...Title: differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the associate-degree level versus the baccalaureate-degree level. Patient Care Scenario Barbara Doherty Grand Canyon University: NRS-430-O102 September 21, 2014 Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the associate-degree level versus the baccalaureate-degree level. Patient Care Scenario “BSN- prepared nurse have a positive impact on lowering mortality rate.” (Tourangeau et. al. , 2007 p.6). As the health care industry is constantly evolving at a fast pace, education is with no doubt one of the most influential aspect that nurses have to conquer to be able to give the best patient care. This paper will argue with solid evidence-based research the differences in educational preparation between a Baccalaureate degree nurse, BSN, and an associate degree nurse, ADN. Different approaches in decision making and patient care will be explained, using a clinical situation, amongst a BSN nurse and ADN nurse showing that BSN nurses make better decisions concerning patient care. Associate Degree Nursing and Baccalaureate Degree Nursing There are three possibilities to become a registered nurse and those are: a 3- year diploma, a 3-year associate degree, which is the equivalent of an ADN degree, and a 4-year baccalaureate degree which is the equivalent of a BSN degree. The ADN program was created by Mildred Montag due to scarcity on nurses. Mildred created a new type of nurse as she explained it...
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...Journal of Accounting and Economics 31 (2001) 255–307 Empirical research on accounting choice$ Thomas D. Fieldsa, Thomas Z. Lysb,*, Linda Vincentb b Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02163, USA Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA Received 21 January 2000; received in revised form 31 January 2001 a Abstract We review research from the 1990s that examines the determinants and consequences of accounting choice, structuring our analysis around the three types of market imperfections that influence managers’ choices: agency costs, information asymmetries, and externalities affecting non-contracting parties. We conclude that research in the 1990s made limited progress in expanding our understanding of accounting choice because of limitations in research design and a focus on replication rather than extension of current knowledge. We discuss opportunities for future research, recommending the exploration of the economic implications of accounting choice by addressing the three different reasons why accounting matters. r 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. JEL classification: M41 accounting Keywords: Capital markets; Accounting choice; Voluntary disclosure; Accounting judgments and estimates; Earnings manipulation $ We are grateful for comments received from Ronald Dye, participants of the 2000 Journal of Accounting and Economics conference, the editors Ross Watts and Douglas...
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...even though each had received educational backgrounds in which ethical business practices were taught. As L. Zingales states, “While every firm can have its bad apples, when these apples are at the top, it suggests that a company has either a corrupt culture or a defective selection process, or both.” (Zingales, Jul 16, 2012). In Madoffs case, the Ponzi scheme had been going on since the early 1990’s (Morrissey, Aug 11, 2009). Under the direction of Kenneth Lay, Enron- once one of the largest companies in America- collapsed in bankruptcy and ruined the lives of thousands of people (McLean & Elkind, May 18, 2006). The Chicago Tribune reported that the Illinois House of Representatives was sending to the Illinois Senate a “13 point article of impeachment-a political form of indictment-alleging Blagojevich has abused the power if his office” (Pearson & Long, Jan 9, 2009). The purpose of this paper is to gauge the Effectiveness of Business Ethics in Education and Today’s Workplace. As business students they graduate from the university setting and enter the business environment they study the ethics in their workplace culture and often find that educational ethics training does not have any value in the work world. “Studies have shown that workers who espouse action on the basis of ethics are often derided as hypercritical prudes or cloying moralists” (Moberg, 2006. pg. 307). This paper will explore the topic of business ethics by the use of critical review of professional...
