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As a practicing professional, you are likely to present educational in-services or training to staff pertaining to quality improvement (QI) measures of safety improvement interventions. Such in-services and training sessions should be presented in a creative and innovative manner to hold the audience’s attention and promote knowledge acquisition and skill application that changes practice for the better. The teaching sessions may include a presentation, audience participation via simulation or other interactive strategy, audiovisual media, and participant learning evaluation. The use of in-services and/or training sessions has positive implications for nursing practice by increasing staff confidence when providing care to specific patient populations. It also allows for a safe and nonthreatening environment where staff nurses can practice their skills prior to a real patient event. Participation in learning sessions fosters a team approach, collaboration, patient safety,
The final deliverable for this assessment will be a PowerPoint presentation with detailed presenter’s notes representing the material you would deliver at an in-service session to raise awareness of your chosen safety improvement initiative focusing on a specific patient safety issue and to explain the need for such an initiative. Additionally, you must educate the audience as to their role and importance to the success of the initiative. This includes providing examples and practice opportunities to test out new ideas or practices related to the safety improvement initiative. Be sure that your presentation addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score. Describe the purpose and goals of an in-service session focusing on a specific patient safety issue. Explain the need for and process to improve safety outcomes related to a specific patient safety issue. Explain to the audience their role and importance of making the improvement plan successful. Create resources or activities to encourage skill development and process understanding related to a safety improvement initiative. Communicate with nurses in a respectful and informative way that clearly presents expectations and solicits feedback on communication strategies for future improvement. There are various ways to structure an in-service session; below is just one example: Part 1: Agenda and Outcomes. Explain to your audience what they are going to learn or do, and what they are expected to take away. Part 2: Safety Improvement Plan. Give an overview of the current problem focusing on a specific patient safety issue, the proposed plan, and what the improvement plan is trying to address. Explain why it is important for the organization to address the current situation. Part 3: Audience’s Role and Importance. Discuss how the staff audience will be expected to help implement and drive the improvement plan. Explain why they are critical to the success of the improvement plan focusing on a specific patient safety issue. Describe how their work could benefit from embracing their role in the plan. Part 4: New Process and Skills Practice. Explain new processes or skills. Develop an activity that allows the staff audience to practice and ask questions about these new processes and skills. In the notes section of your PowerPoint, brainstorm potential responses to likely questions or concerns. Part 5: Soliciting Feedback. Describe how you would solicit feedback from the audience on the improvement plan and the in-service. Explain how you might integrate this feedback for future improvements

After reviewing the materials you created to research a specific diagnosis in the first two assessments, apply the PICO(T) process to develop a research question and research it. Your initial goal is to define the population, intervention, comparison, and outcome. In some cases, a time frame is relevant and you should include that as well, when writing a question you can research related to your issue of interest. After you define your question, research it, and organize your initial findings, select the two sources of evidence that seem the most relevant to your question and analyze them in more depth. Specifically, interpret each source’s specific findings and best practices related to your chosen diagnosis, and explain how the evidence would help you plan and make decisions related to your question. If you need some structure to organize your initial thoughts and research, the PICOT Question and Research Template document (accessible from the “Create PICO(T) Questions” page in the Capella library’s Evidence Based Practice guide) might be helpful. In your submission, make sure you address the following grading criteria: Define a practice issue to be explored via a PICO(T) approach. Create a PICO(T)-formatted research question Identify sources of evidence that could be potentially effective in answering a PICO(T) question (databases, journals, websites, etc.). Explain the findings from articles or other sources of evidence as it relates to the identified health care issue. Explain the relevance of the findings from chosen sources of evidence to making decision related to a PICO(T) question. Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using the current APA style. Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like: Your assessment should meet the following requirements: Length of submission: Create a 3-5 page submission focused on defining a research question and interpreting evidence relevant to answering it. Number of references: Cite a minimum of four sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than 5 years old. APA formatting: Format references and citations according to the current APA style. Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the final assessment to your ePortfolio so that you may refer to it as you complete the final capstone course.

