Month: April 2018

Essentials of Evidence Based practice week 11 discussion                Essay

Subject Area:               Academic Level

Nursing                     Master

Number of Pages:                    Deadline

1 Page Double Spaced (approx 275 words per page)            3d 7h 46m

Writing Style:               Number of sources/references

APA                3

By Homer against Surfin’ Safari (SS), CalderMobile (CM), and the City’s 911 office, to recover for his injuries

Type of document       Essay   2 Pages  Subject area  Law      Academic Level            Undergraduate

Style    APA     /references      1

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1. I understand that there are inherent and other risks involved in a SAFARI. These risks include, but are not limited to, danger to my automobile and person. SAFARI conditions vary constantly because of the unpredictability of animal behavior. The inherent risks of a SAFARI present the risk of serious and/or fatal injury.
2. I agree to hold harmless and indemnify SURFIN’ SAFARI and/or any employee of the aforementioned for loss or damage, including any loss or injuries that result from damages related to the SAFARI.

I, the undersigned, have read and understand the above release of liability.

Homer, distracted by the children, signed the form without reading it. He also did not focus on the sign ahead stating: “Do NOT Take the Right Fork. This Portion of the Park Road is Under Construction and is Dangerous to Cars.” He instead drove down the right fork.

The lions had not been fed that day, a common practice among safari parks because it spurs the cats to prowl through the park rather than snooze, therefore remaining visible to visitors throughout the day.

One hungry lion had wandered from the pride and into the “right fork” area, where he encountered the Simpsons’ car. Upon seeing the baked goods carton next to Homer on the seat, the lion roared “Mmmm . . . doughnuts,” and tore open the car, severely injuring poor Homer’s leg, and rendering the engine inoperable.

After the lion retreated, doughnuts in paw, Marge attempted to call 911 on her cellphone. She had just changed providers to a brand new outfit, CalderMobile (CM), prompted by a large billboard near their home pronouncing CM “the best in the Springfield metro area.” When she signed up, Marge told the representative that she needed a carrier that had extensive coverage near the nuclear plant, because she often drove down to pick Homer up after work. The CM rep, in his first day of work and clueless about CM coverage, didn’t bother to check the location of CM towers, but responded anyway “I’m sure we cover there.”

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Needless to say, Marge got no mobile reception that day, nor was there a CM tower within miles of the power plant. After several unsuccessful attempts with her cellphone, she broke into the nearby safari-keeper’s cabin and called from his landline. Although the 911 operator dutifully took the information, it was garbled in the relay, and – despite Mayor Quimby’s oft-articulated “three minutes or fewer” pledge – no ambulance arrived for over ten minutes.

By the time the ambulance carrying Homer arrived at the emergency room a full twentyfive minutes after the mauling, he had lost enough blood so that his leg had to be amputated. Medical experts would testify that, had he been brought to the hospital promptly, he would have had an improved – although not better-than-even – chance of saving the limb.

As if things weren’t bad enough, gasoline from the Simpsons’ partially-crushed car drained and flowed down hill onto the power plant grounds, ultimately causing an explosion that tore open several properly-stored vats of radioactive waste, which seeped into the ground.

Two suits have been initiated as a result of these events:

(1)        By Homer against Krusty’s Safari (SS), CowabungaMobile (CM), and the City’s 911 office, to recover for his injuries; and

 

(2)        By the Power Plant (PP) against Krusty’s Safari, to recover for the costs of the costs of the waste clean-up

 

Please discuss the principal relevant tort doctrines these (and only these) plaintiffs might invoke against these (and only those) defendants, and their likelihood of success. Be sure to account for contrary arguments, and to mention what additional facts you would need to know, if any. Do not repeat analysis pertinent to multiple suits- simply refer to the earlier discussion. You may organize this as you think best.

right now the total

Critically evaluate the application of leadership theories to a leader in an organisational context (e.g. a company of your choice) and management theories to a contemporary organisation

6000 words

Leadership week 9 response 1 – Authoritarian

Type of document       Essay   1 Page Subject area       Nursing          Academic Level            Master

Style    APA     references       3

Order description:

Respond to Mollys post in one of the following ways Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence, or research.

Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings

Discussion 9: Authoritarian

COLLAPSE

To be an effective leader, I feel you have to be aware of the culture and climate of your unit. You also have to get to know your employees to know how they will react to different types of leadership. Taking the time to be aware of how your leadership is affecting your staff is extremely important. I have worked with many different types of managers. I have worked with a manager who could be characterized as authoritarian. She was extremely driven to have complete control over every decision made in the unit. Many decisions are made without consulting any staff members or taking into consideration how it will affect the unit as a whole. Staff members do not go to her with problems, issues, or concerns because they are treated with disrespect and made to feel like they are at fault. The staff were very productive, but morale was very low. Although they were productive, they did not feel like a team due to their lack of input in the decisions being made in the unit. New policies and protocols were put into place and the staff were expected to follow them even if they were not in the best interest of patients or the staff. I feel that staff nurses who are caring for patients should have input in the decisions made regarding the unit. Staff nurses have knowledge of the daily activities of the unit that directly affect patient care and patient outcomes. Nurses should feel comfortable going to their manager or leader and asking question or asking for help without feeling like they will be punished. I would not integrate any of the characteristics of the authoritarian leader into my leadership style. I feel that leaders should be able to read the climate of the unit and be flexible with their leadership style.

 

REFERENCES

 

Azaare, J., & Gross, J. (2011). The nature of leadership style in nursing management. British

 

Journal of Nursing, 20(11), 672-676, 678-680. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

Marquis, B., & Huston, C. (2017). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing:

 

Theory and application (9th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

 

Wall Street Journal staff. (n.d.). Leadership styles. Retrieved from

 

http://guides.wsj.com/management/developing-a-leadership-style/how-to-develop-a-leadership-style/?mod=WSJBlog

Leadership week 9 response 2 – Leadership Styles

Type of document       Essay   1 Page Subject area       Nursing          Academic Level            Master

Style    APA     references       3

Order description:

Please respond to Precious post in one of the following ways Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence, or research.

Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings

Leadership Styles

Leadership style can be viewed as a way or manner in which leaders lead and conduct their business. Leaders are not judged by their traits but by what they do and what leadership style they use. Though some theorists may argue that leaders are born not made. Perhaps, leaders are both born and made (Marquis, & Huston, 2017). It is important for a nurse leader to assess and evaluate his or her leadership style to see if it is meeting the goals of the organization and working well with others. Great leaders can change their leadership style to accommodate the needs of the organization depending on the circumstances at hand. Leadership role calls for nurse-leaders to develop skills and competences that are geared towards successful leaders and become partners with other healthcare professionals in meeting patients’ needs. According to Marquis and Huston (2017), Leadership skills can and should be integrated as they are learned.

 

Having worked with many leaders in the healthcare organization, I came to realize that leadership is not as easy task. Leading involves making sacrifices that would benefit others. The leaders I have worked with exhibited democratic authoritative, and laissez-faire leadership styles. I remember when I asked for one week of absence to enable me take extra week to travel out of country for family related reasons, my manager then refused to allow me the time to take an extra week off and asked me to trade with another staff to cover for my absence. I wasn’t pleased with the decision but cannot change it. This nurse- leader wants whatever she says to be final, and has a hard time changing her decision. Such leadership style is autocratic in nature. There are float nurses who could cover the shift but the manager wants to exercise her authority. Another leader I had with another organization is easy going and allow staff to make their schedule and indicate if they have any specific day they wanted off and wouldn’t want any changes made. The manager would let you know ahead of time that if two people are asking for same day off, that it can only be possible if the unit is covered. She tries to work with everyone and utilizes both democratic and authoritative leadership styles. Democratic leadership style draws on people’s knowledge and skills and creates a group commitment to the resulting goals. It works best when the direction the organization should take is unclear, and the leader needs to tap the collective wisdom of the group (Wall Street Journal Staff, n. d.). Another nurse manager used the Laissez-faire leadership style. He allows employees to make their schedule and cared less about whether many staff members took off at the same time. He was ready to use agency employees to staff his unit if short staffed. Unfortunately, he didn’t last in the position and was made to resign.

