Explain how principles of Christian leadership could influence a leader’s philosophy on public service.

Compare the various approaches to leadership as covered in your textbook readings for this topic. Include the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
Choose one of the approaches. Describe how that approach might influence a leader’s philosophy on public service.
Explain how principles of Christian leadership could influence a leader’s philosophy on public service.
Use two to three scholarly resources to support your explanations.

Identify trends, measures, and information needed to critically analyze specific outcomes.

Prepare an 8-10 page data analysis and quality improvement initiative proposal based on a health issue of interest. Include internal and external benchmark data, evidence-based recommendations to improve health care quality and safety, and communication strategies to gain buy-in from all interprofessional team members responsible for implementing the initiative.
Introduction
Health care providers are perpetually striving to improve care quality and patient safety. To accomplish enhanced care, outcomes need to be measured. Next, data measures must be validated. Measurement and validation of information support performance improvement. Health care providers must focus attention on evidence-based best practices to improve patient outcomes.
Health informatics, along with new and improved technologies and procedures, are at the core of all quality improvement initiatives. Data analysis begins with provider documentation, researched process improvement models, and recognized quality benchmarks. All of these items work together to improve patient outcomes. Professional nurses must be able to interpret and communicate dashboard information that displays critical care metrics and outcomes along with data collected from the care delivery process.
For this assessment, use your current role or assume a role you hope to have. You will develop a quality improvement (QI) initiative proposal based on a health issue of professional interest. To create this proposal, analyze a health care facility’s dashboard metrics and external benchmark data. Include evidence-based recommendations to improve health care quality and safety relating to your selected issue. Successful QI initiatives depend on the support of nursing staff and other members of the interprofessional team. As a result, a key aspect of your proposal will be the communication strategies you plan to use to get buy-in from these team members.
Preparation
To develop the QI initiative proposal required for this assessment, you must analyze a health care facility’s dashboard metrics. Choose Option 1 or 2 according to your ability to access dashboard metrics for a QI initiative proposal.
Option 1
If you have access to dashboard metrics related to a QI initiative proposal of interest to you, complete the following:
Analyze data from the health care facility to identify a health care issue or area of concern. You will need access to reports and data related to care quality and patient safety. For example, in a hospital setting, you would contact the quality management department to obtain the needed data. It is your responsibility to determine the appropriate resource to provide the necessary data in your chosen health care setting. If you need help determining how to obtain the needed information, consult your faculty member for guidance.
Include in your proposal basic information about the health care setting, size, and specific type of care delivery related to the identified topic. Please abide by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance standards.
Option 2
If you do not have access to a dashboard or metrics related to a QI initiative proposal:
Use the hospital data set provided in Vila Health: Data Analysis. You will analyze data to identify a health care issue or area of concern.
Include in your proposal basic information about the health care setting, size, and specific type of care delivery related to the identified topic.
Use your current role or assume a role you would like to have. Choose a quality improvement initiative of professional interest to you. Your current organization is probably working on quality improvement initiatives that can be evaluated, so consider starting there.
To develop your proposal you will:
Gather internal and external benchmark data on the subject of your quality improvement initiative proposal.
Analyze data you have collected.
Make evidence-based recommendations about how to improve health care quality and safety relating to your chosen issue.
Remember, your initiative’s success depends on the interprofessional team’s commitment to the QI initiative. Think carefully about these stakeholders and how you plan to include them in the process, as they will help you develop and implement ideas and sustain outcomes. Also, remember how important external stakeholders, such as patients and other health care delivery organizations, are to the process. As you are preparing this assessment, consider carefully the communication strategies you will employ to include the perspectives of all internal and external stakeholders in your proposal.
The following numbered points correspond to grading criteria in the scoring guide. The bullets below each grading criterion further delineate tasks to fulfill the assessment requirements. Be sure that your proposal addresses all of the content below. You may also want to read the scoring guide to better understand the performance levels related to each grading criterion.
Analyze data to identify a health care issue or area of concern.
Identify the type of data you are analyzing from your institution or from the Vila Health activity.
Explain why data matters. What does data show related to outcomes?
Analyze the dashboard metrics. What else could the organization measure to enhance knowledge?
Present dashboard metrics related to the selected issue that are critical to evaluating outcomes.
Assess the institutional ability to sustain processes or outcomes.
Evaluate data quality and its implications for outcomes.&
Determine whether any adverse event or near-miss data needs to be factored in to outcomes and recommendations.
Examine the nursing process for variations or performance failures that could lead to an adverse event or near miss.
Identify trends, measures, and information needed to critically analyze specific outcomes.
Specify desired outcomes related to prevention of adverse events and near misses.
Analyze which metrics indicate future quality improvement opportunities.
Develop a QI initiative proposal based on a selected health issue and supporting data analysis.
Determine benchmarks aligned to existing QI initiatives set by local, state, or federal health care policies or laws.
Identify any internal existing QI initiatives in your practice setting or organization related to the selected issue. Explain why they are insufficient.
Evaluate external national or international QI initiatives on the selected health issue with existing quality indicators from other facilities, government agencies, and nongovernmental bodies on quality improvement.
Define target areas for improvement and the processes to be modified to improve outcomes.
Propose evidence-based strategies to improve quality.
Analyze challenges that meeting prescribed benchmarks can pose for a health care organization and the interprofessional team.
Communicate QI initiative proposal based on interdisciplinary team input to improve patient safety and quality outcomes and work-life quality.
Define interprofessional roles and responsibilities relating to data and the QI initiative.
Explain how to ensure all relevant interprofessional roles are fully engaged in this effort.
Identify how outcomes will be measured and data used to inform interprofessional team performance related to specific tasks.
Reflect on the impact of the proposed initiative on work-life quality of the interprofessional team.
Describe how the initiative enhances work-life quality due to improved strategies supporting efficiency.
Determine communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care.
Identify interprofessional communication strategies that will help to promote and ensure the success of the QI initiative.
Identify communication models, such as SBAR and CUS, to include in your proposal.
SBAR stands for Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation.
CUS stands for “I am Concerned about my resident’s condition; I am Uncomfortable with my resident’s condition; I believe the Safety of the resident is at risk.”
Consult this resource for additional information about these fundamental evidence-based tools to improve interprofessional team communication for patient handoffs:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). (n.d.). Module 2: Communicating change in a resident’s condition. https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/facilities/ptsafety/ltcmod2ap.html
Communicate QI initiative proposal in a professional, effective manner, writing clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Integrate relevant sources to support arguments, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
Example Assessment: Refer to QI Initiative Proposal Exemplar [PDF] for an idea of what an assessment given a proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.
Additional Requirements
Submission length: 8-10 typed, double-spaced pages of content plus title and reference pages.
Font: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of five current scholarly and/or authoritative sources to support your QI initiative proposal. Current means no older than 5 years unless a seminal work.
APA formatting: Citations and references need to adhere to APA style and formatting guidelines. Consult these resources for an APA refresher:
Evidence and APA.
APA Module.
American Psychological Association. (n.d.). APA style. https://www.apastyle.org/
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Plan quality improvement initiatives in response to adverse events and near-miss analyses.
Determine whether any adverse event or near-miss data must be factored in to outcomes and recommendations.
Competency 2: Plan quality improvement initiatives in response to routine data surveillance.
Develop a QI initiative proposal based on a selected health issue and supporting data analysis.
Competency 3: Evaluate quality improvement initiatives using sensitive and sound outcome measures.
Analyze data to identify a health care issue or area of concern.
Competency 4: Integrate interprofessional perspectives to lead quality improvements in patient safety, cost effectiveness, and work life quality.
Communicate QI initiative proposal, based on interdisciplinary team input, to improve patient safety and quality outcomes and work-life quality.
Competency 5: Apply effective communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care.
Integrate relevant sources to support arguments, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.
Determine evidence-based communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care.
Communicate QI initiative proposal in a professional, effective manner, writing clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Create an achievement/knowledge test

