A project is a response to a brief devised by the assessor. A project is usually carried out over
an extended period of time. Projects may involve research, require investigation of a topic,
issue or problem or may involve a process such as a design task, a performance or practical
activity or production of an artefact or event
Guidelines:
You are required to carry out a critical evaluation of the Recruitment and Selection process
in an organisation you are familiar with
• It will be a written project consisting of 3,000 words (approx.) in a formal report
format
• Each student is expected to draw up a short presentation on their findings in the
form of a PowerPoint slide show.
The research should contain:
• Identifying the Labour Market trends that affect work placement
• The value of Job Analysis in the work placement
• Evaluation of the selection method employed by the work placement
• Evidence that records were maintained throughout the process
• Analysis of the impact of relevant legislation when conducting the work placement
• Strengths and weaknesses of the process
• Analysis of how the process effects HRs overall contribution to the workplace
• Critical evaluation of the Recruitment and Selection process in the work place.

The layout of the Project should include the following:
• Introduction
• Main findings
• Conclusions
• Recommendations
• Word count of 3,000
• Pages and Slides should be numbered
Marking Criteria – Recruitment & Selection Project
• Content = 10 marks
• Analysis = 5 marks.
• Evaluation = 5 marks
• Presentation = 10 marks.

Poster Presentation

The purpose of this assignment is to explore a healthcare issue from a legislative perspective. You will use a program called Glogster to make an interactive electronic poster. Glogster allows you to create posters that have embedded audio, video, or text.

Imagine you are running for U.S. Senate and you want to make a poster for some type of healthcare issue.  Create a poster presentation using www.glogster.com. Address the following areas in your poster.  Use text, graphics, video and/or audio to present information.

1. What is the cornerstone of your platform? (15%).
2. What legislation do you propose to present to the Senate, if elected (15%).
3. How do you propose to pay for this legislation? (15%)
4. What do you propose to do about the current Medicare/Medicaid systems? (20%)
5. Explain your views regarding a national health care system. (20%)
6. Describe the lobbyists or PAC’s that you will contact and explain your platform for their support. (15%).

This assignment is worth 100 points and is due in Week 3, on Thursday, by 2359 EST/EDT. You will copy and paste the link to your glogster into a word document (the first page should be your title page and the second page should be your link) – submit this to the assignment drop box.

Directions to enrolled in Glogster:

1. Go to http://edu.glogster.com/
2. In the top right corner of the page, click on the green “Get Started” box
3. For user type, choose “Student”
4. Enter the school code: 8FHDG2
5. For Username enter your Delhi email
6. Click “Create My Account”

This assignment is worth 100%.

Solution:

Follow the link to access the solution http://edu.glogster.com/glog/high-quality-and-affordable-care/2k5ur5fqjiv

History, Causation, Incidence, and Prevalence of Diseases

In this first week of class we will discuss the history, causation, incidence, and prevalence of diseases. We will trace where specific diseases have been and are at the present time. Each student will choose a specific disease to focus on for this week’s discussion. To make your choice, click into Choose a Topic for Week 1 DQ, at the bottom of this Week 1 module. Each disease can be chosen only once. You will look into the history and current status of this disease, checking reliable websites (not Wikipedia), the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, and other scholarly sites. Then, proceed onto examining causation of disease. Chapters 14 & 16 in Gordis (2014) discusses the epidemiological process of linking causes to disease, starting with association, and progressing to causation. We will conclude with looking at the incidence and prevalence of each disease

With these thoughts in mind, for this week,

1. Share with your colleagues:

• Discuss your disease condition: its historical background, current status, and incidence/prevalence at a local, state, national, and global level.
• Apply a minimum of 2 epidemiological principles that are discussed in chapters 1-3 in Gordis (2014), chapters 1 & 2 that relate to the journey of the disease through time. Has there been a change in the disease incidence and prevalence over a period of time and why?
• What is the community and global impact of the disease?
• What environmental, genetic, social, physical, psychological, or other factors have a causal disease association and why?
• What public health measures have been taken to reduce the prevalence of the disease?

