Statement of Intent xxxxxxx, VT 12345, 16/12/2019 College of Graduate and Continuing Studies Norwich University 158 Harmon Drive Northfield, VT 05663 Dear Admissions Committee, I am a high-performing and strategic thinking personnel with three years of experience in operations management. I am currently working at UPS as the operation supervisor, having worked with the organization for the last three years. I am also in my final year of an undergraduate degree at Long Island University, where I pursue Social Works. After my four years of specializing in Social works, I have developed robust analytical skills in business management and a distinct appreciation for microeconomics. My interest in business planning, finance, strategy, and marketing is the impetus for my application for the business management program. In my role as an operation supervisor, I have gained immense written and oral communication skills, comprehension of the various procedures involved in manufacturing, service, and business. The level of employee productivity within my three years term of service at PSU has significantly gone high, and I can boldly attribute this positive performance to the work…

 Transformational leadership is the most effective leadership style to retaining highly qualified nurses Thesis statement: Transformational leadership is the most effective leadership style to retaining highly qualified nurses. I.. Transformational leadership can be the most effective leadership style to positively affect the workplace environment. Transformational leadership in nursing can be defined as leading “through inspiration, motivation, and building strong relationships” (Northouse, 2016, p.161). (1) Transformational leadership influences employees’ work experience. There is a significant difference between transactional and transformational leadership style and the effects they each have on employees. (5)   Transformational leadership improves nursing job satisfaction, performance, and retention. Transformational leaders have the opportunity to improve nurse job satisfaction and performance. The leadership style of the nurse managers can impact “a staff nurse’s decision to leave his/her current position.” Healthcare organizations have an important role in training leaders in the methods of the transformation leadership style to retain highly qualified nurses. (2) Transformational leadership includes encouraging professional development and growth which in turn improves retention. (1)   A leaders’ relationship with their staff members can affect productivity levels. (3)…

Implementation of simulation in Medical Surgical course Addressed Gap In the nursing education today simulation can be used for teaching of a wide variety of skills. Simulation can be used to teach strictly technical skills or non-technical skills like communication. The goal of the nursing schools is to prepare nursing students that are capable of providing safe and competent nursing care. However this goal is becoming more and more challenging because of the accelerated nature of the nursing programs for students, which already have another degree. Finding clinical sites for training future nurses becomes more and more challenging because nursing schools are competing for access to limited clinical sites. Patients in those clinical areas are sicker and to take care of them requires more confidence and experience. Simulation can provide this extra practice allowing students to go prepared and equipped with technical clinical skills into the practice. Even though, the simulation can provide training in a safe environment and can teach critical thinking and good assessment skills, it is not utilized enough in the nursing program at NUY Rory Meyers…

 implementation of simulation in a recognizing different heart rhythms Task 1: Project Proposal Introduction: In this task, you will identify a gap in a nursing education program in an academic setting that leaves nurses unprepared to complete a duty in the workplace. You will use the gap you identified to propose a solution for changing the curriculum that addresses the gap in the nursing education program in an academic setting. This solution should be designed for future nurses or nursing students. Your proposed solution will not require you to conduct primary research but should use scholarly, peer-reviewed sources to support the proposed nursing education program improvement. As a result, this project will not require Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. However, you will be required to conduct a comprehensive literature review of the primary, peer-reviewed studies you will use to identify best practices in support of your proposed solution. During your capstone course, you will create implementation and evaluation plans that include the details of a lesson plan for your proposed curriculum. Once your project proposal is complete, you will create…