Your job is to create an achievement/knowledge test based on the content of chapters 1, 2, 14 and 16 in our textbook. Tests that differ in content will receive 0 points. The test will be composed of 5 multiple choice questions, a matching item question with 5 premises and 7 options, 5 completion items and 5 essay questions. The guidelines on how to write test questions provided in the book must be closely observed in order to get full credit. Format your work as if this were a test to be taken by a group of students. A set of instructions prior to listing each set of questions must be provided. A key with the answers to all multiple choice, matching and completion questions and a title page in APA style must also be included. Twenty points will be deducted if you fail to include the key. The title page must follow APA guidelines to create a student version of the title page (not the professional version).
In order to complete this project, you will need to:
Read the guidelines on “how to write multiple choice, essay, matching and completion test questions” provided in the book.
Create a title page in APA style.
Provide a set of instructions for the multiple-choice questions.
Develop 5 multiple choice questions (stem, 3 distracters and correct answer for each). None of the above” or “all of the above” cannot be used as distracters.
Provide a set of instructions for the matching item questions.
Develop a matching item question with 5 premises and its corresponding options.
Provide a set of instructions for the completion items.
Develop 5 completion items.
Provide a set of instructions for the essay questions
Develop 5 essay questions.
Include the key for the multiple choice, matching and completion questions.

