Using the SHRM case study (an organization named Reyes) provided, students will apply their knowledge about business and the function of Human Resources. In addition the use of a common business tool, a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) assessment is used to assess both the HR domains and the role the HR function is performing in the organization.

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KIM WOODS ONLY

Assignment One: MS PowerPoint Presentation (20%)

Instructions

Using the SHRM case study (an organization named Reyes) provided, students will apply their knowledge about business and the function of Human Resources. In addition the use of a common business tool, a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) assessment is used to assess both the HR domains and the role the HR function is performing in the organization.

SPECIFICS

It is anticipated that the presentation will be approximately seven to ten slides, written in bullet points with additional notes, if needed, included in the notes section of the presentation, and demonstrate good academic writing style. In text citations and references will be presented in APA format and are in addition to the approximately seven to ten slides. At least one scholarly source is to be included on the reference page along with corresponding in text citations in the content of the presentation. Students are to use the UMUC writing center or Owl Purdue online writing center for tutoring on APA format for in text citations and reference lists.

1. Title Page (Title of the paper, Your Name, Course Number, University, Professor’s Name & Date)

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3. Introduction and Purpose of the Presentation (what the paper is intended to achieve) DONE

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5. Summary of Organization’s Capabilities and Requisite Employee Competencies (what is Reyes in business to do and what competencies or knowledge, skills or abilities are needed of the employees in the entire organization in order to sustain success?) The course module/commentary gives examples of capabilities and competencies.

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7. Challenges the Organization Needs to Address (There are many in this study, find at least three that you think are key issues)

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9. Summary of the Findings of the SWOT Assessment for the HR function (using the following chart)

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11. Summary or Conclusions (Based on the challenges you identified and the SWOT, what are your findings? Go back to your purpose statement for the paper and reiterate what you have achieved)

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I only want to see short bullet points. I do not want to see whole sentences on the slides.

Your explanation of your short bullet points goes into the notes section of the slide. Each slide needs to have notes explaining what the slide is all about.

USE THE SUMMARIES IN THE INSTRUCTIONS TO LABEL THE SLIDES, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS

SWOT Assessment

HR Domains and Roles

Strength, Weakness, Opportunity or Threat?

Comments/Description on Your Finding of the Strength, Weakness, Opportunity or Threat

Human resource development and succession planning

Risk management, safety and security

Talent acquisition

Total rewards

Employee and labor relations

Strategic leaders

Credible activists

Business expert

Culture and change champion

HR innovators and integrators

Proponents in HR and organizational technology

Rubric Name: Assignment 1 Rubric (Power Point Presentation) 20%

Criteria

Level 5 Exceeds Expectations 5 points

Level 4 Meets Expectations 4.5 points

Level 3 Meets Some Expecations 4 points

Level 2 Does Not Meet Expectations 2 points

Level 1 Did Not Submit or Did Not Meet Minimum Expectations 0 points

Criterion 1 Summary of Organization’s Capabilities and Requisite Employee Competencies

Excellent content, thorough and insightful. Exceeds expectations.

Generally excellent content, thorough and insightful. Meets expectations

A general good job. Meets some of the expectations.

Is not complete in content, or thorough and insightful. Does not meet stated expectations.

Did Not Submit or Did Not Meet Minimum Expectations

Criterion 2 Challenges the Organization Needs to Address

Excellent content, thorough and insightful. Exceeds expectations.

Generally excellent content, thorough and insightful. Meets expectations.

Generally a good job. Meets some of the expectation.

Is not complete in content, or thorough and insightful. Does not meet stated expectations

Did Not Submit or Did Not Meet Minimum Expectations

Criterion 3 SWOT Analysis of the HR Function and the HR Professionals

Thorough and insightful, demonstrates excellent knowledge of the HR function.

Generally thorough and insightful, demonstrates good knowledge of the HR function.

Meets some but not all the expectations

Is not complete in content, or thorough and insightful. Does not demonstrate good knowledge of the HR function.

Did Not Submit or Did Not Meet Minimum Expectations

Criterion 4 Academic Writing Style Including Introduction, Purpose Statement, Citations and References

Writes in an error free manner, includes all the required elements, writing is clear, logical, flows well and is convincing. Citations and references are provided in accurate APA format. Exceeds the standard expectations for the assignments.

Generally writes in an error free manner, includes all the required elements, writing is mostly clear, logical, flows well and is convincing. Citations and references are provided in accurate APA format. Meets the expectations for the writing style of a capstone class.

