Discuss your thoughts on the use of NFPA and Hazardous MaterialsIdentification System (HMIS) labels in the workplace after OSHA implementedthe new GHS label requirement. As the safety manager of an industrialfacility, how would you train employees on the differences in rating for firehazards between the new safety data sheets (SDSs) and the NFPA and HMISlabels?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references orcitations are necessary.

Your assignment for this unit is to complete a case study of the incidents atthe Hoeganaes Corporation in 2011. Review the pages 1–24 of the summary reportfrom the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) concerning the Hoeganaes Corporation byclicking here. Include the components listed below in your casestudy.

• Perform a risk assessment of fire hazards at this type of manufacturingfacility. Describe the major variables that you believe wereresponsible for causing the fires and explosions that occurred atthe facility.
• List the OSHA standards that you believe would apply to the fire hazardsat the facility.
• If you were hired as the safety officer at the facility immediatelyfollowing the third incident in the report, recommend the approach youwould take to mitigate the risks associated with the fire hazardsand combustible dust, including any standards published by agenciesother than OSHA that would be helpful in establishing yourprogram.
• How would the NFPA Life Safety Code apply to this facility?

Your case study should be a minimum of two pages in length, not counting thetitle and reference pages. You are required to use at least three outsidesources, one of which may be your textbook. You must also cite the CSB report.All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased andquoted material must have accompanying APA citations.

Resources

The following resource(s) may help you with this assignment.

• Citation Guide
• CSU Online Library Research Guide
• Submit Writing Center Request

Since the mid-twentieth century, much patient care delivery has moved from the inpatient setting to the ambulatory clinic. Because this trend is likely to continue, matching clinic capacity to patient demand becomes a critical operating skill.
—Daniel B. McLaughlin and John R. Olson

Becoming and sustaining the ability to be a highly reliable organization has developed into a critical focus for not only patient care, but also regulatory agencies and managed care organizations. Depending on an organization’s state of readiness, meeting the criteria for high reliability can be a challenging transition.

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by selecting the “Post to Discussion” link and then select “Create Thread” to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts, and cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before selecting Submit!

To prepare for this Discussion:

Read Chapter 12 of the course text and this week’s Learning Resources, then reflect on how your health care organization, or a health care organization with which you are familiar, meets the criteria for high reliability. If you are currently working in a health care organization, what has been your experience in preparing for this transition to become a highly reliable organization?

Post a cohesive response to the following:

Assess the health organization in which you work or one with which you are familiar, and describe how staffing and scheduling processes in particular make your organization a high-reliability organization. Then, evaluate any areas that may need improvement, and recommend steps for improvement.

In your evaluation and recommendation, consider the requirements and standards in becoming a highly reliable organization. Do these standards hinder or improve the quality of care? Justify your rationale.

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You will need 2- 4 properly written objectives that relate to your chosen topic. These objectives are what you would like your group to learn at the end of your class.

Did anyone look at the rubrics on the content page? I copied it here for you!

Grading Rubric: Objectives

A goal is an outcome of what is achieved at the end of the learning process. It is broad and the long term target. An objective is a specific single behavior. Objectives should be achievable by the end of the class. For example, a goal may be that a diabetic patient will learn to manage diabetes. Specific objectives will be how to achieve the goal. The objective must be SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timed-based.) Example: The client/patient/family member will be able to calculate the correct number of total grams of protein provided in handout example after reading the handouts and listening to the calculation lecture.

Common mistakes writing objectives include: describe what the instructor is expected to do rather than the learner, write objectives that are unattainable by the learner based on ability or educational level, writing objectives that do not relate to the goal, and including more than one expected behavior by combining “and” to connect two words (example: select and prepare).

Terms which are more effective and measurable:

apply, calculate, choose, compare, define, describe, demonstrate, distinguish, identify, list, recall, select, verbalize, write

Terms open to many interpretations are:

know, understand, appreciate, realize, enjoy, value, feel, think, learn

Grading Rubric

Grading Criteria Points

Objectives are time-bound 15

Objectives are specific 15

Objectives are measurable 15

Objectives are relevant 15

Objectives are achievable/attainable 15

The class goal has stated outcome 15

Correct spelling, size of the audience, intended audience 10

Review the IOM report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” and explore the “Campaign for Action: State Action Coalition” website. In a 1,000-1,250 word paper, discuss the influence the IOM report and state-based action coalitions have had on nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing workforce development, and how they continue to advance the goals for the nursing profession.

Include the following:

1. Describe the work of the Robert Wood Foundation Committee Initiative that led to the IOM report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.”
2. Outline the four “Key Messages” that structure the IOM Report recommendations. Explain how these have transformed or influenced nursing practice, nursing education and training, nursing leadership, and nursing workforce development. Provide examples.
3. Discuss the role of state-based action coalitions. Explain how these coalitions help advance the goals specified in the IOM report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.”
4. Research the initiatives on which your state’s action coalition is working. Summarize two initiatives spearheaded by your state’s action coalition. Discuss the ways these initiatives advance the nursing profession.
5. Describe barriers to advancement that currently exist in your state and explain how nursing advocates in your state overcome these barriers.

You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

1. In Chapter 5’s discussion of social norms, and an experiment in which MIT students took fewerStarburst candies when the candies were offered for free, Ariely notes, “As it turns out, we are caring social animals, but when the rules of the game involve money, this tendency is muted.” Assuming Ariely is correct that we are caring social animals when money is NOT involved, please think of a way to make the U.S. health care more caring, by removing money from one aspect of the system.
   1. What would your revised system aspect look like, without money changing hands?
   2. How would there be more caring?
2. According to Ariely, a communal plate (of sushi, say) transforms the food into a shared resource. And once something is part of the social good, “it leads us into the realm of social norms.” Meaning: we are reluctant to grab that last piece of sushi off the shared plate! Please think of one way to transform some aspect of U.S. health care delivery into a shared resource. Please comment on how the resource can be made shared. Then comment on how, because it will be shared, it would lead toward evaluating that resource with respect to social norms, instead of market norms.
3. In Chapter 6 Ariely discusses “the influence of arousal.” He concludes, “We need to understand the cold state and the hot state” of decision-making. With respect to reforming the Affordable Care Act (and U.S. health care more generally), what’s the “hot state”? How does it differ from the “cold state”? On the way to reform, how are we to “somehow experience and understand the emotional state we will be in on the other side of [health care reform]”?