What are some of the barriers that could be influencing limited staff engagements?

Scenario – As a staff member who serves on the Quality Improvement Planning Committee, you are at a meeting to discuss the best way to share information about recent CQI(Continuous Quality Improvement) data so that staff in the hospital can appreciate the value of the data. You need to identify pros and cons of methods the committee might use to assess and describe data for planning purposes.

The committee is mostly new, some members have limited experience. You and two other members have the most experience, so you three volunteer to help the others get up to speed as quickly as possible so that decisions can be made about steps to take with the data, and you can get to decisions about strategies. You make clear to the other committee members that 1) this is a team effort and 2) the team must engage hospital staff at all levels. “You comment, “We have tried to keep this to ourselves, thinking only we knew the best approaches, and we failed.” Staff do not feel engaged in CQI and complain about the extra work for which they see no value.

Instructions:

  1. Read the scenario above and then, answer the following questions:
    1. What are some of the barriers that could be influencing limited staff engagements?
    2. What strategies might be used to overcome these barriers?
    3. What are the pros and cons of the methods used to assess and describe the need for change?
    4. What are the common reasons staff members resist change?
    5. Are standards of practice valuable sources of data for such a committee? Why or why not? Which ones might be of particular use?
  2. Your work should be:
What information would you use as your base to discuss the vision and the aims?

Scenario – Your hospital has recently revised its CQI(Continuous Quality Improvement) vision and aims based on the work done on the Quality Chasm series. As nurse manager in an ED (Emergency department) you need to take this information and make it “real” for staff in the ED. You and the medical director will present this information to the staff, but you need to figure out how it applies to daily work and how to engage staff. You both agree that the staff will not appreciate the “words” on the work unless you can attach their meaning to their daily work.

Instructions:

  1. Read the scenario above and answer the following questions:
    1. What information would you use as your base to discuss the vision and the aims?
    2. How would you then apply this information to the ED and daily work done by staff?
    3. Would benchmarked data be of any use in this scenario to the committee?
  2. Your work should:
    • Answer the questions as thoroughly and concisely as possible.
    • Be sure to reference any works that you utilize in answering the questions
Does the Dual Systems Model that Blakemore describes in Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain, “The right sort of risks,” better support the Whole Brainers’ theory or the Localizers’ theory from Phineas Gage?

Does the Dual Systems Model that Blakemore describes in Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain, “The right sort of risks,” better support the Whole Brainers’ theory or the Localizers’ theory from Phineas Gage? Explain your answer using evidence from both texts.

explain which cultural concepts or dimensions might influence the viewpoint about mental illness and its treatment.

In your explanation of the Hispanic/Latino culture’s viewpoint on psychological disorders and treatment,  you briefly explained the refusal to seek treatment, whether involving medication or therapy. This section of your Final Project would be strengthened by explaining which cultural concepts or dimensions might influence the viewpoint about mental illness and its treatment. Also, since you’ve changed your selection of cultural community, I recommend that you select two questions to replace your earlier question selection related to the Afro-Caribbean culture. This Final project is designed to do a deep analysis of the cultural community using five questions, so I want to make sure that you are on track to complete it.

What makes a great leader?

What makes a great leader? Is it a charismatic person who can command a room? Is it an
inspiring individual who brings out the best in his or her teams, co-workers, and other
stakeholders? Is it the quiet but efficient manager who can balance budgets and meet deadlines?
The fact is, no one single definition captures leadership. Leaders may have very different styles,
strategies, qualities, and strengths and limitations. Sometimes it is only by spending time
examining someone in depth that the intangible nature of leadership begins to take shape. This is
the purpose of this Final Project.
Throughout this course, you have been completing a Leadership Profile, which was an in-depth
study of a selected leader. This comprehensive profile of a leader is intended to provide you and
your classmates with insights into all of the course topics and more.

Identify and explain at least four reasons why Costco was so successful in North America from both a business model and targeting perspective.

Costco: The Challenge of Entering the China Mainland Market – 15%
Instructions:
Please read the assigned case and complete the questions below. Be sure to:
● Consider what each question is worth (# of marks) and provide enough detail to
thoroughly answer the question.
● Refer to the case to support your answers and you should also use the course textbook
and content as sources to back up your answers, as needed. If used, external sources
should be listed at the end of your assignment. Extensive research is not required.
● Answers should be written in your own words, in paragraph and sentence form, 12 pt.
font, and double spaced. Point form can be used to identify KEY points in your answer,
as needed.
● In general, each answer, depending on the marks allotted, should be ½ to 1 page long, so
in total your submission should be 4 to 7 pages long, not including your cover page or
reference sheet.
Questions:
1. Identify and explain at least four reasons why Costco was so successful in North
America from both a business model and targeting perspective. (12 marks)
2. What adjustments did Costco make in Japan to ensure success in this new
international market? (5 marks)
3. Explain the environment and at least five key factors that existed which resulted
in Costco selecting Shanghai as their first location in China. (10 marks)
4. Using a SWOT analysis, summarize Costco’s competitive environment in Shanghai.
(4 marks) Identify and explain Costco’s key strength and their key weakness
compared to existing competitors and explain how they can differentiate
themselves in this new market? (6 marks)
5. Costco is known for providing generous wages and benefits to its employees.
How might this be viewed in this new market. Positively or negatively? Explain
your position. (6 marks)
6. If you were Richard Chang (SVP Costco Asia-Pacific) what would you do next with
Costco in Shanghai – be specific and support your answer. (7 marks)

Describe the foundations of mental health nursing.

Areas for reflection:

  • Describe how you achieved each course competency including at least one example of new knowledge gained related to that competency
  • Describe how you achieved the transferable skill, Communication, including at least one example of new knowledge gained related to the transferable skill
  • Describe how this new knowledge will impact your nursing practice.
Course Competencies
  • Describe the foundations of mental health nursing.
  • Explain current legal issues and social concerns in mental healthcare.
  • Select appropriate nursing interventions for clients with certain cognitive, addictive and psychotic conditions.
  • Evaluate nursing care strategies for clients with certain mental health/mood/personality and eating disorders.
  • Assemble nursing care interventions for clients with mental health/stress related disorders.
  • Identify factors that impact mental health in special populations.
Transferable Skills

Communication: Displaying capability in writing, reading and oral communication; understanding of non-verbal language.

How could future research extend the theory put forward in each of the research you have included in your answer?

Find at least two peer reviewed articles on each stream from any journal (preferably IS or Computer Science or any Business Administration discipline related journal i.e. Marketing, Management, etc.). Describe the findings of each study. More precisely, (a) how do the predictor variables influence the predicted variables? (b) What is the practical contribution(s) of each research? (c) How could future research extend the theory put forward in each of the research you have included in your answer?

You can use portals like Google Scholar, Web of Science, JSU Library Search, etc. to find articles on peer reviewed journals. Please include a Reference section at the end of your answer section. Use API guidelines to create the reference for each of your sources.

Topics:

1. Big data, machine-to-machine (M2M) analytics to improve product life-cycle management.

2. Big data in marketing, promotions, and social networking.