Meets some of the expectations of writing in an error free manner, includes all the required elements, writing is mostly clear, logical, flows well and is convincing. Not all the citations and/or references are provided in accurate APA format. Meets some but not all the expectations for the writing style of a capstone class.

Writing is not error free,, does not include all the required elements, writing is not completely clear, logical, and/or does not always flows well and is not convincing. Citations and references are not provided in accurate APA format.

Did Not Submit or Did Not Meet Minimum Expectations

Overall Score

Level 5 Exceeds Expectations 18.1 or more

Level 4 Meets Expectations 16.1 or more

Level 3 Meets Some Expectations 14.1 or more

Level 2 Does Not Meet Expectations 8 or more

Level 1 Failure 0 or more

18.1 to 20 Points

16.1 to 18 Points

14.1 to 16 Points

8 to 14 Points

Zero Points

A study followed 900,000 US adults from 1992 to 2008. At baseline, all participants were screened and determined to be cancer free and their body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Body mass index is a measure of obesity that is calculated using a person’s height and weight.

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Assignment: Problem Set: Confounding and Effect Modification

Public Health Epidemiology: Decoding the Science

DUE 1/31/18 8 P.M EST BE ON TIME..

This Assignment will allow you to practice individually and increase your skills assessing confounding and effect modification. Your goal for this Assignment is to compute and interpret the effects of confounding and effect modification.

Instead, copy and paste the problem set into a Word (or equivalent) document and complete all problems, showing your work. . Be sure that your completed problem set includes your responses to all questions and shows the calculations and/or reasoning to justify all answers.

NOTE:PREVIOUS WORK WAS DONE BY ANOTHER TUTOR WITH MOSTLY WRONG ANSWERS. I’VE ATTACHED REMARKS FROM PROFESSOR HELPING WITH ANSWERS. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

1) A study followed 900,000 US adults from 1992 to 2008. At baseline, all participants were screened and determined to be cancer free and their body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Body mass index is a measure of obesity that is calculated using a person’s height and weight. Subjects were separated into the following groups according to their BMI: (a) normal weight, (b) slightly overweight, (c) moderately overweight and (d) greatly overweight. 57,145 deaths from cancer occurred in the population during the follow-up period. . The following results were seen for men and women when the heaviest members of the cohort (greatly overweight) were compared to those with normal weight:

Men: Risk ratio of cancer death = 1.5, 95% confidence interval = 1.1–2.1

Women: Risk ratio of cancer death = 1.6, 95% confidence interval = 1.4–1.9

State in words your interpretation of the risk ratio given for the men.State in words your interpretation of the risk ratio given for the women.Are these results confounded by gender?The authors stated that they controlled for confounding many risk factors using a multivariate analysis. State an alternative method that the authors could have used to control for confounding in the design or analysis. In addition, name two confounding variables that you think should be controlled using this method.

2) A cohort study was undertaken to examine the association between high lipid level and coronary heart disease (CHD). Participants were classified as having either a high lipid level (exposed) or a low or normal lipid level (unexposed). Because age is associated with both lipid level and risk of heart disease, age was considered a potential confounder or effect modifier and the age of each subject was recorded. The following data describes the study participants: Overall, there were 11,000 young participants and 9,000 old participants. Of the 4,000 young participants with high lipid levels, 20 of them developed CHD. Of the 6,000 old participants with high lipid levels, 200 of them developed CHD. In the unexposed, 18 young and 65 old participants developed CHD.

Construct the appropriate two by two tables using the data given above. Be sure to label the cells and margins.Calculate the appropriate crude ratio measure of association combining the data for young and old individuals.Now, perform a stratified analysis and calculate the appropriate stratum-specific ratio measures of association. What are they?Do the data provide evidence of effect measure modification on the ratio scale? Justify your answer.

3) A study used self-administered mail questionnaires to gather data on height and weight in order to calculate a measure of obesity. Which of the following types of problems were likely avoided by this method of data collection, and why?Interviewer bias,Exposure misclassification, Confounding,Selection bias,Loss-to-follow-up

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The purpose of the weekly reflective journal exercises is to allow for analysis, synthesis and evaluation of nursing theory using guided questions.

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Smith, Turkel & Wolf (2013) Chapter 4

Summary: The purpose of the weekly reflective journal exercises is to allow for analysis, synthesis and evaluation of nursing theory using guided questions. Reflection has been referred to as a process that happens internally, privately or in isolation (Hill & Watson, 2011). Also a useful definition of reflection has been referred to as the examination of an issue of concern, as a consequence of experience, creating clarity and meaning in terms of self, and which results in a change of perspective ( Boyd & Fales, 1983).

