In the role of a nurse leader, describe the effective use of patient-care technologies across the care continuum in a chosen health care system.
Preparation
Choose any type of health care system, for example, acute, ambulatory, or home health or telehealth.
Directions
Submit the following for this assessment:
Technology across the Care Continuum
Include the following in your 3–4-page description:
• A brief overview of the care continuum in your selected health care system.
• Describe the types of patient-care technologies and how they are used across the care continuum in your system. Be sure to include communication and information systems.
• Identify strengths and weaknesses in the systems and describe how to manage change and technology to improve patient outcomes.
• Support your description of effective patient care with current nursing and informatics theoretical ideas.
Executive Summary
Based on the description above, add a 1-page executive summary that captures the following points:
• Current state of technology across the care continuum in your system.
• Proposed improvements.
• Risks of making or not making changes or improvements.
• Recommended next steps.
Additional Requirements
• Written communication: Ensure written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Format resources and citations according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
• Number of resources: Cite a minimum of four peer-reviewed resources.
• Length: Submit 4–5 typed, double-spaced pages.
• Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12 point.

TOPIC: Technology Across the Care Continuum

1) Please use the following as subheading and organize the paper accordingly. Address/answer them below the subheadings in paragraph format. Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, APA formatting and citations.
2) Describe effective use of technology across the care continuum in a health care setting.
3) Describe how to manage change and technology to improve positive outcomes.
4) Support description of effective patient care with current nursing and informatics theoretical ideas.

Articulate the importance, context, purpose, and relevance of law in a business environment:
Identify the parties who are before the court.
Provide a brief background to problem. Summarize the facts in no more than 2–3 paragraphs.
Identify the specific disagreement between the parties.
Explain the ruling of the court in no more than 1–2 paragraphs.
Evaluate key judicial concepts that influence the decisions related to business:
Was there a dissenting opinion? If so, explain why some of the judges or justices disagreed with the majority in the decision.
Do you agree with the court’s decision? Why or why not?
Your analysis should be no more than two double-spaced pages in length. References and citations should adhere to APA formatting and style guidelines.

Research Proposal. (30%) This paper will present a proposal for a future research study where you seek to closely examine ONE aspect of Mirivel’ s model (7 pp) (Mirivel, pp 161-165).

My aspect of Mirivel’s model is compliments as a form of positive communication. I am including a paper I submitted that has some of his edits. Please make sure this research proposal includes an introduction, short review of current literature, a problem statement, and includes a proposed qualitative study complete with research questions, problem/objective, significance of the study, methodology and projected outcomes. Please make sure to use complete in-text citations throughout this paper and include the questions you’d ask interview participants in the appendix.

Please use Mirivel, J. (2014). The art of positive communication. New York: Peter Lang ISBN v978-1433120992 as a key reference.

Guidelines to Writing the Paper
This assignment is completed as an APA paper.
Download the required article for analysis:
Colvin, C. M., Karius, D., & Albert, N. M. (2016). Nurse adherence to safe-handling practices: Observation versus self-assessment. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 20(6), 617-622. doi:10.1188/16.CJON.617-622

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Intro (one paragraph): The introduction should be interesting and capture the reader’s attention.
Provide a brief description of the research article to be discussed.
Discuss the purpose of your paper. The purpose statement of the paper should relate to the research article reviewed and the implications that it has to evidence based nursing practice.
You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
Describe the research question for this study in a paragraph.
Describe the research in greater detail.
Include your observations about this question.
Discuss events or trends that could have affected this question.
You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
Describe the research design of this study, and in your own words discuss the design.
Discuss the research design of the study.
Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the type of design and hypothesize why the author utilized the design as opposed to others.
You will need to summarize the information from the article in your own words
Describe the sample.
Briefly describe the sample size used for this study
Make a judgment as to whether the sample size was adequate and defend your answer.
Describe the number or participants and determine if the number of participants was adequate compared to the research question and the intent of the study.
Are these numbers adequate? Discuss gaps in that you identified.
You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
Describe the data collection method(s)’
Who collected the data?
What tools were used?
What were the ethical considerations addressed and discuss gaps you identified.
You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
Describe the limitations of the study.
Identify the limitations within the study
Describe how the limitations could be overcome in subsequent studies
Comment on why limitations are important to list and discuss within a study
You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
Describe the findings reported in the study
Discuss whether the findings of the study answered the research question posed within the study
Discuss the credibility of the findings
If the findings do not support the research question posed within the study, what do you believe is the reason?
You will need to summarize and analyze the information from the article in your own words
Summary of Required Article
Summarizes important points from the required article.
Discuss your rationale for whether a practice change is warranted.
Based on these findings, is the evidence that you found on your topic strong enough to suggest a change in practice or an idea for practice, or an idea for practice?
End with a concluding statement.
Citations and References must be included to support the information within each topic area.
Reference Page All references should be cited within the body of the paper as (Author, year) and the full reference should be included in APA format on the reference page. A url link alone is not an adequate reference.