 

Leadership styles according to Wall Street Journal Staff (n. d.), are not something to be tried on like so many suits, to see which fits. rather, they should be adapted to the particular demands of the situation, the particular requirements of the people involved and the particular challenges facing the organization. Graham and Melnyk (2014), noted that there is a tremendous need to grow nursing and other healthcare leaders who have the knowledge, skills, and dedication to improve the quality of healthcare through innovation, enhance patient outcomes, and develop other leaders who are competent and quick to address the most pressing issues of healthcare and health today. As the needs in the healthcare sector are growing, nurse leaders should also adopt leadership styles that would enhance patients’ outcomes. Nurses as future leaders must be vision oriented, innovative and very passionate to pursue and accomplish their missions in today’s dynamic healthcare environment. I plan to use a combination of democratic and authoritative leadership style.

 

It is important for leaders to know in what situation to use the kind of leadership style that fits the occasion. Being able to discern the situation before applying any leadership style will help shape who I would be as a leader. Some people may see your kindness as a sign of weakness and attempt to abuse the situation, in that case the leader can use authoritative style to set limits and get the situation under control. Positive patients’ outcomes can be achieved with adequate staffing. It is imperative that patient care units are adequately staffed. When nurse leaders provide adequate done staff would be happy doing their job, and it affects the quality of care patients are receiving. Nurse managers who had a clear leadership style that was related mainly to a transformational or transactional leadership model experienced fewer management problems than nurse managers with a composite leadership style. There is a connection between nurse managers’ attitudes towards the existing organizational culture and the leadership model adopted (Azaare, &Gross, 2011).

 

References

Azaare, J., & Gross, J. (2011). The nature of leadership style in nursing management. British Journal of Nursing, 20(11), 672-680.

Graham, S., & Melnyk, B. M. (2014). The Birth of a healthcare leadership academy: Lessons learned from The Ohio State University. Nurse Leader, 12(2), 55–74. doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2014.01.001 Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2017). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (9th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Wall Street Journal Staff, (n. d.). Leadership Styles. Retrieved from:

http://guides.wsj.com/management/developing-a-leadership-style/how-to-develop-a-leadership-style/? mod=WSJBlog

Leadership  – Ethical, Moral, and Legal Leadership

Type of document       Essay               1 Page Subject area       Nursing          Academic Level            Master

Style    APA     references       3

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In this discussion board, please post any questions or examples that may help your colleagues better understand an ethical, moral, or legal Please use this weeks readings as some of the references

Week 10: Ethical, Moral, and Legal Leadership

During previous weeks of this course, you have been considering the cornerstones of effective leadership. For successful nurse leaders, nothing is more important than upholding the ethical, moral, and legal principles that guide professional practice. Conversely, moral distress, contentious ethical issues, and unresolved legal questions can negatively impact a nurse leader’s confidence and efficacy.

 

This week you assess your role as a moral agent, or advocate as this relates to nursing leadership.

 

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Evaluate the ability of individuals to develop effective ethical, moral, and legal leadership

Analyze the nurse’s role in moral agency or advocacy

Photo Credit: UpperCut Images/UpperCut Images/Getty Images

 

Learning Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

 

Required Readings

Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2017). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (9th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

 

Chapter 4, “Ethical Issues”

 

 

This chapter examines ethical frameworks for decision making and principles of ethical reasoning. You are also introduced to the ANA Code of Ethics and Professional Standards, MORAL decision-making model, and ethics committees.

