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Identify and address the pros and cons of compensation and its effect on employee behaviors.

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According to various scholars, it has been identified that compensation plays a role in affecting the behaviors of employees. The impact can be either positive or negative. Contributing factors can range from the employer, the employee, the goals/objectives, perceptions, attributions, and behaviors. Each plays a role in determining the outcome.

For this assignment, you will identify and address the pros and cons of compensation and its effect on employee behaviors, and you will then address the questions below.

What motivates employees?
Does compensation motivate behavior?
What are some elements of motivation?
Can compensation attract and retain employees?
What behaviors should compensation reinforce?
Your essay should be at least two pages in length, including an introduction, a body of supported material, and a conclusion. The title page and references page do not count toward meeting the minimum page requirement. A minimum of three scholarly references is required for this assignment. Be sure to apply the proper APA format for the content and references provided.

Identify an example of a logical fallacy from the paper and submit it in your comment.

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1. An American thinker, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once said that everyone is either born a Platonist or an Aristotelian. He thought that basically Platonists were drawn to the spiritual and Aristotelians were drawn to the physical. Based on the assigned readings, What do you think about that comment?.

2. Logic helps us to identify common fallacies. Take a look at the newspaper and especially the opinion parts of the paper. Then identify an example of a logical fallacy from the paper and submit it in your comment.

Remember comments should include references to the readings and the other comments that have been posted.
You can use on-line papers if you wish.

Reflect on how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence may help fortify nursing informatics as a specialty by leading to increased impact on patient outcomes or patient care efficiencies.

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In the Discussion for this module, you considered the interaction of nurse informaticists with other specialists to ensure successful care. How is that success determined?

Patient outcomes and the fulfillment of care goals is one of the major ways that healthcare success is measured. Measuring patient outcomes results in the generation of data that can be used to improve results. Nursing informatics can have a significant part in this process and can help to improve outcomes by improving processes, identifying at-risk patients, and enhancing efficiency.

To Prepare:

1). Review the concepts of technology application as presented in the Resources.
2). Reflect on how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence may help fortify nursing informatics as a specialty by leading to increased impact on patient outcomes or patient care efficiencies.

The Assignment: (4-5 pages)

In a 4- to 5-page project proposal written to the leadership of your healthcare organization, propose a nursing informatics project for your organization that you advocate to improve patient outcomes or patient-care efficiency. Your project proposal should include the following:

1). Describe the project you propose.
2). Identify the stakeholders impacted by this project.
3). Explain the patient outcome(s) or patient-care efficiencies this project is aimed at improving and explain how this improvement would occur. Be specific and provide examples.
4). Identify the technologies required to implement this project and explain why.
5). Identify the project team (by roles) and explain how you would incorporate the nurse informaticist in the project team.

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In a 4- to 5-page project proposal written to the leadership of your healthcare organization, propose a nursing informatics project for your organization that you advocate to improve patient outcomes or patient care efficiency. Your project proposal should include the following:

· Describe the project you propose.

· Identify the stakeholders impacted by this project.

· Explain the patient outcome(s) or patient-care efficiencies this project is aimed at improving, and explain how this improvement would occur. Be specific and provide examples.

· Identify the technologies required to implement this project and explain why.

· Identify the project team (by roles) and explain how you would incorporate the nurse informaticist in the project team.–

Excellent 77 (77%) – 85 (85%)
The response accurately and thoroughly describes in detail the project proposed.

The response accurately and clearly identifies the stakeholders impacted by the project proposed.

The response accurately and thoroughly explains in detail the patient outcome(s) or patient-care efficiencies that the project proposed is aimed at improving, including an accurate and detailed explanation, with sufficient supporting evidence of how this improvement would occur.

The response accurately and clearly identifies the technologies required to implement the project proposed with a detailed explanation why.

The response accurately and clearly identifies the project team (by roles) and thoroughly explains in detail how to incorporate the nurse informaticist in the project team.