Emotional Abuse:
The criteria used by DYFS…
Emotional abuse and/or neglect is conduct by a child’s
parent or caregiver toward the child which contributes to,
causes, allows or permits:
• Significant and/or persistent emotional pain, harm or impairment;
and/or
• Significant vulnerability to or risk of such pain, harm or impairment;
and/or
• Significant exacerbation of a child’s existing emotional pain or
impairment.
There must be injury to the intellectual, emotional or
psychological development of a child as evidenced by
observable and substantial impairment in the child’s ability
to function within a normal range of performance and
behavior.
Emotional Abuse…
Is often difficult to prove. Conduct by a parent or caregiver
may include acts, omissions or patterns of acts/omissions.
These may be immediately harmful or cumulatively harmful.
Some observable indicators in children,
(with a suggestion to be aware of sudden changes in behavior):
• Suicidal threats or gestures
• Running away episodes
• Behavior extremes: aggressive, demanding, fearful
• Significant sadness, self-denial, depression, low self-esteem, withdrawal
• Inability to form trusting relationships
• Habit disorders (sucking, biting, rocking, etc.)
• Phobias, obsessions, compulsions,
• Conduct disorders (antisocial, defiant, destructive, sociopathic, etc.)
• Neurotic traits (sleep disorders, speech disorders, inhibition of play)
• Inappropriately adult or infant-like
• Compliant/passive/regression
However, these may be attributable to organic disorders, other mental
health/psychiatric disorders.
Scenarios for discussion:
• Dave is a sophomore in high school, a good student, and a
starter on the basketball team. You go to a game and observe
Dave’s father criticizing and ridiculing Dave from the sidelines.
He is so disruptive that, during half-time, Dave and he get into
a heated argument on the sidelines. Dave fouls out during the
third quarter, and his father leaves in obvious disgust. Dave
seems relieved when his father leaves, and you see him joking
with his teammates.
• Lucy is a very shy, sensitive 7-year-old who has trouble
getting along with the other children in your class. You ask her
mother to come in to talk to you about it. Her mother claims
that Lucy is a “prima-donna” and “stuck-up,” and it’s no
wonder the other children don’t like her. You overhear her
mother ridiculing her in the parking lot, telling her she is
worthless and stupid. During the next week, a new girl comes
to your class and Lucy begins to taunt her and pinch her at
every opportunity.
Scenarios for discussion:
• Dave is a sophomore in high school, a good student, and a
starter on the basketball team. You go to a game and observe
Dave’s father criticizing and ridiculing Dave from the sidelines.
He is so disruptive that, during half-time, Dave and he get into
a heated argument on the sidelines. Dave fouls out during the
third quarter, and his father leaves in obvious disgust. Dave
seems relieved when his father leaves, and you see him joking
with his teammates.
• Lucy is a very shy, sensitive 7-year-old who has trouble
getting along with the other children in your class. You ask her
mother to come in to talk to you about it. Her mother claims
that Lucy is a “prima-donna” and “stuck-up,” and it’s no
wonder the other children don’t like her. You overhear her
mother ridiculing her in the parking lot, telling her she is
worthless and stupid. During the next week, a new girl comes
to your class and Lucy begins to taunt her and pinch her at
every opportunity.