 

 

Chapter 5, “Legal and Legislative Issues”

 

 

Chapter 5 provides an overview of the many legal and legislative issues of which leaders and managers need to be aware. As you read this chapter, keep these issues in mind.

 

 

Chapter 6, “Patient, Subordinate, and Professional Advocacy”

 

 

Nurses are the best advocates for patients and the profession. This chapter examines more closely the role of becoming an advocate, patient rights, subordinate advocacy, whistle-blowing, professional advocacy, advocacy in legislation and public policy, and media.

Cianci, A. M., Hannah, S. T., Roberts, R. P., & Tsakumis, G. T. (2014). The effects of authentic leadership on followers’ ethical decision-making in the face of temptation: An experimental study. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(3), 581–594. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.12.001

 

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

Disch, J. (2014). Using Evidence-Based Advocacy to Improve the Nation’s Health. Nurse Leader, 12(4), 28–31. doi:10.1016/j.mnl.2014.05.003

 

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

Martin, M. B. (2014). Transcultural Advocacy and Policy in the Workplace: Implications for Nurses in Professional Development. Journal for nurses in professional development, 30(1), 29–33. doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000027

 

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

Woods, M. (2014). Beyond moral distress preserving the ethical integrity of nurses. Nursing Ethics, 21(2), 127–128.

 

 

 

This guest editorial discusses the difficulties involved in dealing with those sometimes-painful moral problems encountered in practice.

 

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012a). Ethical, moral, and legal leadership.Baltimore, MD: Author.

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 8 minutes.

In this week’s media presentation, expert Terry Buttaro discuss how today’s health care organizations can capitalize on the strengths of nurse leaders to plan for and navigate change effectively.

Accessible player

The following document gives credit for Laureate-produced media in this course: Credits (PDF)

Leadership discussion – Conflict Management

Type of document       Essay   1 Page  Subject area      Nursing          Academic Level            Master

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Post a description of how you handled or avoided a conflict, as well as the results of your approach. Explain how would you respond to this conflict today and/or what steps you would take to improve your comfort level and skill for managing conflict in the future (including specific conflict management strategies you would use). Explain how conflict management relates to your effectiveness as a leader

Please use readings in some of the references

Week 11: Conflict Management

What do you think of when you read or hear the word “conflict”?

 

Conflict, in itself, is a neutral phenomenon. Yet, it is typically thought of as a negative occurrence, particularly in organizations that rely on well-coordinated efforts to promote patient safety and other critical outcomes.

 

This week, you examine conflict as an essential, yet complicated, topic that must be addressed in every health care organization.

 

As a nurse leader, your preferred conflict-management style—and how you respond to the styles of the people you work with—can have a profound impact on your leadership effectiveness, the resolution of important issues, and patient and staff satisfaction. As such, for this week’s Discussion, you examine conflict management styles and assess strategies for dealing with conflict effectively.

 

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Evaluate conflict management styles

Evaluate the impact of conflict management styles on leadership effectiveness

Analyze conflict management strategies

Photo Credit: Blend Images/ERproductions Ltd/Blend Images/Getty Images

 

Learning Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

 

Required Readings

Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2017). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (9th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

 

Chapter 21, “Effective Conflict Resolution and Negotiation”

 

 

This chapter explores the many facets of conflict, describes what contributes to conflict, and provides strategies for resolving conflict.

CPP. (n.d.). TKI. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from https://www.cpp.com/products/tki/index.aspx

 

 

 

Review the sample report and other items on the Thomas-Kilmann website. You may consider completing this assessment to better understand your conflict management style.

 

Eagar, S. C., Cowin, L. S., Gregory, L., & Firtko, A. (2010). Scope of practice conflict in nursing: A new war or just the same battle? Contemporary Nurse, 36(1/2), 86–95.