2. Respond to three or more postings of your colleagues addressing different diseases, including:

• How can epidemiological principles be used in applying this knowledge to care of patients?
• What have you learned about infectious disease and epidemiology from this particular disease’s historical journey?
• Can you expand further on what your colleague posted about the disease’s impact, causes, or other contributing factors?
• What additional interdisciplinary public health measures can be taken to reduce the prevalence of the disease?

Remember the basic rules of posting:

1. You must include citations to support what you write and they must be in APA format. At least one should be another source besides your texts and readings, and follow the basic rules of not more than 5 years old and be peer-reviewed scholarly sources.
2. Emotion and intent clearly come through in this medium.
3. Be courteous, non-judgmental, and supportive, even when you disagree.
4. Postings must have substance: “I agree” or “Good posting” are examples of postings that do not meet this criteria and will not count as a required posting.
5. Always check the grading rubric as you reply to ensure you meet all criterion and earn all the points possible.
6. Review the grading rubric to ensure you are meeting all criteria.

Solution:

Epidemiology Week 1: HIV

Disease Condition

            HIV is one of the most fatal viruses ever to attack humanity, and this status is in itself guaranteed by the role that HIV plays in the onset of AIDS, which continues to claim millions of lives every year all over the world. HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system in human beings, which technically ensures that individuals are incapable of combating the disease-causing bacteria and viruses that attack an individual’s body. HIV essentially transforms its victims into a hotbed of diseases after it progresses into AIDS, and it is this combination of diseases and the inability to combat them that results in the death of 1.1 million people annually across the world (WHO, 2017).

Having been discovered in the 1980s, the true nature of HIV was unknown and the little information available about this virus greatly impaired any efforts that were taken to curb it. While the true epidemiological origins of this virus remain unknown to date, the fact that HIV was first discovered among homosexual men in the US played a central role in the perceptions that both medics and the general population held regarding this disease (CDC, 2017). As such, in its early years, many medics believed that HIV was a disease that affected only homosexual men. To further add to this position, many medics also hypothesized that the engagement of individuals in homosexuality resulted in the occurrence of the disease. From this standpoint, it became commonplace for the general public to associate HIV with homosexuality.

However, over time, this perception was changed as more and more women were diagnosed with HIV, and this forced medical professionals to reconsider their stance on the connections between HIV and homosexuality. Over time, this discovery facilitated many medics into pursuing alternative theories regarding this virus and its epidemiology especially insofar as distribution and control were concerned. In the US, approximately 1.2 million people are living with HIV, and the rates of infection have been on a steady decline over the past decade (CDC, 2017). Similarly, HIV infection has declined across other regions of the world, with Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia having the highest rates of new HIV infection and HIV/AIDS-related deaths across the world (WHO, 2017). Much of this decline in HIV infection and deaths is attributed to increased awareness of HIV, practicing safe sex, and the accessibility of anti-retroviral drugs that help AIDS patients manage the disease.

Disease Progression in Incidence and Prevalence

            There has been a significant change in the rates of HIV incidence and prevalence across the USA and the world at large in recent years. While increased awareness of the virus has helped overcome many of the stereotypes and myths regarding the transmission, infection, and management of the illness, it is the stellar epidemiological work of dedicated researchers and medical professionals that has helped combat this global epidemic. During the first few years after HIV was discovered among homosexual men, epidemiological principles provided a backbone that helped medics understand the disease and develop appropriate ways of managing it.

