Answer to eachindividual prompt must be at least 600 words, not counting title and reference pages. In addition, include a biblical integration and at least 2 source citations in current APA format.

4) Prompt:The healthcare industry is one of the largest employers in the U.S. and employs more than 3% of the U.S. workforce. There are approximately 200 health occupations and professions in a workforce of more than 14 million healthcare workers.

By 2030, the percentage of the population that is 65 years and older will increase from the current 6% to 10% of the total population, which will place pressure on the healthcare system (National Center for Health Statistics, 2008).

At the same time, the country is currently experiencing a national shortage of both physicians and nurses. Choose either physicians or nurses and address an element (based on current research) contributing to the shortage. Next, what strategies can you suggest to rectify this employment issue?

5) Prompt:Hospital executives often come under scrutiny for the salaries and benefits they receive. According to a recent IRS survey related to chief executive officer salaries, of more than 500 hospitals, the national average income was $490,000. In addition, the salaries of hospital and other health industry executives have come under scrutiny in Congress.

For-profit hospitals, which make up about 30% of hospitals, do not have to publicly disclose how much the executives at each facility earn, but nonprofit hospitals must provide that information on the IRS form 990, which are public documents.

By law, hospitals are required to show that such compensation is "reasonable" when compared to pay at other similar institutions. If you were a board member of a healthcare organization, what other determinants besides the salary of other chief executives would you want information on before you determined the compensation of the chief executive of the health care organization whose board you are on?

In addition, how do the responsibilities of chief executives compare to the responsibilities of other healthcare employees? Do these responsibilities warrant a substantially higher salary? Defend your answer.

6) Prompt:The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) is a national quality partnership of organizations interested in improving surgical care by significantly reducing surgical complications.

Partners in SCIP believe that a meaningful reduction in surgical complications depends on surgeons, anesthesiologists, perioperative nurses, pharmacists, infection control professionals, and hospital executives working together to intensify their commitment to making surgical care improvement a priority.

If you were the administrator in charge of reducing errors related to surgery, what strategies would you implement that enable the different professionals (i.e., surgeons, anesthesiologists, preoperative nurses, pharmacists, infection control professionals, and hospital executives) to receive training?

What kind of training and development activities would you implement to change the culture of the hospital in regard to reducing patient care errors? What other HRM activities could be impacted by the training and collaboration?

7) Prompt:Because of the economic revolution in the U.S., President William Howard Taft established the U.S. Department of Labor in 1913. Its mission was and is to promote the welfare of working people and the decency of their working conditions.

By the end of World War, I, the U.S. Department of Labor had established policies to ensure fair wages and decent working conditions so that employees were treated fairly (Grossman, 1973). Presently, regardless of the industry, unions are often formed because employees are dissatisfied with their jobs. Either the wages are too low, or the working conditions are poor.

As health expenditures continue to increase, healthcare reform will continue to focus on cost reduction within the healthcare system. As a human resource manager in healthcare, what steps or strategies can your organization take to proactively reduce the probability or likelihood of union formation? Base your answer on current research and defend your position.

8) Prompt:A strategic goal of any healthcare organization is the quality performance of the employees. The Institute of Medicine (1998) created the most accepted definition of quality in the healthcare industry: patient services current with scientific knowledge that result in a desired health outcome.

Research information on high-performance organizations and provide 5 strategic methods that could be used to improve employee productivity in the healthcare organization, impacting quality.