Learning Goal: I’m working on a health & medical discussion question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.
Textbook: Sampson, C. J., & Fried, B. J. (Eds.). (2021). Human resources in healthcare: Managing for success (5th ed.).
Q1) After reading Chapter 10 in the textbook, answer the following questions in this week’s discussion board.
What additional compensation related incentives could be offered to healthcare professionals during a time of unprecedented risk such as the COVID 19 pandemic?
Did your employer offer any incentives during this time period? Were they successful? Explain.
- Your answer should be approximately 3 to 5 well written paragraphs, but no more than 8 total. Use at least one source from the course materials or your own research in your answer to each prompt.
- Q2) CASE STUDY After reviewing the course materials on Compensation, readthe Case Study 6: A Living Wage beginning on page 564 in the Sampson and Friedtext (in Appendix B). You will need to do some research on the topic of livingwages. In your case study submission,answer the following questions.1. What is the definition of living wage? Has a living wagepolicy been put into place in any jurisdiction? If so, what was the impetus forsuch a policy and what have been the impact of the policy (positive andnegative)?2.What is the impact of a living wage policy on employees inthe organization? Does such a policy raise the wages only for people who arecurrently paid below the living wage level? If so, how is the policy likely toaffect internal equity in the organization? Does a living wage policy bump upeveryone’s wages in the organization?3. In comparison with other hospitals in the area, MethodistHospital’s pay structure is in the middle. Up until this fiasco, the hospitalhas been fairly successful in attracting and retaining employees (at leastcompared to the other healthcare organizations in the area). How might theimplementation of a living wage policy affect the recruitment and retention ofstaff? How might it impact the competition? What do you anticipate will be theoverall financial impact upon Methodist Hospital?Your response to each question should be a minimum of twowell-written paragraphs, but no more than four paragraphs per response. Eachresponse should have a minimum of one citation. The goal is to connect yourresponses to course materials. Your case study should follow APA structure with a coverpage, in-text citations, section headings and a list of references in APAformat. Try to limit the total length to no more than 3 to 4 pages, excludingthe cover page and references.
- Q3) After reading Chapter 12 in Sampson and Fried andreviewing the other course materials in the module, read Case 1 on pages423-424 in the Sampson and Fried text and answer the following prompts:1. What is the problem in this case?2. If you were the CEO, would you respond in the same way?Why or why not?3. What if anything can be done at this point?
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- Youranswer should be approximately 3 to 5 well written paragraphs, but no morethan 8 total. Use at lease one source from the course materials or yourown research in your answer to each prompt.
- Q4) After reviewing the chapter in the textbook, read theCase at the end of Chapter 15 (Prairie Regional Medical Center) on pages516-519. In your case study, answer the following questions:1. How should Pam handle the complaint by the patient?Should she fire Renee as the patient’s wife demands? Be sure to justifyyour answers.2. Should Pam change Renee’s work schedule? Are there limitsto the number of shifts or hours that nurses or other healthcare professionalsshould work? Do you think there should be limits?3. Should this situation be addressed to a QI team? Or isthis simply an unfortunate situation arising from a troubled employee? Or fromanother circumstance?4. Could this situation have been avoided if theorganization’s human resources management systems had been different? Whatpolicies, procedures, structures or safeguards should be put into place toavoid this type of situation in the future?Your response to each question should be a minimum of twowell-written paragraphs, but no more than four paragraphs per response. Eachresponse should have a minimum of one citation. The goal is to connect yourresponses to course materials. Your case study should follow APA structure with a coverpage, in-text citations, section headings and a list of references in APAformat. Try to limit the total length to no more than 3 to 4 pages, excludingthe cover page and references