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...HLT-307 12/05/2015 Michelle Davis Role of the Provider and Scope of Practice Many only know of doctors and nurses who provide care, but in reality there are many health care professionals behind them that work together to provide them with the proper care they need. There are so many health care professionals that work together and form a work flow to maintain the proper and correct care given to each and every patient that they rely on each other. If one of the professionals were to fall out of sync with the rest of the team then it causes the patient care to fall. In particularly many do not know of cardiovascular technicians and respiratory technicians they are as equally important as nurses and doctors. In this paper I will explain the roles and scope of practice of both cardiovascular and respiratory technicians have in health care, the skills and education needed, and about patient-centeredness. Respiratory and cardiovascular technicians go hand and hand with each other because our body relies on our heart to pump and breathing is the most important thing we all need, therefore a respiratory and cardiovascular technician work closely together to provide for the patients. The role of a respiratory technician is “Respiratory therapists care for patients with both acute and chronic breathing problems across the entire age spectrum.” (Becker & Nguyen, 2014). The job of an RT is to manage and care for those who have respiratory issues. For a cardiovascular...
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...SNHU | 6-2 Short Paper | Warehouse Performance Measurement | | Darren Schnedler | 10/11/2014 | Read this article that discusses how to measure the performance of a warehouse in terms of storage space, cost, etc., and then answer each of the following questions in 6-10 sentences. Provide a critical assessment based on the above article, text readings, scholarly research, and personal experience. Cite your resources using APA format. | How can a warehouse add value to the goods in storage? Warehouses are used to speed up the time it takes to move products out of storage and in return increase profit. There are many methods to increase the value of goods in storage, and when put together, the value increases further. Freight forwarding solutions can add value by upscaling goods. The warehouse will receive and then modify the product so it can be sold at a higher price to the consumer. To obtain positive results, the warehouse management must have sound control on the inventory system and train their employees to these unique standards. Another increase value method is by storing overflow product in the warehouse. The supplier should only use this solution for goods that can be forecasted for certain times of the year. The overflow storage solution allows large quantities of goods to be stored for an extended period and gives the utility to buffer between supply and demand. (Business, 2014) Distribution Hubs are another way to reduce the cost of freight forwarding...
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...BUS 307 – Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques Michael Dennis-Leigh July 23, 2012 Spend Analysis I. Introduction The current condition of the economy in the United States (US) and increased economic pressures has reinvigorated many companies to rethink their purchasing practices. One of the best ways for a company to evaluate its spending patterns is through a spend analysis. “A spend analysis is the process of determining what is being spent, with whom and for what” (Hingorani, 2010, p. 58). In order to accomplish this task companies must use software programs to import and aggregate data from multiple systems. This paper will explore several components of the spend analysis process including the risk of using software programs alone to analyze spending patterns; how Lean Six Sigma processes might be useful when developing a spend analysis process, and why it is important to involve multiple functional areas, most notably finance. II. Relying on Software Alone While software programs offer a great platform for organizing data they do not provide a method of cleansing data. What I mean is, spend data can be housed in many different databases, and trying to consolidate the data correctly can prove to be very difficult. Ever heard of the saying “garbage in, garbage out”? That is exactly what you might get relying solely on software programs to complete your spend analysis. This is where analytical skills and critical thinking...
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...gas, communications, and pulp and paper company.. It employed approximately twenty-two thousand staff. Its founder is Kenneth Lay and was founded in Omaha, Nebraska in 1985. It was named “America’s Most Innovative Company” for six consecutive years and one of the 100 best companies to work for in America by Fortune Magazine. Enron’s name from beginning to 1995 stocks rose by three hundred and eleven percent. It was a company to be a part of, making millions and owning a good majority of the United States, until October 2001. The company was using accounting limitations to misrepresent earnings and modify the balance sheet to make the company look like it was doing better than it actually was. Over the years of doing these fraudulent things was what brought the company crashing down! Enron’s accounting firm seem to have been reporting income and reported cash flow up, asset values inflated, and liabilities off the books, which later led to Enron filing bankruptcy. Enron always seemed to find ways to hide their debt, they would make up inventory that wasn’t there and accounts that they didn’t have. It was quite sad; I don’t understand how they were able to get away with it for so long. Enron had many fraud inquiries set-up for their employees and internal control to look for. They had a sophisticated financial risk management tools set-up, it was crucial to Enron because of its business plan. Enron’s aggressive accounting practices were not hidden from the board of...