One of the principles used was that of contact management (Gordis, 2014). Seeing as HIV was first discovered in homosexual men, understanding the contacts that the infected individuals had with one another played a core role in managing the disease and its development through subsequent years (WHO, 2017). It is through such contact management that medics were able to prove that HIV was a disease that affected only homosexual men, seeing as some infected homosexual men had reported having sexual intercourse with heterosexual women. It is also from such the method of contact management that medics proved that HIV was transmitted through sexual intercourse, blood transfusions, exchange if blood with an infected person, and even through birth (Gordis, 2014). These discoveries had enabled the global healthcare sector to develop appropriate strategies to combat the spread of HIV within the global populace (Broeck & Brestoff, 2013). Such advances also played a core role in the development of anti-retroviral medication that has helped many infected individuals to manage the symptoms of HIV/AIDS.

The principle of case management has also played a core role in understanding the HIV virus and its role in causing AIDS (Gordis, 2014). Through the observation of various HIV-infected patients during the early years of this epidemic, research showed how HIV affects the immune system, how it reproduces, how it affects the different sexes, ethnicities, as well as what factors stand to increase the chances of infection among various social demographic groups across the world (Gordis, 2014; Smith, 2013). Through this combination of contact and case management principles in epidemiology, HIV awareness has increased across the USA and the world at large, resulting in corresponding declines in prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS (WHO, 2017). In this way, more people across the world have understood the risks of having unsafe sex, many mothers infected with HIV can now give birth to healthy and HIV-free children, and many individuals infected with HIV can manage the disease through anti-retroviral therapy to lead normal and happy lives.

Community and Global Impact

            While death remains the single greatest impact of HIV/AIDS across the world, this disease also affects the human populace on both community and global scales. For many communities, the loss of loved ones, and especially parents is devastating. The death of parents from AIDS-related illnesses leaves many children orphaned while they are still young. This deprives many children the opportunity to enjoy and appreciate the benefits of growing up in loving homes. The fact that many orphaned children are often raised by a single parent or in orphanages also impairs the social and emotional development of many such children within the community (Smith, 2013). Moreover, the social stigma that often accompanies individuals for being HIV-positive can greatly impair the ability of an individual to play their role within the community fully. In some cases, such stigma even results in suicides or the abandonment of one’s family, both of which do very little to maintain the structure of the community (Smith, 2013). On a global scale, the loss of labor is perhaps the most devastating impact of HIV/AIDS. As many infected individuals struggle to combat the disease, they have less time available to work. When many HIV patients die, various economic sectors suffer from labor shortages, which ultimately either lowers the productivity of companies or increases the cost of doing business as companies are forced to pay their workers more and have them work longer hours to maintain the organization’s productivity (Smith, 2013). Either way, the global community suffers a great deal from the death or inability to work among HIV patients.

Factors with a Causal Association

            While no factors have been directly linked to causing HIV within human beings, there are a number of factors that have been found to influence the transmission of HIV within populations across the world (Broeck & Brestoff, 2013). One of the social factors that play a core role in this respect is the culture of sex and its perception within a community. In regions where sex is often viewed as taboo before marriage, there are higher cases of incidence, prevalence, and death insofar as HIV is concerned. This is mainly because this culture impairs effective sex education which then limits the number of people that practice safe sex. This is one of the reasons why many third-world countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa have higher HIV prevalence, incidence and death compared to countries in Europe and North America where the culture does not view sex as being taboo (Smith, 2013). In essence, HIV does not discriminate along environmental, genetic, physical, psychological, genetic, or any other factors insofar as its transmission is concerned.

Public Health Measures

            Upon its discovery, HIV instantly became a public health dilemma. Through activist groups such as Gay Men Health Crisis (GMHC) in the 1980s, the public was made more aware of the disease (Smith, 2013). Moreover, through such activist groups, the US government was pressured into developing affordable HIV anti-retroviral drugs to help infected individuals manage the disease. Today, free HIV testing is offered in many states, sex education is offered to children in public and private schools, and anti-retroviral drugs have been made cheaper and more accessible in the US and all over the world (Smith, 2013). It is through such efforts by the public health sector that HIV has slowly transformed from being identified an instant killer disease into a fully manageable disease that can still allow one to live a happy and long life. All these public health measures have worked well to reduce the prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS.