2. Analyze the following article: https://corporate.findlaw.com/litigation-disputes/improving-negotiation-skills-rules-for-master-negotiators.html#sthash.LK4Z0XIo.dpuf Improving Negotiation Skills: Rules for Master Negotiators. Describe a key point that stood out to you as a critical step you need to take in future negotiations. What is one area you think you need to improve to be a better negotiator? Also, explain the importance of Rule 2: Communication Skills. 3.Students should reflect on the Discussion Topic from Module Three and their experiences with the negotiating process. Include the following details in your response: A copy of the agreed-upon collective bargaining agreement section on employee safety (posted in the Discussion Topic) A one-page personal account of the negotiating process. This account needs to include: A summary of the key challenges or points of friction. An analysis of the strength of the other positions – were their positions weak and not supported well, or just the opposite? A short review of interest-based bargaining and distributive bargaining methods and a summary of which one works best in this situation. Reflect on the role of the instructor as a mediator or arbitrator. Was it helpful to have someone in this role or did it create additional challenges? A conclusion about the outcome – did it favor one side or the other? Submit your assignment here. Make sure you’ve included all the required elements by reviewing the guidelines and rubric. Feedback should be applied to the follow-on milestone. 4. For this assignment, you will complete and submit the worksheet linked below. Note that in the final project, these elements will be submitted in essay format, as outlined in the final project guidelines linked below. To complete this assignment, review the following documents:

1. The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (“the Stafford Act”) authorizes the President to issue two types of declarations that can potentially provide federal aid to states and localities in response to a terrorist attack (e.g., the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the 9/11 attacks, and the 2013 Boston marathon attacks). The two types of declarations are (1) a “major disaster declaration,” and (2) an “emergency declaration.” For role-playing purposes, you are the senior deputy administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In this role you are the chief FEMA liaison to the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”). 2. It was learned and confirmed in the past three hours that five days ago a domestic terrorist group “poisoned all the major water supplies and reservoirs” of Chicago, Illinois. This “poison” is described as the bacteria, “necrotizing fasciitis,” otherwise described in this case in layperson terms as a biological weapon for types of bacteria that can cause the “flesh-eating disease.” Symptoms from this disease can occur within 24-hours if the epidermis (i.e., the outermost layer of skin on the body) is compromised, for example, through cuts or scratches. It is forecasted that fatalities from this disease can potentially exceed 3.153 million, because even with treatment, 1 out of 3 people dies from this disease. You have been tasked with finding academic-based legal and social science research for creating a pre-disaster mitigation program that would not be subject to annual appropriations from Congress. The three issues you need to address from your research are: (1) Does this Chicago event meet the criteria for the President to declare this “man-made catastrophe” an emergency disaster or a major disaster? (2) Can FEMA and DHS make a good-faith argument that this Chicago event qualifies for pre-disaster mitigation funding or is recovery going to be limited to post-disaster mitigation funding? (3) Should FEMA and DHS make recommendations to focus only on Stafford Act authorizations, or should the recommendation also include considerations for the President to declare a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act? . Your position paper needs to be based on research from U.S. based academic peer reviewed articles from scholarly journals. Therefore, the assignment requires a minimum of three academic peer reviewed articles from scholarly journals. DO NOT USE as sources the textbook, nor .org, .gov, and .com publications. 4. Your “position paper” must have (i) a cover page, (ii) subject matter content or text that SHALL NOT be less than 850 words and not exceed 950 words. See the SAMPLE for guidance on how to APA-format your position paper for APA Level 1 headings. DO NOT pay attention to the subject matter of the sample. The subject matter of the Sample is irrelevant. Rather, PAY ATTENTION to the formatting of the Sample, so that you can learn what is called “APA-Level 1 formatting,” that is critical for you learning how to write your papers for this course. 5. DO NOT USE titles and sub-titles from Samples as titles for your paper, nor in your headers. YOUR TITLES NEED TO BE ORIGINAL, as based on your academic research, AND titles CANNOT CONTAIN WORDS LIKE “Week” and “Position Paper.”

For this Assignment, you are required to review the Healthy People 2030 Social Determinants of Health. Consider each condition listed and how technology might be used to identify conditions impacting quality of life outcomes and risks. This week you will describe the SDOH and propose a modification to an EHR allowing nurses to collect data and determine conditions with the potential to impact patient outcomes. Write a 3-4 page, APA formatted, paper describing the SDOH and applying the knowledge through a proposed intake form for an EHR to identify at risk patients. You will summarize and describe the positive social change the intervention will create. Support your work with at least 3 peer reviewed references. Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references.

