Human Resources and Staffing Crisis at Blumberg’s Nursing Home

Human Resources and Staffing Crisis at Blumberg’s Nursing Home

Blumberg’s Nursing Home (BNH) is a 100-bed Medicare and Medicaid certified facility in Philadelphia’s suburbs. For inappropriate behavior, the administrator recently fired the facility’s Director of Nursing (DON), receptionist, and dietary aid. They were all involved in the purchase and use of illegal substances on facility grounds. The incident was discovered by facility staff and many of the more lucid residents.

The charge nurse has been designated as the interim DON. The human resources manager has sent an email to all employees informing them of a mandatory staff meeting to discuss BNH’s code of ethics and provide additional workplace culture training. Because federal law requires at least one (1) registered nurse to be on duty for at least eight (8) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, and that the DON be a registered nurse (RN), which the interim DON is not, BNH is not in compliance.

Create a four to six page (4-6) paper in which you:

1. Determine BNH’s immediate staffing requirements. Determine the order in which BNH should fill the main vacant position (s). Justify your choice (s).

2. Taking into account the reasons for the employees’ termination, develop a human resources policy that addresses inappropriate workplace behavior, the process of reporting inappropriate behavior, and the consequences of policy violations. Explain your reasoning.

3. According to the text, an effective long-term care facility administrator must be both a leader and a manager. Propose at least one (1) way in this case for the administrator to demonstrate quality leadership skills and one (1) way for the administrator to demonstrate quality management skills in the aftermath of this crisis in order to improve and maintain staff and resident morale.

4. Make a recommendation for how BNH should use the Quality Indicator Survey to improve administrative practices and ensure future compliance at the facility. Justify your suggestion.

5. Make use of at least three (3) good academic resources. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must adhere to the following formatting guidelines:

• Must be typed, double-spaced, and use Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must adhere to APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor if you need any additional information.

• Include a cover page with the assignment’s title, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The required assignment page length does not include the cover and reference pages.

The following are the specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment:

• Distinguish long-term care administrative functions from those of other healthcare administrative services.

• Determine the factors that have contributed to the current state of long-term care in the United States.

• Evaluate the various long-term care stakeholder groups as well as the nature of the relationship (s).

• Suggest ways for a company to improve administrative practices by using the Quality Indicator Survey.

• Conduct research on long-term care management issues using technology and information resources.

• Using proper writing mechanics, write clearly and concisely about long-term care management.

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

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Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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