References

Broeck, J. & Brestoff, J. (2013). Epidemiology: Principles and Practical Guidelines (1st ed.).        Dordrecht: Springer.

CDC,. (2017). HIV/AIDS | CDC. Cdc.gov. Retrieved 23 January 2017, from         https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/

Gordis, L. (2014). Epidemiology (1st ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences.

Smith, R. (2013). Global HIV/AIDS activism, politics, and policy (1st ed.). Santa Barbara,         California: ABC-CLIO.

WHO,. (2017). HIV/AIDS. World Health Organization. Retrieved 25 January 2017, from         http://www.who.int/hiv/en/

Perform a rhetorical analysis of the article, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation.” Essay must be 3 to 5 pages in length in MLA format. I have provided the assignment sheet and grading rubric as well as the article. The PDF version of the article does not show the graphs and statistics, so I am including the web link to the article as well. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/

As the local manager of an international accounting firm, you place high priority on professional etiquette. Not only does it communicate respect to your clients, it also instills confidence in your firm by showing that you and your staff are aware of and able to meet the expectations of almost any audience. Earlier today, you took four recently hired college graduates to lunch with an important client. You’ve done this for years, and it’s usually an upbeat experience for everyone, but today’s lunch was a disaster. One of the new employees made not one, not two, but three calls on his cell phone during lunch. Another interrupted the client several times and even got into a mild argument. The third employee kept making sarcastic jokes about politics, making everyone at the table uncomfortable. And the fourth showed up dressed like she was expecting to bale hay or work in a coal mine, not have a business lunch in a posh restaurant. You’ve already called the client to apologize, but now you need to coach these employees on proper business etiquette. Draft a single memo to these employees, explaining why etiquette is so important to the company’s success and their individual careers. Be sure to use specific examples for clarification.

Teaching Net Present Value (NPV) & Future Value (FV)

You have been asked by a manager in your organization to put together a training program explaining Net Present Value (NPV) and Future Value (FV) and how they are used to evaluate the price of stock. You have been given the following objectives:

Upon completing your Net Present Value (NPV) and Future Value (FV) Training Program, employees should be able to do the following:

• Explain NPV and FV.
• Describe the factors that are used in the NPV and the FV formulas.
• Give an example of how to use the formulas for NPV and FV for a stock purchase.
• Summarize the differences between the two formulas and the purpose of using each.

Develop a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint Presentation (excluding title slide and reference slide) that cover each of the above topics. In the slide notes, include your explanations for each topic above. You must use a minimum of two scholarly sources.

Instructions:

In this assignment, you will be researching dimensions of quality and safety in healthcare, specifically long- term care, and how various industries can apply these concepts to improve operations.

• Using the Medicare Nursing Home Compare website, research one nursing home that displays a low level of quality as indicated by their Five Star Rating*
  • The nursing home should display a low level of quality (-2 star rating)
  • The nursing home should display a low level of safety
• Provide a general overview of the nursing home (e.g., name, location, bed size, ownership, etc.)
• Discuss the quality performance of the nursing home as evident by its most recent health care inspection (e.g., deficiencies, citations, financial penalties, etc.). This can be accomplished by thoroughly reading the nursing home’s statement of deficiencies and plan of action to correct quality deficiencies (CMS Form 2567).
• Discuss the safety performance of the nursing home as evident by its most recent life safety inspection (e.g., life safety citations, financial penalties, etc.). This can be accomplished by thoroughly reading the nursing home’s life safety code statement of deficiencies and plan of action.
• Discuss appropriate techniques that you would use to improve quality in the nursing home.
• Discuss appropriate techniques that you would use to improve safety in the nursing home.
• Be sure to include details about the deficiencies that you found.
• Report your findings by using one (1) of the methods below:
  • 3-4 page paper excluding front and back matter (APA standards apply).
  • Internal organizational memorandum.
  • Infographic
  • Power Point presentation for a Board of Directors (10-12 slides; speaker notes as needed to support assertions).
  • 7-10 minute public service announcement (using a free online voice recorder such as vocaroo.com)
  • Video newscast (using a free online video recorder such as YouTube.com)(e.g.,entertainment talk show, television commentary, interview-style, news reporting, etc.).
  • The use of first person is permitted for this assignment (excluding option 1).
• APA formatting (e.g., title page, conclusion, font size, etc.) should not be used if you choose to complete the memorandum, infographic, PSA, or newscast.
• Although the use of APA formatting is not required for this Assignment, proper grammar, spelling, and an APA formatted reference list of sources are expected.