What is Child Abuse and Neglect?
A child who is under the age of 18 is considered to be
abused or neglected when a parent or caregiver:
 Inflicts or allows to be inflicted physical injury by other
than accidental means that creates substantial harm
or risk of substantial harm.
 Fails to provide proper supervision or adequate food,
clothing, shelter, education or medical care although
financially able or assisted to do so.
 Commits or allows to be committed an act of sexual
abuse against a child.
“What about 18 to 21 year-old students?”
Students age 18 to 21 years:
• If an 18 to 21 year old student is an “open case” with
DYFS, the Division will assess the needs of the 18 to 21-
year-old and provide appropriate services.
• If DYFS has the 18 to 21 year old student as an open
case, they legally cannot open an investigation as statutes
prohibit this. However, their involvement may lead to
referring to other available support services or having law
enforcement apply certain legal charges.
Students age 18 to 21 years:
• If current or past DYFS or other agency involvement is
unknown, you should still make the call to the Hotline.
• If it is known that there is case management from another
Division…call that case manager or contact person.
– The Division of Developmental Disabilities (Dept of Human Services)
– The Division of Mental Health Services (Dept of Human Services)
– The Division of Child Behavioral Health Services (DCF)
• Probation may be contacted if they are involved.
• If there is no current DYFS or other agency involvement, the
person making the report should call the Adult Protective
Services office 1-800-792-8820. There is an office in each of
the 21 counties.
• In every instance, call law enforcement.
What are the common signs of abuse?
• Physical abuse: unexplained or questionable
bruises, welts, burns, lacerations, fractures,
abrasions, etc.
• Sexual abuse: complaints regarding genital/anal
areas, sexually transmitted diseases, unusual
knowledge about or preoccupation with sex.
• Neglect: consistent hunger, poor hygiene,
inappropriate dress, lack of supervision, or
willfully failing to provide an education.
• Emotional abuse: may include aggressive or
withdrawn behavior, unusual fears, running
away, sudden change in mood or behavior.
Additional Indicators:
• A student may directly report that
he/she has been abused!
• Staff may directly observe a sign or
act of abuse or neglect.
• Frequent or questionable absenteeism
of a student is a cause for potential
concern.
Physical Abuse
Observable Indicators
Unexplained or
questionable/inconsistent
bruises and welts:
• On face, lips, mouth
• On torso, back, buttocks,
thighs
• In various stages of healing
• Clustered, forming regular
patterns
• Reflecting shape of article
used to inflict (electric cord,
belt buckle)
• On several different surface
areas
• Regularly appear after
absence, weekend or vacation
Behavioral Indicators:
• Wary of adult contacts
• Appearing uncomfortable with
physical contact
• Complaining of soreness or
moving uncomfortably
• Apprehensive when other
children cry
• Behavioral extremes:
• Aggressiveness or Withdrawal
• Reluctant to change clothes for
PE
• Frightened of parents
• Afraid to go home
• Seeking to stay late after
school
• Reports injury by parents
Physical Abuse (continued)
Observable Indicators
Unexplained or
questionable/inconsistent
Burns:
• Cigar, cigarette burns,
especially on soles, palms,
back or buttocks
• Immersion burns (sock-like,
glove-like doughnut shaped on
buttocks or genitalia)
• Patterned like electric burner,
iron, etc.
• Rope burns on arms, legs,
neck or torso
Observable Indicators
Unexplained or
questionable/inconsistent
fractures:
• To skull, nose, facial structure
• In various stages of healing
• Multiple or spiral fractures
Unexplained or
questionable/inconsistent
laceration or abrasions:
• To mouth, lips, gums, eyes
• To external genitalia
Scenarios for discussion:
• You overhear your student Johnny, a 12 year-old, telling
some other children about how he was caught shoplifting
over the weekend and his father gave him a beating with
his belt for it. You take Johnny aside and tell him what you
overheard. You ask if the nurse can examine him, and he
agrees. The nurse finds no bruises or marks on Johnny.
You call Johnny’s father and he confirms that he did indeed
hit Johnny with a belt, as punishment for shoplifting.
Johnny’s father picks him up from school as usual, and
Johnny seems happy to see his father.
• Susan, a six-year-old girl, has a bruise on her cheek, her
upper arm, and her torso. She tells you that over the
weekend she fell down the stairs. Susan often has bruises
on her upper arms. Her mother confirms that she fell down
the stairs—she says Susan is a tomboy and is always
falling down.
Scenarios for discussion:
• You overhear your student Johnny, a 12 year-old, telling
some other children about how he was caught shoplifting
over the weekend and his father gave him a beating with
his belt for it. You take Johnny aside and tell him what you
overheard. You ask if the nurse can examine him, and he
agrees. The nurse finds no bruises or marks on Johnny.
You call Johnny’s father and he confirms that he did indeed
hit Johnny with a belt, as punishment for shoplifting.
Johnny’s father picks him up from school as usual, and
Johnny seems happy to see his father.
• Susan, a six-year-old girl, has a bruise on her cheek, her
upper arm, and her torso. She tells you that over the
weekend she fell down the stairs. Susan often has bruises
on her upper arms. Her mother confirms that she fell down
the stairs—she says Susan is a tomboy and is always
falling down.

