How do Hershey, the company structure their organizational communication in the company? How do they implement organizational communication in the company? Was it successful? How does the Hershey handle conflict management and provide examples?
The capstone project and accompanying scholarly paper are integrated assignments that will be based upon analysis of leadership and management experiences in a specific setting. The intent of this project is to examine a practice or area of concern and try to enhance the capability, through education, checklist, tool, etc. as a developing nurse leader. The project should be vetted through a nurse leader to obtain support for the project and all the variables that need to be considered. As you go through the rubric initially, you need to explain the project, what you are doing and why. You need to have managerial support, show evidence and theory to support the project you have chosen, and show how this ties in to standards of nursing practice. In taking on this project, all of your learning in this RN-BSN/MS Program, throughout the curriculum will be needed. This is the culmination and assimilation of the knowledge that you are putting into practice with this project. Process: Select a health care organization (your place of employment, clinics, provider offices, etc.) or a professional nursing organization (Oncology Nurses Society (NOT the Service Learning Agency), your state nurses association, etc.) that you would like to work with and determine what their needs are from a leadership/management perspective. This might include reviewing and writing policies/processes, a Quality Improvement Project, a practice change, education, community advocacy or some such similar, relevant, and useful activity for this organization (be creative). Make sure the project can be completed within the 6 week time frame. Refer to the rubric below for the requirements of this assignment. Capstone Project Paper Grading Criteria An 8 to 10 page Capstone Project paper is required for this assignment. Reflect on your entire RN-BSN program. Consider the project you have just completed, along with all your previous learning in your program. All of the learning is pertinent to this project. The ultimate purpose of this paper is to apply what you have learned in the RN-BSN program. This paper is to be presented in a scholarly manner using APA (6th edition) formatting. This assignment will be automatically submitted to Turnitin when your submit to the dropbox. The paper will not be graded until the Originality Report is less than 24%. Please allow adequate time to submit and rewrite if needed. This paper is due Monday of Week 7, and is worth 20% of the total course grade. The outline is due week 4 and is worth another 5% of the course grade.
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Describe key aspects of your suggested approach to planning for and implementing change. (Creating Awareness of Childhood obesity) What are two or three essential steps or strategies that deserve particular attention as you strive to successfully translate evidence into practice? Provide your rationale. Assess the influence of your practicum experiences on your professional growth. Identify areas for improvement to focus on during this course. Given what you have learned in previous courses and through your professional experiences, what questions or concerns do you have regarding how to identify and assess systems-related issues, as well as how to plan for and implement change? Summarize your planned practicum experiences and how you expect these experiences to advance your professional skills. Support your choices with documented evidence from the AACN Essentials, professional standards, and specialty guidelines.
In the paper you should include: a) Introduction: background about the issue selected and the specific country, provide references that support the information provided. b) Objectives of the program (no more than 2) c) Describe your project plan, including any new technologies or tools to be developed. d) Explain why your idea is unconventional or creative approach to the proposed Global Health Issue e) Target population that will be included in the program f) Timeline to implement the program g) Approximately cost of the program h) Outcome of the program short and long term 1. Page limit maximum 7 pages, double spaced, font Time New Roman 12. References, tables, pictures, or graphics should be included as appendices. 2. Use headings to organize paper 3. References must include at least 10 (books, journals and web pages) no older than 5-10 years 4. APA format 6th edition required
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Will it ever go away? These emotional questions can be difficult to ask and to answer. However, for patients to come to terms with their diagnoses and adhere to treatment plans, they must have an understanding of factors that might have caused, or continue to impact, their disorders. As provider, it is important that you are able to explain disorders, associated alterations and symptoms, and changes that might occur within your patients bodies. Select one of the following patient factors: genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, or behavior. Reflect on how that factor might impact patients tuberculosis, as well as potential associated alterations and symptoms. Identify the pathophysiology of the associated alterations, including the normal and altered cellular function. Consider both intra- and extra-cellular changes that occur. Three references minimum less than 5 years old including Hammer, G. G. , & McPhee, S. (2014). Pathophysiology of disease: An introduction to clinical medicine. (7th ed.) New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
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Section C: 1. Use the normative theory to resolve the dilemma. 2. You must fully articulate how the theory was utilized in resolving your dilemma; that is, Show Your Work. Section D: 1. Re-articulate your solution 2.