*You can select any nursing home published on the Medicare Hospital Compare website. To narrow your selection, consider researching nursing homes in your community, previous places of residence, employers, competitors, or even a nursing home you would like to network with someday.
References:

http://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html

https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/CMS-Forms/CMS-Forms/downloads/cms2567.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nnhs.htm

1. Introduction and 1 concisely written thesis statement (1 point).

2. Describe your chosen role as an APN in your setting. (1 point).

3. Differentiate among: research, Evidence Based Practice (EBP) and quality improvement. (3 points).

4. Explain how and why EBP, research and Quality Improvement (QI) are important to your APN role and specifically how these terms are integrated/applied into your practice setting. (3 points).

5 a. Provide a specific example of how EBP or QI is applied (or not applied) in your setting. (2 points). You should include how the information is disseminated to your specific area of practice (i.e. nurses, multidisciplinary team members, doctors, etc.). Be sure to consider committees in charge of reviewing policies to make the changes and distribute the new information, the role of administration, educators, CNSs, etc. in the dissemination process. For example: if I am interested in reducing CAUTIs in my particular setting, than I would discuss that topic area here and take a look at my facility and determine whether they are using EBP (and if so is it current and the best EBP) to make clinical decisions on treatment, protocols or policies.

b. Then I would describe how I know this to be true? Does the facility have a committee to evaluate policies? Is the staff involved, or is this a function of the CNL, Nurse Educator, CNS, NPs, physicians, etc. How does EBP or a QI project get from just a thought/plan to actual implementation in the hospital? (2 Points)

6. Summarize findings of the discussion. (1 point) 7. References: you should include a minimum of 2 references in the initial post. The post should be no more than 750 words.

Please provide responses for the discussions below. Appx 300 words for each DQ.

Topic: Financials and Business Performance Measurement

DQ 1: Chart of Accounts, General Ledger, and Accounting System. Notice how much detail can be included in various financial statements. What accounting data is required for you to write your CLC Business Plan? How can you present just enough information for your reader to get a clear understanding of the financial concerns of your proposal?

DQ 2: Strategic Planning. Many strategic plans contain financial data. Discuss how you might include this type of financial data in your CLC Business Plan.

DQ3: Explain why measuring performance is important in business operations. Choose a business performance measurement tool that does not relate to your CLC and explain why.

DQ 4: Consider the following hypothetical situation: You are a human resources manager in a medium-sized hospital. You are writing the job description for an operations manager who will manage finances, evaluate financial performance, and develop financial plans. What skills does a suitable candidate need?

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” menu_anchor=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_mp4=”” video_webm=”” video_ogv=”” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_color=”” video_preview_image=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” padding_right=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” center_content=”no” last=”no” min_height=”” hover_type=”none” link=””][fusion_text]

Please write about the job in this link
https://www.dice.com/jobs/detail/Business-Analyst-Advanced-Programming-Group-Danbury-CT-06810/10169983/134777?icid=sr2-1p&q=business analyst&l=06514).
In a one page word document, summarize the job, give your opinion of the skills and requirements needed and discuss your feelings on what a day in the life of that analyst would be like

[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_3″ layout=”1_3″ spacing=”” center_content=”no” hover_type=”none” link=”” min_height=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”left top” background_repeat=”no-repeat” border_size=”0″ border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” padding=”” dimension_margin=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”left” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_offset=”” last=”no”][fusion_text]