APPROACHES OF WORKER ENGAGEMENT Introduction Globally, health and safety measures of all employees regardless of which business enterprise or organization they are working for should be a topmost concern which should be discussed and implemented. Worker engagement basically an approach set by the employer so as to actualize the organization’s goals, policies, and values and foster the employer-worker relationship (Delp & Riley, 2015 Pg. 54). Generally, worker engagement in health and safety means integrating the workers in a manner that will escalate their standards of health and safety in the organization (Schaufeli & Taris, 2014 Pg.47). Therefore, employers are required to create a good rapport with their workers and engage them to participate in health and safety matters. Significantly, these health and safety policies are essential due to the fact that the rate at which workers are developing health complications, as well as temporary and permanent injuries to the extent of being disabled, is alarming (Joss et al, 2017 Pg.154). Pursuing this further, some of the workers die not only in the construction industry but also in other business enterprises…

Being a Reflective Practitioner in Teaching and Learning             Practitioner research is the research performed by an individual or by a group on a professional field working as provider of service (practitioner) and as a researcher and its purpose is to advance practice. This research is essential to teachers for successful student learning outcome and also to improve their performance and educational training systems need to extend teachers professional knowledge through reflective practice and research (Scheerens, 2010, pg.12). Research is also important to learners/students as it help them to have detailed content of everything. A research design is the arrangement of conditions for collection and analysis of data in a manner that aims to combine relevance to the research within which research is to be conducted. Research design constitutes of data collection, measurement and analysis. Research methods are techniques used for conducting a research and methodology is a way to solve a problem systematically. Methodology used includes data collection, generating data and findings. According to Cohen, Manion and Morrison (2002) methods used in data collection include observations, sampling, textual or…

Children’s Development and Technology Overuse             It is worth taking the memory trip when I come to think about the past times while I was growing up as I attempt to comprehend the issues confronting today’s children. Previously, just about 25 years ago, youngsters used to spend the whole day outside playing games, building fortifications, riding bicycles, and playing sports. Youngsters of that time created their type of play that neither required supervision of their parents nor expensive hardware; they were the bosses of fanciful games. Past youngsters move a ton, and their physical world primarily relied on nature and was just basic (Chaudron et al., 2015). During that time, the family time had its true meaning because it was frequently spent doing errands, and the youngsters had desires to meet consistently. The lounge area was a focal spot where families gathered to have meals and discuss their day, and it turned into the center for artworks and assignments after supper. Technology has helped our world in many ways, such as enhancing globalization and cultural exchanges both politically, socially, and…

To Improve Teacher Performance through Professional Development and Teacher Self-Reflection Using Video Recording CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Introduction The use of video recordings for professional development and self-reflection has long been a fertile ground for professional training and evaluation in the teaching field.  For instance, video teaching supervisors in universities use video recordings to access classroom performance of training teachers without the need for them being present in the classrooms.  The employment of video recording for professional development and self-reflection in the teaching field has long evolved since their first introduction.  According to Hamel, Viau-Guay, & Nkuyubwatsi (2019),  review studies on the use of video recordings for self–reflection and development revealed that the use of video recordings enabled the teachers especially those in training to focus more on the students and their learning. More, the use of video recordings to improve teacher performance though self-reflection made it possible for teachers to analyze the situation from different angles to aid conceptual change in teachers, something that basic observation does not allow (Hamel, Viau-Guay, & Nkuyubwatsi, 2019).  However, there is criticism in the…

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Appraisal of IEP Development and Processes Part 1: Essential Qualities of Effective IEPs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities The individualized Education Plan (IEP) must address all the areas in which the student with intellectual disability requires educational support. It should address the academic and non-academic aspects of the services that can enhance the child’s educational success. In furtherance, it should contain all projected needs, including social and functional skills, as well as related services. The following factors can are essential for an IEP to enhance behavioral and academic success for the learner in both special education and inclusionary, general education placement settings. Reflect the Current Strengths and Weaknesses of the Child The IEP should reflect the current skill level of the learner. The IEP should reflect the learner’s present academic and functional needs (Browder & Spooner, 2011). The step can foster the behavioral and academic success of the leaner in the general education and special education. The IEP should precisely describe how the condition influences the progress of the learners in their general academic curriculum. The IEP should comprehensively cover…