Identify a health, safety, and environmental risk in early childhood programs. Provide one example of each. (200 words)
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Assessing the Problem: Quality, Safety, and Cost Considerations
In a 5-7 page written assessment, assess the effect of the patient, family, or population problem you’ve previously defined on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Plan to spend approximately 2
direct practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group you’ve chosen to work with and, if desired, consulting with subject matter and industry experts. Document the time spent (your
practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form. Report on your experiences during your first two practicum hours.
Safety, Health, and Risk Management
Even though the rate of worker deaths and reported injuries has decreased by more than 60% since the inception of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, there are still 3.6 million serious job-related injuries and more than 5,000 workers killed on the job each year.
As an HR manager at an ophthalmic medicine research lab at a major university, you provide safety guidance for about 400 faculty and staff. These 400 people are actively engaged in research that involves chemicals, sharp tools like scalpels and needles, easily-broken glassware, and machinery that cryogenically and deep-freezes biological and chemical materials.
Safety concerns for the lab would include fire and being able to safely extinguish it; proper use of chemicals that follow biohazard rules, use of them in properly vented areas, and careful procedures for use of radioactive materials; safely operating all machinery; and proper use and disposal of “sharps,” which include needles and syringes, scalpels and the like. Safety and risk management are a large part of your job as the HR manager.
Discussion Prompt
The director of the safety department just approached you to investigate OSHA’s resources. He’s looking for a recognition program for workplace safety that would work well for the lab. Particularly, the director is proud of the work his team has done to instill safety into the workplace and wants them to get some official recognition. Using the resources provided to you in this module, determine which of OSHA’s offerings might be best suited to what the director is looking for, and what next steps you’d recommend.
Quality, Safety, and Cost Considerations
Instructions
Complete this assessment in two parts.
Part 1
Assess the effect of the patient, family, or population problem you defined in the previous assessment on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the
system and individual. Plan to spend at least 2 practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group. During this time,
you may also consult with subject matter and industry experts of your choice. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or
group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form. Use the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF] provided for this assessment to
guide your work and interpersonal interactions.
Part 2
Report on your experiences during your first 2 practicum hours, including how you presented your ideas about the health problem to the patient, family, or
group.
Whom did you meet with?
What did you learn from them?
Comment on the evidence-based practice (EBP) documents or websites you reviewed.
What did you learn from that review?
Share the process and experience of exploring the influence of leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy on the problem.
What barriers, if any, did you encounter when presenting the problem to the patient, family, or group?
Did the patient, family, or group agree with you about the presence of the problem and its significance and relevance?
What leadership, communication, collaboration, or change management skills did you employ during your interactions to overcome these barriers or change
the patient’s, family’s, or group’s thinking about the problem (for example, creating a sense of urgency based on data or policy requirements)?
What changes, if any, did you make to your definition of the problem, based on your discussions?
What might you have done differently?
Assessing the Problem: Quality, Safety, and Cost Considerations
Assess the effect of the patient, family, or population problem you defined in the previous assessment on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the
system and individual. Plan to spend at least 2 practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group. During this time,
you may also consult with subject matter and industry experts of your choice. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or
group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form. Use the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF] provided for this assessment to
guide your work and interpersonal interactions.
Assessing the Problem: Quality, Safety, and Cost Considerations
Assess the effect of the patient, family, or population problem you defined in the previous assessment on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the
system and individual. Plan to spend at least 2 practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group. During this time,
you may also consult with subject matter and industry experts of your choice. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or
group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form. Use the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF] provided for this assessment to
guide your work and interpersonal interactions.
Assessing the Problem: Quality, Safety, and Cost Considerations
In a 5-7 page written assessment, assess the effect of the patient, family, or population problem you’ve previously defined on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Plan to spend approximately 2 direct practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group you’ve chosen to work with and, if desired, consulting with subject matter and industry experts. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Core Elms Volunteer Experience Form. Report on your experiences during your first two practicum hours. Introduction Organizational data, such as readmission rates, hospital-acquired infections, falls, medication errors, staff satisfaction, serious safety events, and patient experience can be used to prioritize time, resources, and finances. Health care organizations and government agencies use benchmark data to compare the quality of organizational services and report the status of patient safety. Professional nurses are key to comprehensive data collection, reporting, and monitoring of metrics to improve quality and patient safety. Preparation In this assessment, you’ll assess the effect of the health problem you’ve defined on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Plan to spend at least 2 direct practicum hours working with the same patient, family, or group. During this time, you may also choose to consult with subject matter and industry experts. Instructions Complete this assessment in two parts. Part 1 Assess the effect of the patient, family, or population problem you defined in the previous assessment on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Plan to spend at least 2 practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group. During this time, you may also consult with subject matter and industry experts of your choice. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Core Elms Volunteer Experience Form.
Risk Management Plan
Read the following Executive Summary by Ernst and Young Business Pulse 2013The Ernst and Young report identifies the top risks and opportunities for executives to consider for their strategic plans. This report discusses many
influences on business practices, such as society, culture, politics, health, safety and security.
http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/Business_Pulse_-_top_10_risks_and_opportunities/$FILE/Business%20pulse%202013.pdf
3. Executive Summary Project Phase I: Imagine your company is planning and strategizing for the future and that you have been asked by the executive
team to brief them on the state of the risks and opportunities in the industry. Prepare a 2- to 3-page analysis of the Executive Summary by Ernst and
Young Business Pulse 2013, along with a review of the Modules 1-5, your textbook, and other research. Your analysis will help the top executives create a
comprehensive strategic plan that includes risks and opportunities that could impact employees and other stakeholders. Make sure your paper clearly
addresses the following questions:
• What are the top legal, safety, environmental, and financial risks and opportunities identified?
• What situations are influenced by society, culture, politics, health, safety and security? Connect to Federal and State laws when appropriate.
• In the global market, what are challenges businesses face when identifying risk for forecasting?
This assignment covers the following areas and objectives:
• Ethical and Legal Risks
• Potential Impact
• Trends
• Employment Laws