For this assignment, you will find 5 situations/scenarios where communication, handling conflict and team building are essential. Think about how you would handle each of these situations and apply the knowledge from the Chapters read to answer the situation assigned to you. To alleviate duplication each student selects a different discussion. Please answer the situation assigned by the due date and reply to, at least, one of your classmates by the Wednesday after the original due date. Refer to the grading rubric and schedule for due dates.Student Discussion 1You are a nurse manager of your unit and you notice that the day shift and night shift are having a “war”. Tasks that are supposed to be done during the day shift are being left for night shift to complete and tasks that are normally done during the night shift are being left for the day shift to complete. Every time you walk into the break room, someone is gossiping about someone. Morale is suffering on the unit. What strategies can you institute in order to help communication, boost morale, build teamwork and end the “war”?Student Discussion 2You are a graduate nurse in the ICU and your preceptor is not too happy to have another GN to precept. The first encounter was poor but you tolerated it and endured the cold shoulder. You asked several other nurses on the unit about how to deal with your preceptor and they all said that she is like that at first, but once you get to know her she is quite pleasant. Using conflict management techniques presented in the text, how would you handle this situation? If what you try doesn’t work, what are other options? What are some team building strategies that can be applied to avoid this in the future?Student Discussion 3You are a nurse on a busy 42-bed telemetry unit. Both the staff nurses and nursing assistive personnel (NAP) work 12 hour shifts. Change of shift hand-off report occurs at 0700 and 1900 daily. During the staff meeting, the nurse manager charges everyone to think of ways to improve patient satisfaction. You note that patients are dissatisfied during the change of shift hand-off report times when the unit hallways become crowded and noisy. Most nurses and NAP are not available to answer call lights and attend to patient needs during this time. What are some suggestions you can make to improve patient care during the change of shift hand-off report? If you are asked to lead a team to problem-solve and identify solutions to these issues, what qualities do you possess that will be essential in this team leadership role? What qualities would you look for in selecting your team members? How can you use the five stages of team development – forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning – to develop your team?Student Discussion 4Stacy was nearing the end of her 12 hours day shift and looking forward to attending her son's final high school soccer game after work. Just when she was ready to leave the unit, a new patient unexpectedly arrived and needed to be admitted. Judy, the nurse on the next shift, asked Stacy to admit the new patient before she left. Stacy refused, and a heated exchange occurred. What were the conditions leading to the conflict. What was the core of the conflict? Who was right? How can conflicts like this be avoided in the future?Student Discussion 5You are the charge nurse of a busy 20 bed Women’s Health Unit. You just received a call from the emergency department that you’ll be admitting a 21 week pregnant woman who is actively contracting and will be aborting the fetus. You put a call out to the on-call nurse who refuses to come in because “that is too close to viability, and it will be killing it which is against what I believe”. What do you believe is the basis for this conflict and how can you best resolve it with the intention of providing the best care for the client?Student Discussion 6You are a new nurse manager of a busy neuro/medical unit in a teaching hospital. You believe in emphasizing evidence-based practices. Your nursing staff is diverse in experience and education. During a staff meeting one of your novice nurses who is working on a DNP brought up a new protocol for skin care. The protocol was not received well by two of your “seasoned” nurses and the meeting did not end well with sarcastic comments and eye rolling on both sides. What do you believe is the basis for the conflict? How can it be resolved?

Please answer the two statements' questions:1) A quote from the Clarke article, “In this Roundtable, veteran healthcare executives offer advice and best practices on how hospitals can overcome some of the common issues concerning capital allocation.” Of the suggestions offered by the health care executives, in a minimum of 250 words, explain which concept(s) give you the greatest insight into creating an improved Capital Planning process in the organization where you work (or one in which you are familiar)? Be sure to identify which article or executive you are referencing. Resources-Clarke, R. L., et. Al., (2004). Inside the real world of capital allocation. Healthcare Financial Management, 58 (12), 81.Anonymous. (2006). Capital planning: how strategic is your organization? Healthcare Financial Management, 60 (7), H1.2) Managed Care was birthed in the 1980's. The concept of managed care was implemented as a cost-containment measure of the once soaring healthcare expenditures. As a result, additional concepts such as medical neccessity and utilization review came to the forefront. Visit the website for Kaiser-Permanente or another HMO in order to gain further insights. After performing your research, in 250 words, discuss the fundamental features of a managed care organization. Discuss your predictions on the future of managed care? Will it still be around in another 10-20 years or do you believe it will be replaced?

Assignment:Select your site for the community educational project.Complete and submit the signed (not typed) Community Health Educational Project Permission Form. (if this cannot be completed in the first week, please speak directly with your professor about options). No typed signatures are permitted- the person in charge at the venue you choose to use for your presentation will need to sign the form. Practice Hours: each module has a minimum required practice hours related to your work on the main education project. Practice hours relate to time spent on project work (Discussion Board work does not apply). Document your hours for Module 1 in Project Concert. Access Project Concert. You should have an estimated 2 - 3 hours for this module. Minimum required hours must be entered into Project Concert for Module 1. Some states/entities require hour logs for certification or employment. It is the student's professional responsibility to ensure all hours are entered correctly in order to meet these requirements. Please see the Project Concert directions document in the Learning Materials on how to enter hours.Write a short 250-300 word APA formatted paper (include title page, introduction, headings for the body, and conclusion in strict APA format) on: First discuss what your topic is and why you choose that topic related to your community needs. Second discuss why you selected the specific site for your presentation related to your topic and community needs and note where and when (place, date) your presentation will take place. (If you are still working on solidifying the site, discuss your options and what your plans are to get this solidified to be a good fit for your topic and community needs) In this course, in every module assignment or discussion, due to the nature of the assignments, you are permitted to use first person, such as I, We, Me, Us, etc. Please submit the paper above and the permission form into the dropbox- these may be submitted in two files in the dropbox.