1-Challenges of the interview of the ARNP initial post due this week.

Listed below are the three most challenging interview questions you may experience during the interview process. To fully prepare the student for his or her future interview, please provide a clear and concise answer as to how you as the APRN will answer each interview question.

1-What is your biggest Weakness?

2-Describe how you resolved conflict with a co-worker or patient?

3-Tell me about yourself?

Please answer each questions by separated and at least 3 references.

300 words on Identify and evaluate external influences that are positively and negatively affecting workforce needs in health care delivery. Also, consider PESTLE factors.

 PESTEL is an acronym that stand for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal factors. However, throughout the years people have expanded the framework with factors such as Demographics, Intercultural, Ethical and Ecological resulting in variants such as STEEPLED, DESTEP and SLEPIT. 

one reference.

Introduction

Inequality is a central concept in sociology. Every society has a stratification system—an arrangement of society into groups that are unequal with regard to things valued in that society. In the United States, for example, we stratify people based on social class (or how much income and wealth they have). Our location within the stratification system impacts much of our lives. How would your life be different if you came from a family with billions of dollars? Would you have gone to the same school? Played with the same toys? Gone on the same vacations?

While inequality exists in every society, it tends to be different as to how it is structured according to time period or location. In earlier times, inequality was based on who owned the land. Today, it is shaped by a variety of factors including income, wealth, gender, race/ethnicity, age, and ability status. For example, women and some racial/ethnic groups make less for the same work as males. Despite this, we have a tendency in the United States to believe that neither social class nor class conflict exist. Unfortunately, research and data suggest otherwise. We still have a division of people based on their income and wealth, with some at the top and others at the bottom. While we belong to a wealthy, industrially developed country, poverty still exists.

Sociologists examine these issues of poverty and inequality in a society and try to better understand why structures of inequality exist in society. Do you think inequality is always going to exist? Focus on this as you delve into the resources and prepare for the assessment.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 3: Explain the significance of social inequality for the individual and society.
  • Explain whether or not economic inequality is inevitable.
  • Propose strategies to reduce inequality.
• Competency 5: Analyze the impact of social change on society and social institutions.
  • Examine potential changes to increase equality of opportunity.
  • Analyze factors that contribute to the growth of economic inequality.
• Competency 6: Compose text that articulates meaning relevant to its purpose and audience.
  • Develop text using organization, structure, and transitions that demonstrate understanding of cohesion between main and subtopics.

American culture emphasizes self-sufficiency and working hard to get where you want. It is assumed that everyone has the ability to succeed if they work hard enough. For this assessment, write a paper applying key concepts regarding social stratification to argue for or against the inevitability of economic inequality. While there are many forms of inequality in the United States, for this assessment we will be focusing solely on economic inequality.

Deliverable

Write an essay in which you complete all of the following:

• Part 1: Explain whether or not you think economic inequality is inevitable.
  • Respond to the question: Is economic inequality inevitable? Why or why not?
• Part 2: Analyze factors that contribute to growing economic inequality.
  • Analyze what factors have contributed to the growth of economic inequality in the past few decades. What factors cause economic inequality?
  • Propose strategies to reduce economic inequality.
• Part 3: Examine ways to increase equality of opportunity.
  • Reflect on ideas of equal opportunity and analyze why or why not you think American society provides everyone with an equal opportunity for success.
  • Examine what kinds of changes would help establish greater equality of opportunity for everyone in American society.​​​​

Additional Requirements

• Written communication: Develop text using organization, structure, and transitions that demonstrate understanding of cohesion between main and subtopics. Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• Sources: Cite at least three scholarly sources.
• Length: 3–4 pages, not including title and reference pages.
• Format: Include a title page and reference page. Use in-text citations to cite your sources. [Example: Writing becomes better as the child matures (Britton, Thomas, & Miller, 1996).]
• Font and size: Times New Roman, 12-point.

 
3 postsRe: Topic 1 DQ 2

Servant leadership is a type of leadership in which the main goal of the leader is to serve and place the needs and interests of their followers and organization over their own self-interest and needs (Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, 2016). “Servant leadership is a philosophy and set of practices that enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations, and ultimately creates a more just and caring world,” states the Greenleaf Institute for Servant Leadership. The phrase “servant leadership” was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader and in his thesis he makes several strong statements including the philosophy that, “caring for persons, the more able and the less able serving each other, is the rock upon which a good society is built” (Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, 2016). This type of leadership style is set up to serve each member in the group. In a diverse workplace, this type of leadership would be beneficial in that it allows for personalized management and can help to establish cohesiveness in a team environment (Root, 2007). In other forms of management styles, the needs and visions of the company are often put ahead of the needs of the staff. In the servant leadership setting, all input and opinions are taken into consideration which helps to build loyalty from staff, can improve feelings of teamwork, and increase staff morale (Root, 2007). When employees are satisfied with their jobs and their company, workplace productivity tend to rise.

Transformational leaders work with their employees to implement change. This type of leadership involves creating a vision for followers and guiding changes through inspiration and motivation. This theory was developed by James Burins in the 1970s with the basic assumptions that, “Both leaders and followers have the ability to “raise each other to the highest levels of motivation and morality” (Marquis & Huston, 2017, p. 50).” (Grand Canyon University, 2018). “In Burns’ view, transformational leadership has the potential to motivate followers to satisfy higher-level needs, such as self-esteem and self-actualization. Those influenced by transformational leaders find meaning and value in their work, make significant contributions to the success of their employing organization, and become leaders’ themselves” (Rose O. Sherman, 2019). Transformational leaders use the following four elements when leading others; idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individual consideration. “Transformational leadership focuses on empowerment, viewing errors as learning opportunities, and valuing innovation which means staff members have a means of continually providing input about how to improve care. As a result, transformational leadership can revitalize healthcare from the point of patient care and more” (Rose O. Sherman, 2019). This can be a very powerful approach, but the visionary, big-picture aspect can distract the leader from the day-to-day tasks. It works best when the leader has a detail-oriented subordinate to keep him things grounded.

Grand Canyon University (Ed). (2018). Nursing leadership & management: Leading and serving. Retrieved from https://lc.gcumedia.com/nrs451vn/nursing-leadership-and-management-leading-and-serving/v1.1/

Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. (2016). The Servant as a Leader. Retrieved from What is Servant Leadership: https://www.greenleaf.org/what-is-servant-leadership/

Root, G. N. (2007). The Advantages of the Servant Leadership Style. Retrieved from Leadership: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-servant-leadership-style-11693.html

 Political Issues for Nursing

I would say that a safe and healthy work environment would have to be the one I am interested in. The World Health Organization defines a healthy environment as a place of “physical, mental, and social well-being” supporting optimal health and safety (2019). Safe environment isn’t just keeping us physically safe but the mental aspect is so important.  We need to be confident and report something that we feel is unsafe or unethical whether it is for us nurses or if it is pertaining to a patient. If we report, we can’t be afraid of retribution. The management team needs to be supportive and make a real effort to better assist the nurses. If there is a patient who is making the nurses feel uncomfortable, the nurses need to bring it up so the patient is aware and so that it does not happen again. More than likely if it makes us uncomfortable or even scared it is affecting other patients if they happen to see it.

Reference

ANA. (2019). Healthy Work Environment. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment

Respond to the discussion above.