Objectives
This assignment helps you develop the skills to master the following course competencies:

Develop innovative and sustainable solutions to strategic and global operations management challenges.
Apply theories, models, and practices of global operations management to address business problems.
Integrate operations management analyses into general business management planning and decision making.
Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions.
Instructions
In this assignment, you will submit your completed operations improvement plan. Your final OIP should be divided into five basic components:

Process identification.
Process improvement.
Definition of the problem statement.
Measurement strategy.
Data collection and evaluation tools.
You have developed each of these components as individual assignments and you have updated them as your OIP has developed. Take into consideration all of the research and groundwork you have completed thus far. Incorporate feedback from previous assignments as well as the tools, techniques, and methodologies you have examined throughout the course. Finalize your comprehensive OIP as if you were to present it as a formal recommendation to the organizational leaders at your client company. Focus your writing appropriately for that audience.

As you complete this last assignment of the course, you are encouraged to review your own discussion board posts and previous assignments for material you might incorporate here. Also, as always, please consider the scoring guide.

Your completed OIP should include the following elements:

A problem statement, including an overview of the challenge that your client company is facing, with a brief history and description of the situation.
A description of the key challenge or problem you have chosen to address in your client company’s organizational processes, and an analysis of its organizational impact, based on theories and models of global operations management.
An executive summary of the collected and processed data, including actual data, if possible, or assumed data, if necessary.
A cost-benefit analysis based on your data.
A description of your innovative and sustainable solution that reflects strategic global operations management concepts and practices.
Your recommendations for supporting the improvement of the selected process, based on practices of global operations management.
An explanation of the data or findings that validates your recommendations.
The visuals, diagrams, and flowcharts you have developed to support and integrate your analysis into general business management planning and decision-making processes.
A conclusion.
A comprehensive reference list.
Submission Requirements
Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards.
Resources: Minimum of 4 sources required. At least one is required from The Wall Street Journal.
Length of paper: 7–15 typed, double-spaced pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Assignment Questions
1. What are the chief elements of Amazon’s overall competitive strategy? How well do the pieces fit together?
Is the strategy evolving?
2. What are the key elements of Amazon’s strategy in e-commerce, cloud computing services, personal media
players, digital media streaming? Are those strategies successful? Are they compatible? Explain.
3. What does a competitive strength assessment reveal about Amazon’s e-commerce business, as compared to
the leaders in the retail industry? Use the methodology in Table 4.3 to support your answer.
4. Does it appear that the company’s competitive positions in personal media players and digital streaming are
stronger or weaker than its position in e-commerce and cloud-based computing services? What steps should
it take to ensure that the digitally streamed media—and mobile platforms to access that media—become a
major contributor to the company’s overall performance?
5. Does it make good strategic sense for Amazon to be a competitor in the e-commerce, cloud-based computing
services, and personal media device industries? Which of its three principal product lines—e-commerce,
cloud computing services, or personal media players—do you think is most important to Amazon’s future
growth and profitability? Why? Should any of the product lines be discontinued?
6. What is your assessment of Amazon’s financial performance the past three years? (Use the financial ratios
in the Appendix of the text as a guide in doing your financial analysis.)
7. What strategic issues confront Amazon in 2015? What market or internal circumstances should most concern
Jeff Bezos and the company’s senior leadership team?
8. What recommendations would you make to Amazon to address the strategic issues confronting it in 2015
and sustain its impressive growth in revenues and maintain its profitability?

