., (2007) Sad not Bad: Images of Social Care Professionals in Popular UK television Drama. Journal of Social Work.

Fraser, S. (2004) Give social workers a second chance.

5. The 2008- 2010 ‘cluster’- Case reveiws.

Peter Connelly (Baby P)- Haringey Local Safeguarding Children Board (2008) Serious Case Review: Child ‘A’: Executive Summary, November.

Shannon Matthews- Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board (2010) Serious Case Review Concerning Shannon Matthews, 16 June.

Two young boys- Doncaster Safeguarding Children Board (2010) A Serious Case Review: ‘J’ Children: Executive Summary, January.

Initial ideas on research approaches, methodologies and methods

Journals.

Books which specialize in social media and social workers. For example the Joanne Westwood (2019) book.

Case reviews.

News articles.

Television programmes.

Case conference minutes.

Find an industry sector/s To which a solution to a failing market has been found in terms of an externality of a pollutant produced through production/consumption of a good

APPENDIX GA36c

ASSESSMENT 1: Essay 2,500 Words

Online submission by Turnitin:

Find an industry sector/s, for example Textile, Petroleum, Automobile, Electricity, Paper etc. etc. To which a solution to a failing market has been found in terms of an externality of a pollutant produced through production/consumption of a good, e.g., paper, oil, tobacco etc., in a particular country – this could be a tax or regulation that has been put in place, to solve the problem of the externality, which could be for example the release of SO2 (Sulphur Dioxide), tobacco smoke Ozone,. etc. into the atmosphere, or Nitrates into rivers etc. etc.

Then, once selected you show how the market was failing before the solution was put in place, using evidence of real figures (of externality costs for example health costs, ecology damage costs etc. etc.) gleaned from other authors talking about it or government websites, you must also hypothetically show this using basic economic diagramming (use as a demonstration tool without figures).

Next look at the solution, for example a tax on SO2 (Sulphur Dioxide) release or regulation used to correct the market failure and show using information evidence (based on benefits and costs used to decide on the solution and what level was proposed for it, to fix the failing market to take into consideration these externality costs) gleaned from other authors or government websites stating how the market failure was solved through implementation of the solution. Again, you will also need to show hypothetically using basic economic diagramming how the solution works.

Essential Read

AP MICROECONOMICS. 2022. Externalities – AP Microeconomics. [online] Available at: <https://www.microeconomicsap.com/externalities-ap-microeconomics.html> [Accessed 23 February 2022].

Callan, S. J., & Thomas, J. M. (2013). Environmental economics and management: Theory, policy, and applications (6th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western, Cengage Learning.

Sloman, J. (2019). Economics for business. Harlow, England: Pearson.

Basic summary of how to tackle assessment one below

The way to approach this assessment is to find an industry to which a solution to a failing market has been found in terms of externality for example, of a pollutant produced through production of a good, like petroleum, in a particular country – with the solution being a tax or regulation that has been put in place, to address the problem of the externality, which could be for example the release of CO2 into the atmosphere.

Then once selected you should show how the market was failing before the solution was put in place, using evidence of real figures (of externality costs for example health costs, ecology damage costs etc. etc.) gleaned from other authors talking about it or government websites. Based on this you must also hypothetically show this market externality using the correct diagram (use it as a demonstration tool without data figures) from the week two session one lecture “Modelling Market Failure.” so it will either be

• A positive or Negative Production externality,

• or a Positive or Negative Consumption externality

Then next you should look at the solution which was used to solve the problem, for example a tax on petroleum producers or regulation used to correct the market failure and show using information evidence (based on benefits and costs used to decide on the solution and what level was proposed to fix the failing market to take into consideration these externality costs (real figures)) these should gleaned from other authors or government websites stating how the market failure was solved through implementation of the solution. Then based on this you must hypothetically show using the correct diagram how your solution would correct the market failure identified (without data figures), taken from week 2 (session 2 ) & week 3 (session 1 & 2)

Using examples evaluate new approaches to care through partnership working. Consider strengths/weakness of innovation and make judgements overall 

LO3 Evaluation of Partnership working (10%)

You need to critically explore the opportunities and challenges that come from interprofessional and partnership working.

Consider the difficulties /opportunities that may be present with people from different professional backgrounds working together. How will leadership influence the ability to do this?

LO3 Evaluate Innovative approaches to care through partnership working (15%)

Using examples evaluate new approaches to care through partnership working. Consider strengths/weakness of innovation and make judgements overall

Links

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/960548/integration-and-innovation-working-together-to-improve-health-and-social-care-for-all-web-version.pdf

https://www.nhsconfed.org/publications/integration-and-innovation-action-virtual-care

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Costing-Principles-2021.pdf

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28462254/

Are holders of public office subject to Title VII and related laws that prohibit religious discrimination?   

Eight state constitutions include restrictions on people who don’t believe in a supreme being. Their constitutions read:

Arkansas

Article 19, section 1: “No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any Court.”

Maryland

Article 37: “That no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State, other than a declaration of belief in the existence of God; nor shall the Legislature prescribe any other oath of office than the oath prescribed by this Constitution.”

Mississippi

Article 14, section 265: “No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this State.”

North Carolina

Article VI, section 8: “The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.”

Pennsylvania

Article 1, section 4: “No person who acknowledges the being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.”

Note: Pennsylvania differs from the other states in that it says believers cannot be disqualified from holding office for his or her religious sentiments, but that is not extended to atheists.

South Carolina

Article XVII, section 4: “No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office under this Constitution.”

Tennessee

Article IX, section 2: “No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishment, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state.”

Note: Ministers are also barred from holding office, because they “ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions; therefore, no minister of the Gospel, or priest of any denomination whatever, shall be eligible to a seat in either House of the Legislature,” according to article IX, section 1.

Texas

Article 1, section 4: “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.”

Obviously, atheists are discriminated by those Constitutions.  Challenge came from a case that a Maryland man appointed as a notary public have to declare his belief in a supreme being to hold office. In this case, Torcaso v. Watkins, 367 U.S. 488 (1961), the Supreme Court held that “this Maryland test for public office cannot be enforced against appellant, because it unconstitutionally invades his freedom of belief and religion guaranteed by the First Amendment and protected by the Fourteenth Amendment from infringement by the States.”

It is said that restrictions on atheist to hold public office haven’t been enforced since this Supreme Court ruling. In a post in Texas Monthly about the race for the Austin City Council seat in the newly-created District 4, the author commented on the action that circulated mailers with information about the religious beliefs of the two candidates. The author wrote:

Pressley (Candidate 1) is correct that the language is in the Texas Constitution, but that doesn’t mean that an atheist—which, it’s worth reiterating, Casar (Candidate 2) says he is not—is actually barred from holding office in Texas. Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, in the No Religious Test Clause, makes clear that restrictions like the one in Texas are unconstitutional.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/is-it-legal-for-an-atheist-to-hold-public-office-in-texas/

Here are the points for you to discuss:

1. Are holders of public office subject to Title VII and related laws that prohibit religious discrimination?
2. What will you say if someone assert discrimination against atheists for positions in public office based on those Constitutions since they are still not modified and literally effective?
3. What will you say if an atheist claims disparate impact though you may tell him/her that the clauses in those constitutions would not be enforceable?

How were the vaccines for covid-19 made available so quickly. Was the willingness of some governments to subsidise research, development and distribution of these vaccines justified considering the macroeconomic impacts of the pandemic?

4 pages + well-structured + cited references

Description

How were the vaccines for covid-19 made available so quickly. Was the willingness of some governments to subsidise research, development and distribution of these vaccines justified considering the macroeconomic impacts of the pandemic?