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Explain at least one potential effect of this leadership style on health care quality and patient outcomes.

Throughout your career, you will work with many people who display differing leadership styles. As a nurse leader, it is imperative that you communicate well and get along with those whose leadership style does not align with your preferences. It is also important to understand your own leadership style, as this can prompt insight into how others relate to you and what skills you may need to develop as your leadership responsibilities grow.

To prepare:

  • Review the information in the Learning Resources, including the leadership styles identified in Chapter 2 of the course text.
  • Bring to mind a leader in your organization or one with which you are familiar. Would you describe his or her style as authoritative, democratic, or laissez-faire? Why?
  • Which characteristics or approaches demonstrated by this person would you integrate into your own leadership style? Which ones would you prefer not to integrate?
  • Think about how this leader’s style and resulting interactions may impact health care quality and patient outcomes.

On the Week 9 Discussion Board, post 1 page response APA format

  1. A description of a leader, distinguishing his or her style as authoritative, democratic, or laissez-faire.
  2. Describe the characteristics that inform your perception, and explain which ones you would integrate into your own leadership style, as well as which ones you would prefer not to integrate.
  3. Explain at least one potential effect of this leadership style on health care quality and patient outcomes.

Course Reading

  • Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application(8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

o   Review Chapters 2 and 3

  • Azaare, J., & Gross, J. (2011). The nature of leadership style in nursing management. British Journal of Nursing, 20(11), 672–676, 678–680.

    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

    The authors examine the different styles of leadership that nurse managers use and discusses how staff nurses in their study preferred managers who use a proactive, articulate, and independent leadership style.

  • Benoliela, P.  &  Somecha, A. (2014). The health and performance effects of participative leadership: Exploring the moderating role of the Big Five personality dimensions European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 23(2), 277-294. doi:10.1080/1359432X.2012.717689

    Abstract excerpt: This study suggests that participative leadership may yield different results depending on employees’ personality traits from the Big Five typology. The proposed model aimed to investigate the moderating role of the Big Five traits on the participative leadership–in role performance relationship and on the participative leadership–psychological strain relationship.

  • Graham, S., & Melnyk, B. M. (2014). The Birth of a Healthcare Leadership Academy: Lessons Learned From The Ohio State University. Nurse Leader, 12(2), 55-74. doi:10.1016/j.mnl.2014.01.001

    Abstract excerpt: The ultimate goal of a leadership institute/initiative is to strengthen leadership confidence and competence for the ultimate purpose of improving healthcare quality and patient outcomes, as well as of reducing costs.

  • Zydziunaite, V, & Suominen, T. Leadership styles of nurse managers in ethical dilemmas: Reasons and consequences. Contemporary Nurse  48(2):150-16. doi:10.5172/conu.2014.48.2.150

    Abstract excerpt: To explain the associations between different leadership styles, reasons for their application and its consequences when nurse managers make decisions in ethical dilemmas.

  • Wall Street Journal staff. (n.d.). Leadership Styles. Retrieved fromhttp://guides.wsj.com/management/developing-a-leadership-style/how-to-develop-a-leadership-style/?mod=WSJBlog

    This section of the Wall Street Journal website features a variety of articles and video clips on leadership. The Walden Library also has holdings of Wall Street Journal articles.

 

Identify your fixed and variable costs at your fast-food restaurant, and explain the changes to each of these costs given the increased demand.

You are the owner of a fast-food restaurant. Given a new item that you recently advertised, you experience additional demand for your business that you do not want to ignore. Identify your fixed and variable costs at your fast-food restaurant, and explain the changes to each of these costs given the increased demand.

Discuss the dividend payment requirements of a common stock versus preferred stock, in terms of which type of stock has a primary claim on dividend distributions.

