Briefly compare the pros and cons of 2 quality improvement processes that are used in health care

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This assignment is due on Wednesday February 20, 2013 at 6 AM EST . It is very important to read and respond to all questions clearly using APA format. This assignment is in sections and each sections must be clearly indicated with separate reference list all in APA format. It is critical that in text citation be use throughout the entire assignment , and proper grammar must also be used. The similarity scores cannot be more than 15{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} and you should avoid cutting and pasting as this will be check. All external sources should be cited. (Base on U.S Healthcare system).
SECTION A
This section should contain a minimum of 400 words document all in APA format , in text citation is critical and the similarity scores cannot be more than 15{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119}. All the questions below must be clearly responded to and a reference list included at the end of this section.
You are discussing the quality improvement process with a colleague so that the colleague gains a better understanding of the process. Address the following:
As either a participant, an implementer, or as an effected person, discuss 1 quality improvement process that you have had exposure to or experience with in a heath care setting.
Briefly compare the pros and cons of 2 quality improvement processes that are used in health care.
SECTION B
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Address the following:
Describe a time when you felt patient care could be improved in some way.
Share any problems that you have encountered with patient care, and what your ideas were—or are—to help provide a solution to these problems.
Find, cite, and reference an article that supports your conclusions about the patient care problem that you have identified.
Summarize the article’s purpose and…

Describe and critique the impacts that poor nutrition and lack of physical fitness and mobility can have on child and adult health and on communities.

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This assignment is due on Tuesday June 4, 2013 at 10
am EST. It is important to respond to all
the questions listed below using APA format. The similarity scores
cannot be more than 15{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} and in text citations must be use throughout the entire
paper. The paper should contain a minimum of 500 words documents plus a
reference list all in APA format. In the paper, the should be 7 paragraphs
representing the 7 points listed below, it is not necessary repeating the
questions in the paper just use the paragraph to transit from one question to
another accordingly.

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This assignment is due on Tuesday June 4, 2013 at 10 am EST. It is important to respond to all the questions listed below using APA format. The similarity scores cannot be more than 15{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} and in text citations must be use throughout the entire paper. The paper should contain a minimum of 500 words documents plus a reference list all in APA format. In the paper, the should be 7 paragraphs representing the 7 points listed below, it is not necessary repeating the questions in the paper just use the paragraph to transit from one question to another accordingly.
•Describe and critique the impacts that poor nutrition and lack of physical fitness and mobility can have on child and adult health and on communities.
•Why do you think poor people experience such poor nutrition with too many high-fat, high-carbohydrate, and high-calorie but low-nutrient-density foods in their diets?
•Are you familiar with neighborhoods in which grocers do not carry fresh fruits and vegetables?
•How do you think social institutions in your neighborhood or community could address nutritional problems?
•What is the role of exercise and physical mobility in nutritional and calorie-related imbalances?
•Identify the risk factors for being clinically overweight and for lack of exercise.
•Identify several possible nursing preventive health remedies for poor nutrition and physical fitness, and apply them to your selected population.

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Identify and describe a recent change occurring in your workplace

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SECTION AStep 1: Write 3-4 sentences answering the following questions:Identify and describe a recent change occurring in your workplace. It could be a change in the levels of staffing, a change in policy, such as time off or tuition reimbursement, a change in use of equipment or supplies, a change in charting/computerized medical records, etc. Describe the change in 4 sentences. 1 of the sentences should address the rationale for the change. Step 2: Begin researching scholarly articles for the past five years related to the change issue identified in Step 1. Complete a 6 columns table of the references found including the following: Author Last name, First Initial (year)Title of article.Title Of Publication,Volume # (Issue #)pages of the article. Submit the Reference List Table to your instructor through the “course assignment area”. A minimum of (6) scholarly references are needed to complete this assignments- you may find more. SAMPLEChange Issue: Low census staffing policy.Currently, staff go home when the patient census is low based on tenure, so that the same staff are continually going home resulting in a lower paychecks for these nurses. The proposed change is to rotate all staff to leave when the census is low, regardless of tenure so the burden of potentially lower pay is shared among the entire staff, and not the same few.Author Last Name, First Initial.(Year).Title of Article.Title of Publication,Volume #(Issue #),Pages.1. Smith, A.(2011).Low census staffing: Making it fair.Journal of Scholarly Affairs,1(4),110-113.SECTION BWritten communications in nursing incorporates the use of evidence or research published in the literature from scholarly references. Scholarly references are defined as work which is peer reviewed and published in a professional journal. For example, any of the literature in the Library, would be considered scholarly references. Using published research to support the viewpoint of nursing, especially in cases being made for change,…