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...implemented in phases. These phases includes the “disbursement of abundant resources to strategy-essential activities, creating strategy-encouraging policies, employing best policies and programs for constant improvement, linking reward structure to accomplishment of results, and making use of strategic leadership” (Managementstudyguide.com, 2008-2012). This means that the process of implementing change within an organization does take a management team who is willing to follow the correct protocol to ensure implementation was successful. There are checkpoints which are designed for checking to make sure the process of change was implemented correctly. So, making sure that mild stones are meet within the implementation process does evaluate the process and ensure that the organization is on the right track so the change can be sustained over an extensive period of time (Cliff Notes, 2012). Methods Used to Monitor Implementation of the Proposed Change Furthermore, the methods used to monitor implementation of change in the health industry are vast. Specifically, for Chartres-Pontchartrain Mental Health Clinic in New Orleans’s metropolitan area, that is currently in the process of implementing an Electronic Medical Records system (EMRs) for the first time in its clinic. The clinic wants to change from a paper chart system to more of an...
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...[pic] Ecole Superieures Libre des Sciences Commerciales Appliquees Doctorate of Business Administration Human Capital Management Paper on Dynamic Capabilities of Firms Presented to: Dr. Sherif Delawar By Mohamed Antably March 2012 Cairo, Egypt. Abstract: From one hand the dynamic capabilities of firms are the sources and methods of wealth creation and capture by private enterprise firms operating in environments of rapid technological change. Other hand, Human capital ultimate objectives are linking HR practices and knowledge with goals of the firm to achieve and develop Competitive advantages. Accordingly, linking both statements would generate that HC is not only working to achieve the organizations objectives and but also to formalize, maintain and develop the firm dynamic capabilities. HC should also work on sharing and collecting success stories, lessons learnt and implicit individuals' knowledge into institutional explicit knowledge. The competitive advantage of firms is seen as resting on distinctive processes (ways of coordinating and combining which is more difficult among horizontal levels but easy in the vertical levels applying the chain of command), shaped by the firm's asset positions (such as the firm's portfolio of difficult-to-trade knowledge assets and complementary assets), and the evolution path(s) it has adopted or inherited. The importance of path dependencies is ampled...
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...Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts Michael D Bishop MGT/307 August 1st 2011 Dr. Robert Kight University of Phoenix Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts To be effective all organizations needs to achieve the goals and objectives presented. When meeting these goals and objectives, people makes the difference how effective organizations perform. This paper will discuss the following key concept and terminology on Organizational culture, Organizational behavior, Diversity, and Communications as it relates to people in an effective organization. The paper will also describe each concept’s observable aspects and it would provide a brief analysis of the culture and behavior of the Metro bus. In the United States of America Metro bus is the sixth largest bus transportation system and is a department in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). At Metro bus organizational culture, organizational behavior, diversity, and communications allow the organization its unique operations consistency and reliability. Organizational culture Organizational culture is embedded in the heart of an organization and developed by members with the same-shared beliefs and values. An organizational culture display how organizations adapts or integrate when identifying internal and external issues, (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2008). Organizational culture has an impact on job satisfaction, which is a key factor for maintaining...
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...Organizational Behavior Trends Paper Mary J. Fambro MGT/307 December 13, 2010 Adeline Boomgaard Organizational Trends Today’s business world is high-tech, high-stress and high-speed. Although some traditional methods of organizational management are necessary, today’s successful organizations must focus on high-performance, operational effectiveness, organizational dynamics, diversity, and communication. This summary will examine the characteristics of high-performance organizations. It will discuss how they differ from traditional organizations in terms of operational effectiveness, workplace stress, and organizational. The summary will also discuss strategies for managing stress in the workplace and evaluate some to the emerging trends in organizational behavior as they relate to high-performance workplaces and stress management techniques. Characteristics of High-Performance Organizations High-Performance Organizations (HPO) is an organization that concentrates on bringing out the best in individual employees. In order for the organization to emerge as a HPO the organization must implement the following characteristics: * Individuals are assets. With a High-Performance Organization employees are assets to the organization. * Mobilized teams. The heart of a HPO is cohesion and teamwork. Flat hierarchies were team members can work together is a strong characteristic of the HPO. * Integrate the newest technologies. Technology can greatly...