Write a paper in which you compare the advantages and disadvantages of intergovernmental agreements to the advantages and disadvantages of independent projects or programs.

Write a paper in which you compare the advantages and disadvantages of intergovernmental agreements to the advantages and disadvantages of independent projects or programs. Chose a topic
that addresses an international concern such as immigration regulation, foreign
commerce, outsourcing jobs, border protection, or drug trafficking.

Select at least one project that is administered
by a multijurisdictional authority and one from a single jurisdiction
authority. You may use the readings to provide the theoretical foundation and
the appropriate corresponding websites as examples of the practical
application. Be sure to address the following:
What
are differences and similarities between the two models?
How
does leadership or governance differ between the two models?
What
advantages does the IGR have over the independent entity to achieve a
workable solution?
What
are essential policies for each model?

Support your discussion and analysis with at
least two academic and/or government websites outside sources in addition to
your assigned readings. .

Do an annotated bibliography of six articles on the book of James Baldwin “Giovanni’s Room.”

Do an annotated bibliography of six articles on the book of James Baldwin “Giovanni’s Room.” Do six articles (it says 8 in full instructions, but it is really 6, prof changed it). Each article shall be one page summary and one page analysis. I will attach detailed instructions below. Times New Roman font 12, single spaced. Works cited on the first page

Develop an employment/ recruitment policy.

Develop an employment/ recruitment policy. You will write a Job Description for one of the three positions: a lab technician, accountant, IT Networking technician. Degree requirement will be an AA Degree from an accredited 2-year community college. You must provide at least 3 recruiting sources (value 25 points). You must research 3 sources and cite your sources in developing your interview questions (value 25 points). These questions must be thought out. Again, you will research and cite your 3 sources in developing your salary offer (value 25 points). What assessments you will utilize in the selection of this person(value 25 points). Each one of these three positions will require a selection assessment of some type. You will have a table of content for each topic.
You should state in the employment policy what sources you will utilize and cite those sources which will ensure a diverse population as the applicant pool. You must state how your employment policy aligns itself with your diversity planning and include at least: Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities, value 50 points Minority and female utilizations for your job. Include selection, recruitment, referral, and other procedures to see whether they result in disparities in employment, or advancement of minorities and women. Value 25 points You will have a table of content for each topic. Value 50 points The sections for this policy will have the following: value
3 recruiting sources (value 25 points)
3 sources and cite your sources in developing your interview questions (value 25 points)
3 sources for developing your salary offer (value 25 points)
What assessments tool you will utilize in the selection of this person(value 25 points)

Explain how to have difficult conversations ( or disagreements) without fighting.

Explain the importance of solving a problem or addressing an issue that has national or international impact. We must choose a topic from the list provided below. The paper will follow the basic outline of an argument that we applied to Proposal Argument 1: introduction, background, lines of argument, alternative arguments, and conclusion. We will not use first person singular (“I/me”) but might us the collective “we.”
Purpose:
The paper will present our proposal about specific change that needs to take place at a national or international level. The thesis will propose a specific solution, and we will support the thesis with credible evidence throughout the paper.
Research requirement:
We will use at least five (5) credible sources from journals, books, magazines, or newspapers. All of the sources can be electronic, but please limit yourself to one (1) .com source out of the minimum five (5). We may use more than five (5) sources.

How to have difficult conversations (or disagreements) without fighting

Intended audience:
Let’s assume the readers are familiar with the specific problem/issue at the paper’s center. They want to learn about a reasonable solution to the problem/is
Key performance criteria:
We meet the basic assignment requirements.
We use a topic from the list provided.
We address the assigned intended audience.
The essay focuses on an arguable problem/issue at a specific and local level.
The thesis (proposal) proposes a specific solution to a specific problem/issue.
The argument follows the basic structure of argument.

The thesis (proposal) is supported with detail and specific examples from credible, college-level sources.
The argument considers all sides of an issue—including alternative proposals—and uses a balanced, considerate, and inclusive tone (no “you” use).