The course project will engage you in a real-world coaching experience. Under the supervision of your instructor and using the material learned in the course, you will coach a working professional who is not affiliated with this course. The individual may be a colleague, friend, or acquaintance but may not be a family member, supervisor, or your employee.
As a student coach, you will help your coachee determine a few professional development objectives that will be the focus of a four-week coaching relationship. Acceptable objectives include (but are not limited to): managing time, improving communication skills, setting goals, improving task completion, creating long-term career goals, identifying new areas of learning and skill development, and taking positive risks.
Although in real life, most any personal or professional objective can be the topic in coaching, for the purposes of this exercise, you should guide your coachee towards work-related objectives to enhance your experience and professional skill.
During the four-week coaching experience, you will lead the coachee through a process of weekly, one-hour sessions that will include brainstorming strategies, solutions, and actions designed to assist and support the coachee in meeting the professional development objectives.
As a student coach, you will provide a weekly coaching report to the instructor in the form of a Microsoft Word document. Your coachee will provide an evaluation of your performance at the end of the course.
Week 1 Assignment 
For Week 1, submit a one- or two-paragraph statement that describes your coachee and evaluates why it is a suitable relationship for the project. 
Submission Details:
Due by 9/27/24 at 12pm CST

 
Requirements
1. Make certain to include in text citations from your course text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main  post. This adds credibility to your argument. [Textbook]: Zenger, J. H., & Stinnett, K. (2010). The extraordinary coach: How the best Leaders help others grow (1st ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN: 9780071703406
2. No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years.
3. No AI support, score must be 0% and less than

 
Select an entry level job under marketing or management one would like to have (include the type of company/firm you would like to work for) and create a job description, a recruitment plan, and an advertisement posting for the job.
Start by creating details for the various elements of the job description. you can look up other Job Descriptions that are similar to the Job Description you are trying to create for your company. However, keep in mind, the job description MUST be your own work and CLEARLY reflect the company you want to work for.

Job Title
Department or division
Date the job was analyzed
Job summary
Supervision
Work performed
Job context

2.  Write a paragraph planning how you would go about recruiting for this position. Consider the following:
Will you be recruiting your current employees? If yes, will you use job postings or talent inventories. Explain why.
Will you be recruiting from the external labor market? If yes, what method of recruitment will you be using? Explain why. 

3. Based on where you are going to recruit and what method of recruitment you will be using, create a job advertisement. It can be a flyer or something that would be appropriate for a job board online. Or it could be a post on social media. 

N/B: 2pages maximum

Your midweek assignment in this course will be a continuous project. You will be assuming the role of a consultant. Each week, you will engage in a different aspect of an organizational development activity. The focus of the project will be the professional development needs of the members of the organization. In other words, you will examine how well your organization develops its members towards building a sustainable and competitive organization. You will use the same  organization for each week’s assignment. 
Company Name: Amazon
A key part of consulting activities is clarification of expectations with the client. Those expectations are then formalized into a contract. For the purposes of this skills-building exercise (each week during the course), we will assume that the client has asked to receive a series of memos as progress and planning updates for the project. We will also assume that the client has asked you to focus on individual, team, and leadership development in the organization. Each week during the course, you will be preparing a one or two page memo. 
As needed for the organization you select for the project and your weekly memos, you may either use the real leader (e.g., CEO) or a hypothetical top leader as your client. 
Week 1: Scouting Memo
Week 2: Diagnosis Memo
Week 3: Individual Interventions Memo
Week 4: Team Interventions Memo
Week 5: Leadership Development and Succession Interventions Memo Week 5: Leadership Development and Succession Interventions Memo 
Week 1 Assignment:
In an organizational diagnosis and development project, a consultant usually begins with a scouting stage. In the scouting stage, the consultant gets to know the client and the expectations. Additionally, the consultant will often observe organizational activities, conduct some interviews, and read available organizational documents to get a feel for processes, attitudes, and potential areas for attention. The scouting stage helps the consultant develop some initial ideas about areas for improvement. Then, the consultant can design data collection (which you will do in next week’s work) to confirm those ideas or identify other concerns.
Planning and Execution:
In this week’s work, you will do an opening assessment (i.e., scouting) of your organization. Research answers to the following issues (bullet point questions below). You may use your own observations, interviews with other organizational members, internet research, and research in organizational documents as part of your review. Due to time constraints for the project, you may also include hypothetical data as needed to fill in some gaps. However, you should do your best to collect as much real data as possible. The following themes should guide the planning and execution of your scouting work.
What is the organization? What does it do/what is its purpose?
How well does your organization develop its members? Does it appear to operate from a comprehensive PDP?
What evidence or symptoms do you see that support your conclusion (about whether your organization develops its members)?
What are some of the possible reasons why your organization does or does not develop its members well?
Who would need to get involved to improve your organization’s development philosophy and practices?
What benefits might individuals in the organization experience if a more robust developmental philosophy and practices were in place?
What benefits might the organization experience if a more robust development philosophy and practices were in place?
Where are the most important opportunities for organizational development (remember, the focus of the project is the professional development needs of members)? 
Deliverable:
Prepare a one to two page (500 to 1000 words, single spaced) scouting memo that synthesizes the issues and the most important opportunities for organizational development
Review the memo tips guide attached as reference guide.
You do not need to provide a title page
Cite any resources using APA even though the rest of the paper is in memo format rather than APA
Due by 9/27/24 at 12pm CST

