Instructions

Working on teams is a common way business and organizational tasks are conducted today. Group work can be rewarding and frustrating. Thus, it is critical that you learn how to make every group experience a success.

One of the most frequent complaints with group work is the amount of time wasted in trying to get organized and make decisions. There are also complaints that individual members are not “pulling their weight.” To reduce these problems, your group should answer the following questions regarding the means by which they will work together as the semester progresses.

Instructions

Consider a group at work, or another situation in which you are a member of a group that has a specific task or set of tasks to accomplish. This can be a project team at work, a committee for ministry or a civic organization, a team for a class project, or any other group that has from 3-10 members.

For that group, develop a communication plan and submit it in a memo document of up to two pages, single spaced in length. Submit in a *.doc or *.rtf file format. This document should be in a business professional memo format. Address the memo to the professor. You may use one of the professional memo templates in Microsoft Word.

The memo should include the following:

• The primary task or function/purpose of the group
• First name and primary function (job) of each team member.
• Technologies and methods you use to communicate (i.e. Google Hangouts, Google Docs, Skype, email, phone, meetings, text messaging, etc.)
• A description of how you plan to resolve issues and make final decisions.
• A description of how you plan to encourage and maintain a high quality of contribution.
• A description of how you plan to deal with personal conflicts among group members.

Week 3 Research Paper: Business Process Redesign

If you have you been involved with a company doing a redesign of business processes, discuss what went right during the redesign and what went wrong from your perspective. Additionally, provide a discussion on what could have been done better to minimize the risk of failure. If you have not yet been involved with a business process redesign, research a company that has recently completed one and discuss what went wrong, what went right, and how the company could have done a better job minimizing the risk of failure. It would be great if you talking about in the age fo COVID!

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be approximately 4-6 pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.

• Follow APA7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion. Try dividing your paper into section with section headers Introduction,……………,conclusion & recommendation.

• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.

• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

Module 02 Content

1. Interpersonal Process Recording (IPR)

   Purpose
   This assignment will help prepare you for conversations with clients with mental health conditions.

   Course Competency
   Describe the foundations of mental health nursing.

   Transferable Skill
   Communication: Displaying capability in writing, reading, and oral communication; understanding of non-verbal language.

   Instructions
   It will be carried out with two students working together. This is a “role-play exercise,” One student is the student nurse, and the other will role-play as a client. In this assignment, the nursing student will demonstrate the therapeutic nurse-client relationship and analyze the therapeutic and nontherapeutic techniques used. You will take turns in the roles.

   This is not about always having therapeutic responses. It is about learning from practice and review. It is expected that you will think of other ways to respond or interact with the client that may be more therapeutic after the interaction is terminated. After the conversation is over, you will complete in IPR form.

   The client roles are:

   • Mr. Jones is a 69-year-old retired engineer. He was admitted to the in-patient psychiatric unit the previous day. His daughter had called the police when he locked himself in his bathroom and refused to come out. She thought he was suicidal. He was brought to the hospital by the police and was admitted on involuntary status. Since admission, he has been reticent but told his daughter he had no reason to live since his wife died.
   • Diagnosis: Major Depressive Disorder
   • Nursing Diagnosis: Risk for suicide.
   • Mrs. Alvarez is a 34-year-old female who has lived in this country for the past 10 yrs. She is a stay-at-home mom with three small children. Her husband works two jobs to support the family. Lately, she has been extremely anxious and fears that her children will become ill or injured. This seems to be an unrealistic concern, but she has been unable to sleep well and has lost 15 lbs. in the past month. She is a voluntary admission and states she knows she needs help.
   • Diagnosis: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
   • Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective coping
   • You will select the role you wish as a client and take turns switching roles. After the conversation, you will document the interactions using the form provided and following the guidelines instructions for each column.

     IPR Form Explanation

     The IPR is completed with the form to guide you and the rubric to explain the grading process for content.

     IPR Form

   • The first column is for you, the nursing students, comments/ questions, and responses. You may want to include the introduction process. It is understandable if the initial conversation is more superficial to establish rapport. You may not want to include all of this but move on to the more focused interaction. Your nonverbal communication is included here.
   • Then, the conversation will focus on the client’s feelings, concerns, issues as they have identified them. After the introduction, it may be beneficial to establish a short-term goal for the interaction with the client.
   • The second column is for the client’s comments, questions, responses. Also, the nonverbal reactions of the client are included in this column.
   • The middle column is for you to write what you are thinking or feeling.
   • The last two columns are for you to document the technique that you used in that portion of the conversation. If it is a non – therapeutic response, you must write the response and think of how to revise it to more therapeutic response. You can change any response if you think of how you could have responded differently but, identify and change all non – therapeutic responses.