Directions: Complete the Reflective Journal questions presented in your Smith, Turkel, & Wolf (2013) text as defined in the course outline. Post the responses to the questions in the D2L dropbox.

book: https://books.google.com/books?id=x8jOEKojWRQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Competition: Does outsourcing encourage competition? Is this a good thing? Why or why not?

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Select ONE of the following perspectives on outsourcing, and answer the related questions. Although your opinion is always valued, be sure to support your opinion with facts obtained from your course materials, the videos, or a reliable source. Make sure to cite your sources.

The consumer: Does the consumer benefit? Are prices lowered by outsourcing? Why or why not?
Efficiency and productivity: Does outsourcing enhance efficiency and productivity? Why or why not?
Competition: Does outsourcing encourage competition? Is this a good thing? Why or why not?
Developing countries: Does outsourcing benefit developing countries? Why or why not?
International stability: Does outsourcing foster international cooperation, respect, and stability? Why or why not?

Provide examples from the literature of how the theory has been used.

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Write on Florence Nightingale

1. Indicate the category under which the theorist falls (can use McEwen & Wills classification or other source).

2. Provide examples from the literature of how the theory has been used. –

Goals should be clearly stated and describe what the organization or team intends to accomplish. Use this worksheet to establish a goal by following the SMART formula outlined below.

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Disclaimer: Use of this tool is not mandated by CMS for regulatory compliance nor

does its completion ensure regulatory compliance.

QAPI Goal Setting Worksheet

Directions:

Goal setting is important for any measurement related to performance improvement. This worksheet is intended to help QAPI teams establish appropriate goals for individual measures and also for performance improvement projects. Goals should be clearly stated and describe what the organization or team intends to accomplish. Use this worksheet to establish a goal by following the SMART formula outlined below. Note that setting a goal does not involve describing what steps will be taken to achieve the goal.

[Example: We will increase the number of long-term residents with a vaccination against both influenza and pneumococcal disease documented in their medical record from 61 percent to 90 percent by December 31, 2017.]

1. Describe the business problem to be solved (Use the SMART formula below to develop a goal)

A. SPECIFIC

Describe the goal in terms of 3 ‘W’ questions:

· What do we want to accomplish?

· Who will be involved/affected (what staff, what residents, others)?

· Where will it take place?

B. MEASURABLE

Describe how you will know if the goal is reached:

· What is the measure you will use?

· What is the current data figure (i.e., count, percent, rate) for that measure?

· What do you want to increase/decrease that number to?

C. ATTAINABLE

Defend the rationale for setting the goal measure above:

· Did you base the measure or figure you want to attain on a particular best practice/average score/ benchmark?

· Is the goal measure set too low that it is not challenging enough?

· Does the goal measure require a stretch without being too unreasonable?

D. RELEVANT

Briefly describe how the goal will address the business problem stated above.

E. TIME-BOUND

Define the timeline for achieving the goal:

· What is the target date for achieving this goal?

· Write a goal statement, based on the SMART elements above. The goal should be descriptive, yet concise enough that it can be easily communicated and remembered. Use the example at the beginning for a reference on statement format and information.

Goal Statement:

Tip: It’s a good idea to post the written goal somewhere visible and regularly communicate the goal during meetings in order to stay focused and remind caregivers that everyone is working toward the same aim.

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Utilizing the measure that you selected, complete a QAPI Goal Setting Worksheet for quality improvement. Your Goal Sheet should result in either no deficiencies on the next inspection process or improved quality rating percentage for the facility.

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Assignment

Must be in 12 point, Times New Roman with 1” margins. Length should be approximately 3 pages double spaced (excluding Title Page, Abstract page and References page) including your summary paper of research and your QAPI worksheet. Must follow all APA format requirements.

All questions must be responded to.

Reading:

Go to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website and read about QAPI (Quality Assurance Process Improvement) http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/About/What-Is-NHC.html and the 5 elements of QAPI. These elements can also be found on the Joint Commission for Accreditation website at http://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/6/Crosswalk_TJC_QAPI_ncc.pdf

Assignment 1 Directions:

Use the same nursing facility you selected for Discussion Board 1 on the CMS Nursing Home Compare website (http://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html).

For your chosen facility, select either

A.) an inspection result health deficiency OR

B.) a quality measure that is rated below the quality average for Kentucky or National.

*Note: I have provided an example of both Option A and Option B at the end of this document to help you understand what I am asking you to do.

