How is your operational budget (unit or department) affected by the staffing ratio assigned to it?

Staffing is one of the largest expenditures for healthcare organizations. It stands to reason that for some organizations a mandatory staffing ratio could negatively impact their financial bottom line. Sometimes ratios can be different within an organization based on acuity of patients or type of unit. Explore your own organization staffing ratio policy. What is/are … Read more

Among nursing staff ages 18-64 who care for dementia patients in a nursing home environment, does an education program on a new facility protocol offering twice-a-week nonpharmacological interventions, including art and music, improve nurses’ knowledge and skills related to nonpharmacological interventions and decrease their need to utilize pharmacologic interventions for agitation among patients receiving the interventions over a period of 6 weeks?

Aranda, M. P., Kremer, I. N., Hinton, L., Zissimopoulos, J., Whitmer, R. A., Hummel, C. H., Trejo, L., & Fabius, C. (2021) Phan, S. V., Osae, S., Morgan, J. C., Inyang, M., & Fagan, S. C. (2019) McCreedy, E. M., Gutman, R., Baier, R., Rudolph, J. L., Thomas, K. S., Dvorchak, F., Uth, R., Ogarek, … Read more

Describe the measurable outcomes you hope to achieve with the implementation of this evidence-based change.

Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you critically appraised in Module 4 (see module 4 attachment for PICOT topic), related to your clinical topic of interest and PICOT. Reflect on your current healthcare organization and think about potential opportunities for evidence-based change, using your topic of interest and PICOT as the basis for your reflection. … Read more

World Literature

Instructions Portfolio 35% Upload on Assignments 12 point font (Ariel, Tahoma, Verdana, Lato) (except for the cover page) Late penalties: one day late 10% Structure for the Portfolio: 1. Cover page 2. Contents page 3. Introduction. 250 words 4. Resubmit one peer-edited Hummingbird writing 5. Creative non-fiction prose, two writings: a) 100 words and b) … Read more

Explain how you would plan knowledge transfer and dissemination.

To Prepare: Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you critically appraised in Module 4, related to your clinical topic of interest and PICOT. Reflect on your current healthcare organization and think about potential opportunities for evidence-based change, using your topic of interest and PICOT as the basis for your reflection. Consider the best method of … Read more

Create a Resource Guide/Brochure for Parents and Families.

You will create a Resource Guide/Brochure for Parents and Families. The informational brochure will be used to explain how you will implement music and movement in your future classroom as an Early Childhood educator. Included in the brochure will be: Please use a “brochure” template to create this assignment. Write about the importance of music … Read more

What is the state of racial and gender politics in the novel?

Write a 250-word or more critical reflection post for each novel. In the posts share your thoughts/observations about the novel by addressing one or more of the listed questions for consideration, or one of the terms, themes, or concepts related to the overall Purposeful Pairing theme the individual novel and/or critical essay that may or … Read more

Do you think the exponential change that futurist Leonhard talks about will take place? Why or why not?

After reading the materials listed on the background page for this module, view again the Did You Know video as well as the video below: Leonhard, G. (2016). Digital Transformation: Are You Ready for Exponential Change? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ystdF6jN7hc First Post—Module 4 Please answer the questions below. Use question and answer (Q&A) format for your … Read more

Discuss how the stakeholder and others collaborated to advocate for students with ASD.

Collaboration is essential for stakeholders who must work together to advocate for, support, and meet the needs of students with ASD. Leading and training stakeholders in advocacy and collaborative practices is a key function of autism specialists, who are often called upon to assist with training and implementation of strategies and routines that can be … Read more