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...|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |School of Business | | |MGT/307 Version 3 | | |Organizational Behavior and Group Dynamics | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course in organizational behavior encompasses the study of individual and group behavior in organizational settings. Emphasis is placed on strategic elements of organizational behavior, workforce diversity, managing change, effective communication, and performance systems. A comprehensive review of these processes, as well as others, will allow students to examine their role in organizations. Course Materials Schermerhorn, J. R., Hunt, J. G., & Osborn, R. N. (2008). Organizational behavior (10th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A. (2009). Organizational behavior (13th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. All electronic materials are available on the student website. |Week One: Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior...
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...Lessons from Alibaba.com: government’s role in electronic contracting Qin Hu Xun Wu and Clement K. Wang The authors Qin Hu is a Lawyer, Legal Counsel of China Merchants Sekou Industrial Zone Company Limited, Shenzhen, China. Xun Wu is based at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Clement K. Wang is Associate Director (Research), NUS Enterprise Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Introduction Story of Alibaba.com The development of e-commerce has been nothing short of explosive in recent years. Many believe that its growth and impact will only become more prevailing in the future. The sale of goods by US firms over the Internet, for example, is predicted to reach $1.3 trillion by 2003. By 2004, European enterprises are expected to have online sales of $1.6 trillion[1]. Companies in China, with the largest population in the world, are also probing this new source of revenue. The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) issued an Annual Report in Internet Development in January 2000 that estimates that there were 22.5 million Internet users in China at the end of 2000[2]. A recent nationwide survey showed that China had more than 1,100 consumer related e-commerce Web sites by the end of the first quarter in 2000 (People’s Daily, 2000). Four Web companies, Sina.com, Sohu.com, China.com, and Netease.com have already been listed on the NASDAQ. However, the country’s e-commerce market is still in its infancy....
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...develop organisational capabilities (i.e. organisational capability theory). Specifically, in recent years, as companies have been confronted by the conditions of heightened competition, globalisation, advancements in communications and information technologies, economic recession and simultaneously search for excellence, so the desire to take up change initiatives has interested the majority of leading organisations. At the same time, however, the analysis of the prospects for the majority of change management tools reveals so many deep-seated barriers to change with the consequence of little success in practice. This paper explores this apparent contradiction, arguing that, despite a heightened interest in the take-up of change initiatives, very few change programmes produce an improvement in bottom-line, exceed the company’s cost of capital, or even improve service delivery. It also offers an explanation of why this is the case. To provide empirical verification for this, the paper presents the results of 4 case studies conducted at public sector organisations in the UK. The findings continue to point to the ineffective nature of the top management’s contribution to managing organisational change programmes. Finally, using the case evidence, combined...
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...can decide compiling wages cost prove himself useful by presenting information on matters such as cost of equipment and training, Labor turnover, idle time, over time, shift work labor efficiency, wastage and spoilage due to labor fault and various other analysis related to labor, Control of labor cost is important financial area where the cost accountant can make very useful contribution effective labor cost control may be exercised through: 1) Proper production planning 2) Development of labor time and wages standard and labor budget. 3) Performance report of labor 4) Installation of suitable wage structure and incentive payment and one of the tasks is to co-ordinate these activities and properly advise the executive management to achieve control. Labor can be classified into two categories: 1. Direct labor 2. Indirect labor Factory overhead: Chargeable expenses are those direct costs other than direct material and direct labor. Cost other than materials and wages which are incurred for specific product or saleable services are known as Direct/ Chargeable expenses. COSTING SYSTEM OF SQUARE TEXTILES LIMITED Inventory control: Inventories are valued in accordance with IAS-2 (Inventory) at the lower of...
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