1. Provide the name and location of the facility you selected.

2. Provide detail on what quality measure you have selected.

3. Provide a weblink to the quality measure you have selected.

4. Research: find at minimum of 2 full article references on Google Scholar that provide history or recommendations relative to the quality measure you selected. For example, you might choose residents that experienced pain as your quality measure to improve upon because your nursing home has a higher than average rating for that quality measure

You can find articles that talk about pain levels of residents, how to determine pain for non-communicating residents, alternative methods to pain reduction, etc. Summarize and cite these sources in 1-2 pages and how that information was utilized and beneficial to development of your QAPI Goal Setting Worksheet.

5. Utilizing the measure that you selected, complete a QAPI Goal Setting Worksheet for quality improvement. Your Goal Sheet should result in either no deficiencies on the next inspection process or improved quality rating percentage for the facility.

*Your goals/action plans must be REALISTIC!!!! Do not put that you will do a daily audit every shift of with every staff member because you cannot possibly do that unless within your document you state staff that will assist you in that process. Again, think about if what you have put is REALISTIC or not.

Defend your position on the decision to accept Medicare or Medicaid as potential pay sources for your urgent care center. Provide support with at least two (2) examples that illustrate your position.

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Imagine that you are the clinic manager of an urgent care center. Recently, your center has seen an increase in complaints regarding long wait times, inadequate or incomplete information from staff during visits, and the relatively small number of insurance types accepted at the facility.

Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:

Examine at least three (3) examples of quality initiatives that could increase patient satisfaction and potentially reduce healthcare cost. Support your response with examples of the successful application your chosen quality initiatives.
Defend your position on the decision to accept Medicare or Medicaid as potential pay sources for your urgent care center. Provide support with at least two (2) examples that illustrate your position.

Explain at least three specific ways in which the nursing conceptual model could be used to improve nursing

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Details:

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.

Select a Nursing Conceptual Model from Topic 2, and prepare a 12-slide PowerPoint presentation about the model. Include:

A brief overview of the nursing conceptual model selected.
Explanation of how the nursing conceptual model incorporates the four metaparadigm concepts.
Explain at least three specific ways in which the nursing conceptual model could be used to improve nursing practice. Elaborate, explain, or defend each point mentioned.
Provide current reliable sources to establish credibility for the presentation.

Requirements for PowerPoint are as follows:

10 slides for content.
1 slide for references.
1 slide for the title, which includes: (a) title of the presentation, (b) names of the CLC group members, and (c) date
Accompanying speaker notes elaborating on the information contained in each slide.
One member of the CLC group will submit the presentation, speaker notes, and the completed “CLC Group Project Agreement” to the instructor.

While APA 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 APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the criteria and expectations for successful completion.

NRS430V.v10R.CLCGroupProjectAgreement_Student.docx

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A nursing home is installing their own bulk oxygen system due to their large volume of consumption. OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1910.104(b)(2)(iii) requires owners of bulk oxygen systems to provide noncombustible surfacing in areas where liquid oxygen might leak during operation of the system or during the filling of a storage container.

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Question 1

1. A company is planning to transport hydrogen, carbon, and sulfur by train to another city. Identify the labels, marking, and placards that the DOT requires when transporting these elements. Your response must be at least 75 words in length.
Question 2

1. Describe some ways that the Emergency Response Guidebook is used when responding to incidents involved the release of hazardous materials. Your response must be at least 75 words in length.
Question 3

1. Describe how the chemical characteristics, production methods, uses, and associated unique hazards of hydrogen can affect the safety of an environmental health and safety (EHS) and fire science (FS) professional. Your response must be at least 75 words in length.
Question 4

1. A nursing home is installing their own bulk oxygen system due to their large volume of consumption. OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1910.104(b)(2)(iii) requires owners of bulk oxygen systems to provide noncombustible surfacing in areas where liquid oxygen might leak during operation of the system or during the filling of a storage container. If the nursing home provides an asphalt surface in areas where oxygen could potentially leak, will it be in compliance with the workplace regulation regarding oxygen? Explain your answer. Your response must be at least 75 words in length.
Question 5

1. Although coal is no longer the favored energy source, U.S. coal mines still produced close to a billion short tons of coal. Contrast the properties of three different forms of coal. Discuss at least five chemical products, including activated carbon, formed from coal and their related health hazards. Describe DOT’s recommended response actions to incidents involved the release and burning of coal. Your response must be at least 75 words in length.
Question 6

1. The Hazardous Materials Safety Administration published the Emergency Response Guidebook and has developed a free, mobile web app of the Emergency Response Guidebook (2016). Reflect on the information available in this guidebook or through the app and on the format in which it is presented. Which resource (hard copy or mobile app) would be a more effective tool for you in the workplace and why? Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.