There are two primary means to earn income as a stockholder. The first method is dividend income and the second method is earnings from capital gains. With respect to the investor seeking dividend income, when the investor buys a stock from a corporation with a primary focus to earn dividend income they will typically expect a higher dividend on common stock versus preferred stock. Discuss the dividend payment requirements of a common stock versus preferred stock, in terms of which type of stock has a primary claim on dividend distributions. Explain why the common stock investor demands a higher dividend rate.

Compare and contrast the three, according to the system requirements below, including price.

Read the Scenario below:

Scenario:

You are the Coding Supervisor in the HIS Department.

It’s budget time at your facility. You propose to your manager that all your staff (8) get new computers. Currently, your staff has computer systems that are six years old, and that only have 15” monitors. You are going to begin sending some of your coder’s home within the next year, and the current systems are not compatible with the home coding system you anticipate using. Eventually, all of your coders would like to work from home, and so you would like to upgrade all 8 of the computers in your department this year.

Your manager agrees that this is important, since one of your future goals is to have all of your coding staff working from home. She asks you to research new computer systems for your staff, and present to her your findings and your recommendation for purchase.

Using the internet, research three different computer systems (3 different vendors/types/brands). Compare and contrast the three, according to the system requirements below, including price. Choose the system that will be fit your needs.

System Requirements: (at a minimum)

  1. 19” monitors or flat panel screen
  2. Windows Vista or Windows 7operating system
  3. 2.80GHz or faster processor
  4. 1 GB or more of memory
  5. 160 GB or more hard drive
  6. 16X DVD-ROM drive
  7. Wireless Keyboard
  8. Wireless Mouse
  9. 56K modem; wireless

In a 1-2 page paper, describe the comparisons you made for each of the computers. Which computer did you pick and why did you pick that particular one (include a description of the computer from the website)? Also, include information for the total cost for 8 of the same systems for the HIS department.

Explain the strengths and weaknesses based on the following factors: cost, quality, access, availability of healthcare providers, technology, and the health delivery system’s structure.

Write a 2-3 page paper describing the strengths and weakness of the U.K.’s Health System. Explain the strengths and weaknesses based on the following factors: cost, quality, access, availability of healthcare providers, technology, and the health delivery system’s structure. Document any sources you use in APA format. For more information on APA, please visit the Online Library, which is available through theResources tab.

Identify and discuss a specific event in the U.S. where social upheaval occurred.

  • Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
  • Identify and discuss a specific event in the U.S. where social upheaval occurred.
  • Analyze specific reasons why developed nations do not experience the same kinds of social upheaval.
  • Discuss substantive ways in which armed conflict can contribute to or distract a developing economy and infrastructure.
  • Note: Please discuss all issues in a sensitive and respectful manner. When discussing a developing country, focus on the country you will use for Assignment 1 next week. Cite your sources. Include one source outside the webtext or lecture.

1968 was a year of social upheaval in the U.S. Consider these events and others as you respond to the discussion question this week.

  • The Tet Offensive was a surprise military action launched by North Vietnam in January 1968 against South Vietnam and allied U.S. forces.
  • The Johnson administration’s poor handling of this event and lack of honesty in addressing the American public gave momentum to the anti-war movement.
  • Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy were assassinated in the spring of 1968.
  • Also in the spring of 1968, student activists organized campus protests, rallies, sit-ins, and marches, culminating in the largest student strike in U.S. history on April 26.
  • The Democratic National Convention was disrupted by anti-war demonstrations.

Discuss whether equal protection really changes and whether or not the 2008 presidential election expedited this timeline.

Discussion 1

In Mathews v. Eldridge, take a position on whether or not the court was merely pulling back from the hearing requirement it has previously suggested whenever government benefits are at stake. Provide details or evidence to support your position.

 

Discussion 2

In Grutter v. Bollinger, considering the 25-year notion, discuss whether equal protection really changes and whether or not the 2008 presidential election expedited this timeline.

Discussion 3

 

Using the Brown v. Board of Education e-Activity, discuss the significance of the case and state whether race can “count” without it being determinative. Support your position with examples or evidence.