Includes: 3 or more peer-reviewed sources and 2 or more course resources.
Good 68 (68%) – 76 (76%)
The response describes the project proposed.

The response identifies the stakeholders impacted by the project proposed.

The response explains the patient outcome(s) or patient-care efficiencies that the project proposed is aimed at improving, including an explanation, with some supporting evidence of how this improvement would occur.

The response identifies the technologies required to implement the project proposed with an explanation why.

The response identifies the project team (by roles) and explains how to incorporate the nurse informaticist in the project team.

Includes: 2 peer-reviewed sources and 2 course resources.
Fair 60 (60%) – 67 (67%)
The response describing the project proposed is vague or inaccurate.

The response identifying the stakeholders impacted by the project proposed is vague or inaccurate.

The response explaining the patient outcome(s) or patient-care efficiencies the project proposed is aimed at improving, including an explanation of how this improvement would occur, is vague or inaccurate, or includes little to no supporting evidence.

The response identifying the technologies required to implement the project proposed with an explanation why is vague or inaccurate.

The response identifying the project team (by roles) and an explanation of how to incorporate the nurse informaticist in the project team is vague or inaccurate.

Includes: 1 peer-reviewed sources and 1 course resources.
Poor 0 (0%) – 59 (59%)
The response describing the project proposed is vague and inaccurate, or is missing.

The response identifying the stakeholders impacted by the project proposed is vague and inaccurate, or is missing.

The response explaining the patient outcome(s) or patient-care efficiencies the project proposed is aimed at improving, including an explanation of how this improvement would occur, is vague and inaccurate, includes no supporting evidence, or is missing.

The response identifying the technologies required to implement the project proposed with an explanation why is vague and inaccurate, or is missing.

The response identifying the project team (by roles) and an explanation of how to incorporate the nurse informaticist in the project team is vague and inaccurate, or is missing.

Includes: 1 or fewer resources.
Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization:

Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance.–

Define and explain nursing informatics and highlight the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.

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The term “knowledge worker” was first coined by management consultant and author Peter Drucker in his book, The Landmarks of Tomorrow (1959). Drucker defined knowledge workers as high-level workers who apply theoretical and analytical knowledge, acquired through formal training, to develop products and services. Does this sound familiar?

Nurses are very much knowledge workers. What has changed since Drucker’s time are the ways that knowledge can be acquired. The volume of data that can now be generated and the tools used to access this data have evolved significantly in recent years and helped healthcare professionals (among many others) to assume the role of knowledge worker in new and powerful ways.

In this Assignment, you will consider the evolving role of the nurse leader and how this evolution has led nurse leaders to assume the role of knowledge worker. You will prepare a PowerPoint presentation with an infographic (graphic that visually represents information, data, or knowledge. Infographics are intended to present information quickly and clearly.) to educate others on the role of nurse as knowledge worker.

Reference: Drucker, P. (1959). The landmarks of tomorrow. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.

To Prepare:

1). Review the concepts of informatics as presented in the Resources.
2). Reflect on the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
3). Consider how knowledge may be informed by data that is collected/accessed.The Assignment:

A). Explain the concept of a knowledge worker.
B). Define and explain nursing informatics and highlight the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.
C). Develop a simple infographic to help explain these concepts.
D). Your PowerPoint should Include the hypothetical scenario you originally shared in the Discussion Forum. Include your examination of the data that you could use, how the data might be accessed/collected, and what knowledge might be derived from that data. Be sure to incorporate feedback received from your colleagues’ responses.

Identify the article’s premise, significant points in support of the premise, and the significance of those points to the course and/or the field.

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Locate an article in the .. Online Library that focuses on managing conflict in an organization through communication. The article must be clearly related to the course content and have the potential to contribute significant analysis and substantial engagement with the course topic.

For this assignment, you will need to accurately identify the article’s premise, significant points in support of the premise, and the significance of those points to the course and/or the field. You need to present an insightful and thorough analysis of the article with strong arguments and evidence. Your interpretation will need to be both reasonable and compelling. You will need to apply course concepts in your analysis.