Requirements
1. Make certain to include in text citations from your course text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main  post. This adds credibility to your argument. [Textbook]: Zenger, J. H., & Stinnett, K. (2010). The extraordinary coach: How the best Leaders help others grow (1st ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN: 9780071703406
2. No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years.
3. No AI support, score must be 0% and less than

 Papers will be checked for plagiarism and AI generation.  Neither are acceptable.
Create a company (it could be imaginary, one you’re familiar with, or a combination of both).
Company Description:

Name: Provide a unique name for your company.

Industry: Specify the industry your company operates in.

Products: Describe the products or services your company offers.

Size: Indicate the size of your company in terms of employee count and market reach.
Organizational Structure:

Type of Structure: Describe whether your company uses a matrix, simple, organic, team, bureaucratic, or virtual organization structure. You might also consider a combination of these or something else.

Rationale: Explain why you chose this structure for your company.

Strategy: Discuss your company’s strategy (e.g., innovation, cost minimization, imitation).

Environment: Describe the business environment including competitors, suppliers, customers, and relevant government rules and regulations. Explain how these factors impact your company.
Company Culture
Culture and Values:

Core Values: Outline the core values of your company.

Artifacts: Provide examples of physical artifacts that represent your company’s culture.

Stories and Rituals: Share important stories, rituals, and traditions that help define your company culture.

CSR and Sustainability: Explain your company’s stance on corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Describe how your company lives these values.
Include any other information about culture and values you think is important
Organizational Dynamics
Power, Communication, and Participation:

Power Structure: Discuss the beliefs around power within your organization.

Communication: Explain how communication is managed and facilitated.

Participation: Describe the level of employee participation in decision-making processes.
Onboarding and Socialization:

Onboarding Process: Detail the process for onboarding new employees.

Socialization: Describe how new employees are socialized into the company culture.
Ethical Issues:

Common Ethical Issues: Identify ethical issues that employees are likely to encounter.

Handling Ethical Issues: Explain how employees are expected to handle these issues and the consequences of not adhering to ethical standards.
Employee Well-being:

Well-being Initiatives: Describe initiatives to ensure employee well-being.

Stress Factors: Identify potential sources of stress for employees.

Stress Management: Outline strategies for managing and mitigating employee stress.
Conclusion
Summarize the key elements of your company, emphasizing the alignment between structure, culture, and strategic goals (if there’s no alignment, it’s not serving the business). Reflect on the importance of creating a cohesive and ethical organizational environment.
Formatting:
Use APA or MLA format (whichever you’re most familiar with)
Make sure you include an introduction and conclusion. 3.5 pages Cover pages and references don’t count as part of the requirement. 
Papers will be checked for plagiarism and AI generation.  Neither are acceptable.

  
choose a chronic disease or condition and select a particular, narrow focus as the topic of your Literature Review Assignment due in Module 4. A chronic disease is a long lasting condition that can typically be treated, but not necessarily cured (for example, atherosclerosis, arthritis, diabetes, and cancer). Find at least four recent (less than 3 years old), peer-reviewed, primary research articles that concisely explain the pathophysiology of your topic.
You may use more than the minimum number of sources, as needed, to support your Literature Review paper, but your Annotated Bibliography should rely mainly on primary research. You may also utilize a high quality review article or meta-analysis, but note that a review article is secondary, so does not count as one of the required four primary studies. If you use any secondary sources, make sure they are of good quality, from a scholarly source.
Title page
Concise description of the focus
Sources: Four recent (less than 3 years old), primary, peer-reviewed research articles that support the topic of your paper. Beyond the minimum four primary research articles, you may add additional, high quality secondary literature (reviews or meta-analyses), and you may use websites—if from a scholarly and relevant source (e.g., CDC, NCHS, etc.). Note: Your sources must follow APA formatting.
Annotation: For each research article, include the study aim, the methods used, and the findings. For each non-research source, provide a concise description of the relevant key points addressed in the source. Include in the annotation a brief description of how you plan to use each source (e.g., provides statistics for the problem, etc.).
Can you choose Bipolar disorder please.