Briefly discuss the terms vicarious liability and corporate liability.

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This module provided some insight into the doctrines of vicarious and corporate liability. These are both just as serious as employee negligence. In fact, in most cases, the organization is named with along side the employee in a negligence lawsuit. This is not a new phenomenon as highlighted in the case “Norton v. Argonaut Insurance Co.” These events occurred in 1959. For this assignment, please read the case and appeal (http://www.leagle.com.) After reading the case, please answer the following questions:
1. Briefly discuss the terms vicarious liability and corporate liability.
2. Identify the various mistakes in the case and indicate which type of liability might result.
3. As the facility administrator, chief of staff, or chief of nursing, what steps would you take to prevent this from happening again?
4. This case happened over 50 years ago. What safeguards are in place today to prevent these types of mistakes?
5. What does pretermitting mean? Does it apply to this case?

Research colleges or universities that have adopted one or more competency-based programs.

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Imagine that the president of Grand City University is considering recommendation of a competency-based learning program. A committee including faculty members and administrators has done extensive research and conducted a pilot program about implementing competency-based courses for several of the health science programs. These new programs would cover post-baccalaureate coursework that are prerequisite content for admission to graduate programs, including nursing and pharmacy. The president needs to make a decision about whether to approach the legislature for funds for this program and has asked you to prepare a paper examining the issue.
To prepare:
• Research colleges or universities that have adopted one or more competency-based programs.
• Research that institution’s mission.
• Consider how the competency-based program supports the institution’s mission.
To complete:
Write a 3- to 4-page paper in which you do the following:
• Identify the university that has adopted a competency-based program.
• Analyze the institution’s mission and whether or not it supports competency-based learning.
• Considering Grand City University:
o Make a case for or against the competency-based model at Grand City University.
o Explain to legislators the benefits or the possible drawbacks.
o Identify 2–3 differences in costs for competency-based learning compared to a traditional course.

Expert Opinion and Critical Thinking in Research

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 Expert Opinion and Critical Thinking in Research     

Review the information in Chapter  6 about expert opinion and select a topic from science or technology on which experts might disagree (for example, possible health hazards of cell phones, global warming/global climate change, or the value of vitamin supplements). Use the Internet to research this topic and find one point on which experts seem to agree, one point on which experts disagree, and one opinion that seems to be influenced by financial or political motives. In your discussion post, state your topic, report the three points above, and discuss what your learned from this research. Be sure to cite the URL of the websites you used for your information. Explain in at least 200 – 250 words.   Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings by Day 7. (You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion.)

discussion 2

Discuss what aspects of conducting research are the easiest and the most difficult for you and why you find these areas easy and difficult. Include at least one ethical issue from your reading in Chapter 5 last week as one of the easy or difficult issues. Which types of sources do you find most difficult to evaluate and why? What specific idea did you learn from your reading and/or assignments this week that will help you in your future research? Explain in at least 200 – 250 words. Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ postings by Day 7. (You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion. 

Do generational differences really affect teams?

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Do generational differences really affect teams? Think about a work team in businesses today. The leader in a nursing home could be a generation X (born 1965-1980) supervising a baby boomer (born 1946-1964) who has been a nurse of 35 years in the nursing home industry taking care of a traditionalists (born 1900-1945) and the new medical doctor intern a millennial (born 1981-1999) giving advice to everyone. Think about the dynamics of the team and the situations that might arise.
For the first time in history four generations are working together and they are different in many ways but yet still have similarities. Let’s take a closer look at the four generations.
• Traditionalist: lived through World War II and the Great Depression, embrace patriotism, adhere to a military management style, and save their money.
• Baby boomers: Have prospered and is considered the “me generation.” This generation question authority and was disillusioned by many of societies events that included the Vietnam War and the civil rights struggle.
• Generation X: Questions authority and American institutions. Experience the loss of the traditional family they have become very resourceful and skeptical.
• Millennial: Access to 24/7 technology, very multicultural and diverse, very “techno-savvy’, collaborative. This group has been labeled “echo boomers” (children of the baby boomers). (McCready, 2011).
From the description of the four different generations, you can see there can be generational differences that occur within a team environment. Two typical differences involve technology and organizational structure shifts. Technology has created a huge impact on everyone’s lives but do not assume that one generation is more knowledgeable than another. The other is the fact the work environment has changes from a hierarchy system to more of level system involving teams, creative thinking and the decision making processes can now be at all levels of an organization. It will be the leader’s responsibility to recognize the conflicts and be prepared to handle the situations.