As you write the review, be certain to analyze the type of conflict discussed in the article. Use the classifications discussed in the Unit III Lesson (Rahim’s functional outcomes and Rahim’s dysfunctional outcomes) in your analysis. Be certain to suggest communication techniques to manage functional conflict or, alternately, communication techniques to resolve dysfunctional conflict.

Along with the article being reviewed, you will need to reference at least two peer-reviewed sources. Use the standard five-paragraph format (introduction/body/conclusion). APA format should be used. The critical review should be a minimum of two pages in length. Content, organization, and grammar/mechanics will be evaluated.

Write an essay that consists of your analysis of the ethical dimensions of the film that you select to discuss.

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Write an essay that consists of your analysis of the ethical dimensions of the film that you select to discuss. To do this effectively, you will need to include a well-reasoned analysis of the story and its characters.

Your film analysis should feature the application of one of the following moral theories listed below:

Virtue Ethics
Utilitarian Ethics
Moral Sense Theory (Conscience)
Social Contract Theory
The Ethics of Care
Kantian Deontological Ethics
Moral Relativism

Paper Format

Title Page – In APA format, include your paper’s title, your name, and your institution (i.e., Galen College), in that order. APA formatting and style prohibits the use of academic titles following one’s name.

Introduction – Provide a brief synopsis of the film.

Ethical Analysis – Apply one ethical theory to the medical moral problem presented in the film. First, describe this ethical theory in your own words, using our readings as textual evidence for your explanation of the moral view. Next, discuss how this ethical theory could provide solutions or recommendations for remedying the ethical problem featured in the film. In your analysis, be sure to address the following questions:

What medical moral problem is present in the story?
What moral values are reinforced in the film?
Are there instances of moral values in conflict with one another?
What moral guidance does the ethical theory that you selected provide the characters in the film?
Reflection – Summarize what you have discussed in the essay and reflect on what you have learned. Lastly, discuss how what you have learned could be applied to your professional and personal life.

Note – Your paper must be double-spaced, 4 pages in length, and written in Times New Roman using 12-point font.

THE FILM THAT I CHOOSE IS:
The Jacket (2005) – A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor’s experiments, and his life is completely affected by them. The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia.

Describe the process to be used for identifying and sequencing activities using the deliverables identified in the WBS.

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Unlike the WBS that fully describes the project scope, the schedule identifies the activities required to produce the project deliverables along with the associated logical sequence.

How though do project managers proceed from deliverables, to activities, to the logical sequence? Using the readings from this module, the Aspen library and the Internet, describe the process to be used for identifying and sequencing activities using the deliverables identified in the WBS. The paper should include:
Specific examples and recommendations
Minimum of five references
APA formatting

Describe the business and operational challenges facing Bergerac Systems

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Bergerac Systems: Suggested Mini-Case Questions

  • Describe the business and operational challenges facing Bergerac Systems
  • Should Bergerac Systems integrate into the manufacture or injection-molded parts for its cartridges? Yes or no? If yes, how should Bergerac Systems proceed?
  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of acquisition vs. developing in-house capabilities?
  • What type of qualitative and/or quantitative evidence supports the recommendation of either?
  • What other advice would you offer Ian Wyckoff about his manufacturing operations?

Discuss ways to prevent medication errors and methods to encourage reporting medication errors.

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Interview a pharmacist and determine your facility’s policy for reporting medication errors. Discuss ways to prevent medication errors and methods to encourage reporting medication errors. This paper must have a correctly-formatted title page. If you do not have access to a pharmacist at your facility, please email the course facilitator and we can assist you in finding an appropriate individual to interview.

Explain how imperialism prevents revolution in advanced capitalist nations

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1. What is Lenin’s concept of imperialism?
2. Explain how imperialism prevents revolution in advanced capitalist nations (pp.39-41).
3. How can revolution in a non-advanced “backward” nation such as Russia at the time, help workers organize revolutions in advanced nations?