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Challenges Faced by Transgender Young Adults
Challenges Faced by Transgender Young Adults
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Identity crisis is a common problem among young adults, especially transgender people who experience changes later in their lives. Gender dysphoria is phycological distress that results from an incongruence between an individual’s sex that is assigned at birth and one’s gender identity which they developed later in life. Young adults are at a stage in life that poses a major psychological problem in which a person fails to relate to either socially acceptable gender – male and female. While a person may be born female, and transform later in life to be a male, they may undergo psychological and hormonal changes that they previously not experienced. As a result, most transgender people are vulnerable to symptoms of depression and anxiety as they are not sure whether they will be fully adopted by society for what they have chosen to be and what they were previously. For this assignment, I will analyze the poem, “A letter to the girl I used to be” by Ethan Smith to help understand the challenges that young adults pass through especially those experiencing gender changes.
The text, “A letter to the girl I used to be,” highlights the story of a young man in his early 20’s narrating the changes and challenges that he faced when transforming from a female to a male. According to the poem, Ethan describes how it feels to be trapped inside the wrong body. He writes to a young girl, a female version of his younger self named Emily. Previously, he was a girl, but presently, he is a male. In the poem, Ethan goes back to the days when he was Emily, and here he experiences numerous challenges. For example, he states that every time she goes to watch baseball, a voice he no longer recognizes whispers “Ethan, do you remember? When you were gonna be the first girl in the major leagues-Seattle Mariners. Rally Cap.” By this, Ethan is referring to him as a young girl who reminds him of the time, he was young and wanted to be the first girl baseball league player. When Ethan was Emily, he wanted to be a baseball player, but maybe his ambitions have changed since transforming from a female to a male, and this is why he is conflicted about his past and present interests.
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Ethan Smith. “A Letter to the Girl I Used to Be.” Retrieved from: https://youtube.be/Lkn06Y8prDU
Motorola Solution Inc
Motorola Solution Inc.
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Problems…………………………………….………………….……3
Solutions……………………………………….……………….…….5
Diversification of Operations..………………………………………5
Technological Advancements……………………………………….7
Cooperation………….…………………………….…………………8
Decision Matrix………………………………………………………9
Outcome Measures and Expectations……………….………………10
Most Appropriate Solutions…………………………………………10
References………………………………………………………..…12
Motorola Solutions Inc.
This paper gives a critical situational analysis of Motorola Solutions Incorporation (MSI). It does this by focusing on its internal and external environments, challenges, and their recommended remedial measures. To begin with, MMSI is a telecommunications company founded on 04/01/2011. The Schaumburg-based company is traded at the New York Stock Exchange. Its current Chief Executive Officer, who also serves as the chair of the Board of Directors, Greg Brown, has steered the company. By 2011, it had a total of 23,000 workers with a total asset of $13.92 billion, and a net income of US$ 1.15 billion (Gart, 2006). MSI is guided by a moral principle, which strives to create indispensable indestructible tools to help to improve the lives of people from all corners of the world. It serves the government, health, public safety, and other private entrepreneurs.
Problems
Today, the carrying out of business in the world is becoming increasingly challenging. Many entrepreneurs have faced a lot of obstacles, which have really thrarted the rate of their growth. This is not unique to this company because it has had to confront the following:
First, there has been a lot of problems facing the company’s products due to obsolescence. The world has become so dynamic to the extent that it only needs highly creative manufactures to come up with the novel products. Meaning, most of the commodities, which were manufactured by this company including two way radios and business radios, are no longer in fashion as a result of the emrgence of micro kioskks, mobile computers, and wireless broadband networks (Wheen, 2011). This situation results from the ever changing needs of the consumers, who often want to experience the use of the new commodities, which are designed in better ways to suit them. The trend is rapidly changing towards the use of more portable products, which can be used to perform multiple tasks.
Despite being one of the leading suppliers of telecommunications equipments, MSI has been facing a very stiff competition from other companies. These include the Huawei International Private Limited, Phillips Electronics North America Corp., Nokia Siemens Networks OyNovAtel Carcom Inc., and Philips Electronics North America Corp. These are some of the reputable companies, which offer complementary services to this company. Hence, it has become extremely difficult to compete with them, since they have a wider coverage. Most of them, like Nokia, are multinationals with branches in nearly all the continents. Ever since the communication sector became lucrative, many entrepreneurs have invested their money here. Hence, there is a very stiff war, which only needs well-prepared companies to be engaged into; thus, necessitating the survival for the fittest. All the less competitive producers can be easily eliminated from the market.