You will write a 4 page, single-spaced (specifically 2,200 words minimum) paper in which you examine a form of a tangible gender communication (an artifact) i.e. TV episode, newspaper article, movie, song/music video, photograph, magazine, exhibit, advertisement, social media group or exchange, interview etc. You will give a clear description of your artifact answering thoroughly Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How. You will then analyze your example employing AT LEAST 4 concepts from our weekly readings, modules (commentaries), and/or discussions. Introduction (1/3 of a page minimum/specifically 200 words minimum): A creative opening and attention getter A strong thesis statement that clearly articulates your major claim of the paper A clear preview statement that shows how you will organize your paper Body (3 page single-spaced minimum/specifically 1,800 words minimum see the breakdown for each of the three sections of the body below): You should thoroughly introduce your artifact using who, what, where, when, and how (400 words minimum). Please give any background information you have about it such as when did it appear, how was it delivered, what is it about, why was it made, when was it made, what was the context in which the artifact emerged controversy, situation, audience? After this description, your reader should clearly understand it as a piece of gender communication. Definitions of at least 4 concepts (minimum) you have chosen (use scholarly sources specific to the discipline of communication to define your concepts) (400 words minimum). 1. Gender Roles 2. Gender Stereotypes 3. Gender in the Media 4. Gender and Verbal/Non Verbal Communication A discussion that connects your chosen concepts to your artifact (1,000 words minimum). Questions to answer for each concept in your analysis (you may add additional questions as well): What were the responses to this artifact and how does that relate to the concepts/research you have found? Implications/Conclusion (2/3 page minimum/specifically 400 word minimum): A brief restatement of what you did in the paper. Most importantly here is the discussion of so what? Why does your analysis matter? To gender communication studies? As part of larger implications for society? Bring closure to your submission Sources: You should have a MINIMUM of six current sources (stronger papers will have more): One must be your readings or modules/commentaries (you may use more but you still must meet the other source requirements as well) Two can be popular press sources Three MUST BE peer reviewed journal articles on communication Four of your sources must come from UMUC’s online library Proper APA in-text citations should be provided in addition to a reference page with full APA source citations.
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2)How would technology help providers make health care decisions? 3)How would patients and families interact with providers from their homes or in their communities? What would health care systems be able to do “in real time?
For this assignment, please choose two articles related to marketing research from any of the following publications: The Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age, The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, Fortune Magazine, or Business Week. The article must be at least 500 words (2 pages) long. The article must be in last 3 years. For each of the two articles, please write a 1-2 paragraph summary of the article, plus a 1-2 paragraph critical analysis. The video below “How to Write a Summary” may be helpful in writing your summary. Your critical analysis should include an assessment of the research objectives, the research design, the research methods, the results and the conclusions. Be critical — are the authors’ conclusions valid? Why are why not? Use the theory in the textbook for this assignment. For the best possible score, visit the writing center to refine your writing, or use Grammarly.com, and proofread carefully. 1″ margins, 12 point Times New Roman font. How to write a summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWO1ldEhtQ
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In the age of evidence-based practice, it is often evidence that makes the most compelling argument. Additionally, best practices, especially with regards to process changes, can be a very valuable piece of evidence when it comes to making a compelling argument about the need for changes and improvements. By the end of this unit, you will submit your Stakeholder Communication in Health Information Systems assignment. As part of the assignment, you will be asked to analyze best practices that could be used to overcome resistance from stakeholders to the recommendations you made about Independence Medical Centers EHR system in your first assignment. For your main post of the discussion, please address the following: Summarize one recommendation you made in your first assignment. Identify two stakeholder groups potentially impacted by the recommendation. For each stakeholder group, answer the following: How will the recommendation impact the stakeholder group? What is the stakeholder group most likely to be resistant toward? Why? How could the stakeholder groups resistance impact the implementation or sustainability of your recommendation? How is the best practice or evidence compelling? Support your post with at least one peer-reviewed source, using course readings or other scholarly literature. Include APA-formatted in-text citations and accompanying congruent APA-formatted references. Response Guidelines Respond to your peers according to the Faculty Expectations Response Guidelines. Address the following in your response to your peers: Comment on how critical the identified stakeholder groups are to the success of your peers’ recommendation. Comment on how compelling the best practices or evidence that your peers cited are likely to be. Offer one further best practice or piece of evidence that your peers could consider to overcome the potential resistance in one of the stakeholder groups. Explain why the evidence would be compelling. Learning Components This activity will help you achieve the following learning components: Identify the stakeholders who are most important to the success of a project. Describe recommendations related to improving a health information management system. Explain the impact of specific recommendations on stakeholder groups. Describe best practices to overcome barriers in creating buy-in from stakeholders and implementation related to recommendations. Explain the value of a project for various stakeholder groups. Apply current APA style guidelines.