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Assignment
2: Human Resources and Staffing Crisis at Blumberg’s Nursing Home
Due
Week 10 and worth 250 points
Blumberg’s
Nursing Home (BNH) is a 100-bed Medicare and Medicaid certified facility in
suburban Philadelphia, PA. The administrator recently terminated the facility’s
Director of Nursing (DON), receptionist, and dietary aid for inappropriate
conduct. They had all been involved in purchasing and using illegal substances
on facility grounds. Facility staff, as well as many of the more lucid
residents, have found out about the incident.
The
charge nurse has been appointed interim DON. The human resource manager has
sent a memo to all staff informing them of a mandatory staff meeting to discuss
BNH’s code of ethics and to provide additional training on workplace culture.
Because federal law requires that there be at least one (1) registered nurse on
duty for a minimum of eight (8) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, and that
the DON must be a registered nurse (RN) – which the interim DON is not – BNH is
out of compliance.
Write
a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
- Assess the immediate
staffing needs at BNH. Prioritize the order in which BNH should fill the main
unstaffed position(s). Justify your selection(s).
- Considering the
reason behind the termination of the employees, formulate a human
resources policy that addresses inappropriate conduct in the workplace,
the process of reporting inappropriate conduct, and the consequences of
violating the policy. Explain your rationale.
- Per the text, an
effective long-term care facility administrator must have both leadership
and management skills. Propose at least one (1) way the administrator in this
case must demonstrate quality leadership skills, and one (1) way the
administrator must demonstrate quality management skills in the aftermath
of this crisis so as to improve and maintain staff and resident morale.
- Recommend a strategy
for BNH to use the Quality Indicator Survey to improve administrative
practices and ensure future compliance at the facility. Justify your
recommendation.
5.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other similar
websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your
assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double
spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the
professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the
reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The
specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Differentiate the
administrative functions of long-term care practices from those of other
healthcare administrative services.
· Identify the factors that
have led to the current realities of long-term care in the United States.
· Assess the various
stakeholder groups of long-term care along with the nature of the
relationship(s).
· Recommend how a company
can use the Quality Indicator Survey to improve administrative practices.
· Use technology and
information resources to research issues in long-term care management.