 

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

 

 

This article focuses on creating nursing teams as rapid change occurs within health care. The authors state that for a team to successfully handle conflict, there have to be clear boundaries, minimal confusion, and maximum communication.

 

Johansen, M. L. (2012). Performance potential. Keeping the peace: Conflict management strategies for nurse managers. Nursing Management, 43(2), 50–54.

 

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

 

 

“Handling conflicts in an efficient and effective manner results in improved quality, patient safety, and staff morale, and limits work stress for the caregiver,” (p. 50). This article presents strategies for managing conflict. Review the methods suggested and consider how you might be able to apply them in the workplace.

 

Williams, S. (n.d.). Understanding conflict and conflict management. Retrieved from http://www.wright.edu/~scott.williams/LeaderLetter/conflict.htm

 

 

 

This short editorial delineates the major points of conflict resolution.

 

Discussion: Conflict Management Styles

In Week 10, you considered how ethical, moral, and legal dilemmas can provoke internal conflict when a nurse’s values are not in alignment with the apparent demands of a situation or with others’ values, as well as external conflict that can arise as these dynamics are played out. Of course, conflict can also emerge through seemingly simple issues of little consequence—little consequence, that is, except when they are not properly managed.

 

Nurse leaders need to be familiar with conflict management styles and the impact these styles can have on interpersonal dynamics, and, ultimately, patient care. For this Discussion, you evaluate a situation marked by conflict and consider how conflict management strategies could be applied to promote positive results.

 

To prepare:

 

Consider a conflict situation you witnessed or were engaged in within your practice setting. Then, proceed as follows:

Think about who was involved, how it was resolved (if it was), and how it might have been handled more effectively.

Identify the conflict management style(s) employed by various individuals, including ineffective responses or no response to the situation.

Evaluate your personal response to this conflict.

What do your thoughts and actions in this and other conflict situations reveal about your typical approach to conflict?

Empirical Study of straggler problem in Parameter Server on Iterative Convergent Distributed Machine Learning

Master’s

10 pages

Discipline:        – Computer Science

Type of service:           Term Paper

Paper format:   Other (add to details)

Number of sources:     3 sources

Paper details:

The term paper I have drafted for first semester, and we need to complete the second semester that complete the empirical study. we can reference the paper and the powerpoint attached for such paper. We are expect to have more content comparing to first paper, with more methodology or statistic that similar to the attached source (p98-harlap).

 

Important Notes:          2.5 Single spacing pages – 25% of the order due April-13

3.5 Single spacing pages – 35% of the order due April-17

4 Single spacing pages – 40% of the order due April-20

Theories of Motivation

Type of document       Essay   1 Page Subject area     Philosophy       Academic Level            Undergraduate

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Theories of Motivation:

Resources

Textbook: Psychology

Media: 3.8 Resource: Motivation and Emotion

Media: Evolutionary, Drive, Arousal, Cognitive, and Humanistic Theories of Motivation

Media: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Article: Theories of Human Motivation: http://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A2860346

Background Information

Most, if not all, decisions we make can be attributed to multiple causes that may occur both internally and externally. Writing this report will help you apply major theories of motivation to various decisions in your life.

Instructions:

Read Chapter 11 of Psychology.

View the media piece Evolutionary, Drive, Arousal, Cognitive, and Humanistic Theories of Motivation.

Complete the media piece Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

Review the major theories of motivation in the article “Theories of Human Motivation”.

Answer the following questions:

What motivates you to attend school?

What motivates you generally? Consider the arousal, incentive, and self-determination theories.

Describe where your current self fits in with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

What strategies do you use to motivate yourself?

Write a one-page report on your motivators in terms of these theories of motivation

Personal Statement

Undergraduate (3rd and 4th year)

1 page

Discipline:        Other

Type of service:           Personal Statement

Paper format:   Harvard

Number of sources:     0 source

Paper details:

What do you believe are the top three competencies that you possess that will make you a good manager and is there one specific quality that you would like to improve upon to make you an even better manager?