“Recruitment Methods”  Please respond to the following:
· Develop a brief plan to recruit for 20 nursing positions for your organization, using both internal and external recruiting sources. Justify the different resources you will use for this plan. Provide specific examples to support your rationale.
· Analyze two ethical and legal considerations in using standardized interviews or employment tests that assess aptitude, attitude, honesty, and personality during the selection process. Provide specific examples to support your rationale.

4a. “Characteristics of Good Interviewers and Disparate Treatment”  Please respond to the following:
· Compile two examples of the worst interviews you ever had. Determine key factors that made these interviews stand out negatively compared to other interviews you have had. Next, recommend three best practices for interviewers to avoid interviewing mistakes.
· A health care organization wants to hire 100 medical technicians, and of the 250 applicants that apply, 125 are male and 125 are female—all equally qualified. The organization hires 80 of the male applicants and 20 of the female applicants. Using Table 4.8, analyze whether or not disparate treatment exists in this hypothetical organization. Provide examples to support your rationale.

4b. “Health Care Professionals and Allied Health Professionals”  Please respond to the following:
· Analyze two career options in the health care industry, in terms of the educational requirements, job responsibilities, and average salaries.
· From the e-Activity, discuss two differences between health care professionals and allied health care professionals. Provide specific examples to support your rationale.

4b. “Nursing Shortages”  Please respond to the following:
· Suggest two factors that are contributing to the current state of the nursing industry in the U.S. Focus on both internal and external influences. Provide specific examples to support your rationale.
· Analyze two issues that contribute to the current nursing shortage in the U.S., and propose a strategy to rectify this employment issue.

With so much attention focused on health care reform, it is important that experience. By actively seeking out and adopting these tools, nurses can greatly enhance the quality and safety of care that they provide.nurses be given the opportunity to use high-quality technology tools. These tools can increase access to vital medical information, promote effective communication among health care professionals, and improve the patient
This Discussion focuses on identifying quality technology tools that increase the ability of nurses to provide safe, effective care.
To prepare:

Review the various technology tools described in this week’s Learning Resources.
Identify a recently adopted information, education, or communication technology tool in your specialty area. Reflect on how it is used and how its use impacts the quality of care.
Consider how your identified technology tool might impact nursing practice if it were more widely used. What are some barriers preventing increased usage? How could wider implementation be facilitated?

By Day 3
Post a description of a current or new information, education, or communication technology tool that is being used in your specialty area and assess its impact on the quality of care. Highlight the effect that increased use of this technology would have on nursing practice and discuss the barriers that are slowing or hindering its adoption. Summarize how adoption of the technology tool could be facilitated.