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Describe the sequential steps in staffing—why are these important to know?

  Chap 15 Describe the sequential steps in staffing—why are these important to know? Discuss the factors affecting staffing needs, particularly those around nursing shortages What type of nursing staff should leaders plan to hire—why is this important to patient care? Name factors that affect nurse recruitment Define nurse retention and describe its importance to overall health of an organization Turnover—describe the good, the bad and the ugly of this important factor in nurse staffing Compare and contrast the structured vs unstructured interview process Describe the advantages of using a team approach to interviewing candidates  What is unconscious bias and how does it affect the hiring process? Name/define two aspects that define the hiring process Name 5 common job interview mistakes that you are most worried about for yourself (or have done at some point) Name 5 tips that help applicants during job interviews—which ones will serve you best as you anticipate job inte...

End-of-Life Care

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  Discussion # 2 : End of Life  End-of-Life Care (including advanced directives, palliation) Topics to review: Article: Nurses roles and responsibilities Providing care and support at end of life. https://www.nursingworld.org/~4af078/globalassets/docs/ana/ethics /endoflife-positionstatement.pdf For your initial post/ threat choose 1 focal point from each subcategory of practice, education, research and administration and describe how the APRN can provide effective care in end of life management Using the American nurses association position statement, recommendations for improvement in end of life management focuses on practice, education, research and administration. Listed below are steps that nurses can take to overcome barriers in healthcare practice. Practice 1. Strive to attain a standard of primary palliative care so that all health care providers have basic knowledge of palliative nursing to improve the care of patients and families. 2. All nurses wil...

Today, many companies face budgetary challenges on a continual basis

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  Unit 5 – Individual Project Assignment Deliverable Length: 4-5 pages Assignment Description Today, many companies face budgetary challenges on a continual basis. Two critical aspects that businesses lack are effective control practices and monitoring.You have been asked by your manager of the Money Cares Investment Corporation, to outline problematic or risk areas in the company’s financial procedures. Upon reviewing the budget, you notice that there is overspending in marketing supplies, transportation, and workshop items that include hospitality items such as food and drink for the customers. Each investment specialist is given a company credit card for the above expenses but there are no policies established for monitoring. Money Cares is a small business of 8 employees: CEO, Financier, a manager, 3 investment specialists, and 2 clerical assistants. For this assignment you must identify possible risks for the Money Cares Investment...

A quaint but well-established coffee shop

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  Unit 4 – Individual Project Assignment Deliverable Length: 1-2 pages Assignment Details A quaint but well-established coffee shop, the Hot New Café, wants to build a new café for increased capacity. It's expected sales are $800,000 for the first 5 years. Direct costs including labor and materials will be 50% of sales. Indirect costs are estimated at $100,000 a year. The cost of the building for the new cafe will be a total of $750,000, which will be depreciated straight line over the next 5 years. The firm's marginal tax rate is 37%, and its cost of capital is 12%. For this assignment, you need to develop a capital budget. It is important to know what the café managers should consider within their capital budget. You must also define the key terms necessary to understand capital budgeting. In this assignment, please show all work, including formulae and calculations used to arrive at financial values. You must answer the followi...