– Conducting a literature review or systematic review
Students doing this option should:
• carry out a brief literature review to identify the need for a formal review and justify the
need for that review (e.g. new developments in the area, no recent review etc.);
• define a research question, inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria of articles, and develop
a rigorous search strategy including search terms for identification of material to be
included in review;
• define which aspects will be reviewed (e.g. design, subject selection, validated instruments
etc.);
• decide on databases and other sources to be searched;
• demonstrate skills in conducting a systematic search, collecting material and summarising
research;
• demonstrate skills in analysing the data if a meta-analysis is conducted;
• demonstrate skills in critically appraising and summarising the findings; and
• summarise findings including recommendations for further studies.
1. The following allocation of words for each section is only an example of how you might divide the total between sections:
• Introduction/ Background (1300 words)
• Summary of background and research methods;
why this review is important; how it differs from other relevant reviews
• Research question, aim, objectives of study (200 words)
• Methods (1000 words)
• Statement of issue to be reviewed,
• methods of identifying and locating research (including search terms and databases
used),
• method of review of research
• Results (2500 words)
• Discussion (1500 words)
• Interpretation of findings in context of background
• Conclusions and when applicable recommendations (500 words)
• References (references are not included in the word count)
• Appendices: searches (appendices are not included in the word count).

CASE 1: IKEA’s Global Sourcing Challenge

1. How should Marianne Barner respond to the invitation for IKEA to have a representative appear on the upcoming broadcast of the German video program?
2. What actions should she take regarding the IKEA supply contract with Rangan Exports?
3. What long-term strategy would you suggest she take regarding IKEA’s continued operation in India? Should the company stay or should it exit? Describe the impact of such a decision and how would you manage it.
4. For those recommending that IKEA continue to source carpets in India, would you suggest that Marianne Barner:
a) continue IKEA’s own monitoring control processes or sign-up to Rugmark?
b) continue to focus only on eliminating the use of child labor in IKEA’s supply chain or engage in broader action to address the root causes of child labor as Save the Children is urging?

CASE 2: To Trade or Not to Trade: NAFTA and the Prospects for Free Trade

1. Why did the US, Canada and Mexico sign the NAFTA? Which sectors would you expect to gain most from this agreement?
2. In what ways has NAFTA been beneficial or harmful for the countries that signed it?
3. Should the US encourage the formation of FTAA?

CASE 3: Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (A)

1. At the time of the case, Luc Bonnard, Schindler’s vice chairman, is visiting India. As Mr. Bonnard, how would you evaluate Silvio’s first eight months on the job? How appropriate are the strategy and business model that Silvio has created? How effective has he been in building organizational capabilities? What about the operating performance to date?
2. What should Silvio do about the order for the glass-walled elevators?
3. How should he deal with the challenges he is facing over transfer prices and sourcing problems with the European plants?

CASE 4: PS2 – The China Question

1. Should PS2 enter the China Market? Is it ready to enter the China market now? If not, what limitations need to be overcome?
2. Is export a viable mode of foreign entry vis-à-vis foreign direct investment for the soil remediation and oil sludge recovery markets in China?
3. Which of the following two options should the company pursue? Is it feasible to pursue both options? Why or why not?
a. The NIES option in soil remediation using mobile units.
b. The Nahai option in the treatment of oil sludge using a fixed facility.
4. What ownership level should PS2 assume for each option?

CASE 5: LEGO Group: An Outsourcing Journey

1. What were LEGO’s main expectations and learnings from the relationship with Flextronics?
2. What are the key challenges in maintaining a relationship like the one between LEGO and Flextronics?
3. How can LEGO handle the supply chain complexity to improve knowledge sharing, flexibility and coordination?
4. Discuss the key considerations when outsourcing or offshoring production.
5. Describe the competitive environment of the industry and how it relates to LEGO’s strategic choices.