Essays on Aides

Introduction

Watergate was a controversial scandal that rocked the USA in the 1970s, following a burglary attempt at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters located in Watergate Office Complex in Washington D.C. and the alleged involvement of the then US president Richard Nixon in the cover-up. The Watergate scandal marked a historic significance in the US politics as it showed how politicians abused their power to get what they desired. The Watergate scandal brought to the surface an array of secret and illegal activities conducted by the members of the Nixon administration. These activities involved the adoption of unethical means ...

In this paper, I look into the issue of ‘medication errors in home care’. A study published by the journal of Quality and Safety in Health Care, reported the alarmingly high prevalence of medication errors among elderly patient placed in home care in U.K. Home care is normally provided by medic aides and not by nurses. Medic aides are entrusted with the responsibility of administering the prescribed drugs, at the correct time and at the correct dose to the patients. In order to perform this role, they need training that helps them familiarize with drug name, uses and side ...

Problem Description

The case at hand points out that the risk for readmission and occurrence of preventable complications as high in the home care settings upon discharge from ambulatory surgery centers. This problem implies that upon discharge, the patient’s risk of complication was much higher than their counterparts in full-time clinical settings. In a bid to address this problem, it is vital to organize an effort to reduce chances of complication and readmission rates due to lack of poor service delivery in homecare settings. The ambulatory surgery settings, otherwise named ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), represent a type of facilities that ...

Voice and its role in the understanding of an organizational issue or organizational practice.

Introduction Voice is a major part of the communication process. The voice used affects the way an individual processes information. There are many different aspects of voice such as tone, and pitch(Scherer & Sander 2005). The following essay discusses the impact that using voice on employees possesses and the ways I which voice aids our understanding of the organizational practice and organizational issue.

Voice is defined as an active attempt to air out dissatisfaction and search for ways to resolve the dissatisfaction and advice changes (Bryant, 2006). It is when employees or consumers inform the high level of issues ...

Introduction

Training and development is a major function that varied human resource managers have to take seriously to ensure that employees are influenced to utilize the skills learnt. It is imperative to consider the most effective training methods such as the blended training methods that incorporate on job training and the technological based training methods. While on job training methods involve training employees on various functional aspects including wash fits, pant fits and dry cleaning, technological methods are aimed at improving flexibility of training. It is also strategic to consider the learning principles including motivational factors, self-efficacy and adult learning ...

Introduction

Training and development is a major function that varied human resource managers have to take seriously to ensure that employees are influenced to utilize the skills learnt. It is imperative to consider the most effective training methods such as the blended training methods that incorporate on job training and the technological based training methods. While on job training methods involve training employees on various functional aspects including wash fits, pant fits and dry cleaning, technological methods are aimed at improving flexibility of training. It is also strategic to consider the learning principles including motivational factors, self-efficacy and adult learning ...

Organizational diagnosis is the process of evaluating the interacting forces inside and outside of an organization; the dynamics, the catalysts, and the effects. Its purpose is to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the organization and to understand the opportunities and threats in the environment. The goal of an organizational diagnosis is to determine the implications of these factors on the organization with the end in mind of improving efficiency of operations. Upon further observation and interviews with the pharmacist and pharmacy aides, it was determined that the pharmacy is the closest pharmacy to two private health care ...