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Evaluate the current pay practices and make some general recommendations

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COMPENSATION PROJECT
The Living Waters Nursing Home Inc. is a not-for-profit dedicated to providing quality care to the residents. The organization was founded by J.P. Edwards in 1970. Mr. Edwards managed the organization until his retirement in 2005. At that time his son, Bob Edwards, was named President/CEO. The organization has a budget of $50 million for 2011.
Eighteen months ago, the family decided to hire Frank Jones as the new President/CEO. After evaluating the current operations, Mr. Jones decided that the Nursing Home was in fairly good shape except for the lack of standardized Human Resource policies. Very little information existed to support any of the past employment decisions, especially in the area of compensation. The organization does not have a formal compensation plan of any kind. The employees’ pay was based on Bob’s general perceptions and the input of a few other executives.
The organization did not give pay raises in 2009 or 2010 due to budgetary constraints. In addition, executives and employees have expressed rather strong concerns about some obvious favoritism in hiring and compensation.
In the last eighteen months, Mr. Jones has encountered several problems.
The desk clerks have been complaining that their pay is the same as the cooks’ pay, and the cooks are complaining that their pay is less than that of the accounting clerks.
Two former employees filed pay discrimination cases against the resort. Claiming that they did not get paid as much as men doing the same work. The two employees also complained that their performance increases were less than they deserved.
Several clerical employees have been keeping track of their overtime for the past two years. They have asked about why they don’t get overtime when other organizations pay overtime to their friends in similar positions.
Some managers recently became upset with the lack of pay increases in 2009 and 2010. They decided to inflate the performance scores to get their employees more money.
Some managers are using money from other budget items that have a surplus of funds to provide bonuses to exceptional employees.
Several employees have complained about their wages to their managers. The employees are using data from the internet, specifically salary.com, as a basis for their complaints.
Employees receive pay increases on their anniversary date. Mr. Jones wants to go to a common review date to match the organization’s business cycle, which starts on January 1 but most of the executives are against the change.
Three weeks ago, when Mr. Jones came to work, there was a note on the bulletin board listing everyone’s pay. This has led to complaints from several long-term employees. In addition, it is obvious that several employees are receiving substantially more money than other similar employees in the same job.
An employee was caught after stealing $300.00. The employee was terminated and the manager wants to deduct the $300.00 from the employee’s last pay check. The employee worked 40 during the last week at an hourly rate of $8.00. Please advise the manager.
Mr. Jones finally convinced the family to hire a group of knowledgeable consultant to address the problems and to develop a pay system for the organization. Mr. Jones would like the group to:
1. Evaluate the current pay practices and make some general recommendations.
2. An audit of legal issues, especially with respect to the pay discrimination case and overtime.
3. Evaluate the employees’ current pay relative to the marketplace and between employees in similar jobs.
4. Establish a stated overall compensation policy, including a pay level policy.
5. Develop a structured process for developing a pay structure and determining the pay grade assignment for each job.
6. Present an overview of an individual pay model to assist managers in setting starting pay and correcting any inequities.
7. Design a merit increases process and provide information on the pros/cons of a common review date versus the current increase process.
8. Provide an analysis of the problems listed above, with specific recommendations to resolve the problems.
9. Conduct a cost analysis showing the impact of your recommendations.
10. Provide a written report outlining the objectives, logic for all decisions, limitations of the process, the pay system design process, and the outcomes.
11. Any other outcome that you think is necessary for a successful compensation plan.