The competition faced from them has led to a lot of legal tussles revolving around copyright and patent issues. Besides, it has led to the price wars, where rival manufacturers deliberately charge lower prices in order to appeal most to the potential customers. This has necessitated the diversification of products and improved quality of services. Hence, MSI has taken the initiative to improve the quality of its products. As a result, it has become possible for it to enjoy competative advantage over others, to increase the volume of its sales, and to increase its revenue in the past fiscal years (Silver, Joann, 2008). This explains why it is rapidly expanding its operations to many places today. Meaning, the management has taken advantage of this competition to improve the company’s services, so as to be the best telecommunications provider in the market.
Lastly, there is a problem of overdependence on a section of the market. Given that MSI produces government and enterprise services, a lot of focus is put on the former meaning, most of the revenues are derived from the sales of products made to the government and its agencies (Dee, 2005). According to the company’s financial report, in the 2010/11 fiscal year, a total of 65% of its revenue was derived from the government. At the same time, there was a regional imbalance in the distribution of this income. While the USA accounted for 53.6%, UK, China, Israel and Japan followed with 8.2%, 3.9%, 2.1% and 12% respectively.
Solutions
Facing challenges does not mean a collapse of an enterprise. A good manager takes advantage of challenges by viewing them as opportunities for further development. Based on the above problems, the paper would like to recommend the following remedial measures:
Diversification of Operations
Concentration on one customer and specific region is a dangerous affair. It may affect the company in many ways. First, it can be detrimental during crisis. When the very client has economic problems, it can become so difficult for it to purchase the same commodity they way it used to do before. In this case, it becomes challenging for the supplier as well, since it will have to experience the same difficulty (Dan, 2010).
Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the paper recommends that the company should embrace the spirit of diversity. Meaning, it should ensure that it establishes a very large pool of clients to supply with its products. If this happens, it will be in a position of encountering such disasters. It will help it in the diversification of risks, because it will have alternative customers to serve should one fail. If MSI can consolidate its market amongst the private entrepreneurs, it will increase the chances of increasing the rate of its stock turnover. Overreliance on the government, as the main client, may be so disappointing, especially if the tender is not awarded (Dan, 2010).
All the entrepreneurs understand the bureaucratic procedures involved into the government deals. Before awarding any tender, adverts are made in the print, broadcast, and online media. At times, even international bidders are involved. In this situation, it becomes too competitive to win the tender. Moreover, it may be challenging if one of the rival companies unites with the concerned authority top in order to win the tender. If this happens, the company will automatically lose its main market. Meaning, it will store dead stock or be compelled to look for the new market. All this risk can be avoided by diversifying the market.
Concentration of market on one line must be avoided at all costs. A team of dedicated sales and marketing professionals should be deployed in the potential areas to promote the company’s products. They should begin their work with placing informative adverts in all the available media sources. However, this should be done after carrying out a market research aimed at understanding the actual context of the market. If the market is expanded, the company will be safe, because it will easily spread risks and survive, even if a section of its market faces economic crises (Gart, 2006).
The management of this company must appreciate the fact that their products are used without any boundaries. People in the contemporary society are very much happy with the various brands of telecommunication products, because they have made life better for them. Therefore, it is not a wise decision to concentrate the market in only one region. Even if the USA may be the area with the highest number of clients, deliberate efforts must be made to ensure that a larger market base is established in all other continents. It is only a matter of decision and investment. Any kind of a customer only needs to be informed about the new commodity, so as to make a decision on whether to purchase it or not. This implies the application of all the deliberate efforts to coax them to embrace the new products from this company.
Technological Advancements
There should be a diversification of services in this company. Meaning, different kinds of products should be manufactured, so as to address the demands of various clients in this highly dynamic society. Instead of concentrating on the production of a few commodities, the management should come up with strategies to increase the number of their products (Steinbock, 2007).
The manufacturing of such products will only result from the adoption of high technological skills. Hence, there will be a variety of products, which can substitute one another, in line with the tastes and preferences of different clients. Before coming up with such an idea, it is paramount to conduct a market research in order to understand the demands of customers. Probably, this is why MSI has now come up with a variety of products including OEM Scan Engines, tablets, two way radios, SCADA Systems, enterprise voice, Iden Networks, WLAN Accessories, RFID Accessories, support and help desk applications, and network design software.
In order to do this in an effective manner, it will be essential for the company to employ the highly qualified personnel, who have a deeper understanding of the customer needs. They should be knowledgeable about the target customers, so as to design the most appropriate commodities, which will address their constantly changing demands (Gart, 2006). At the same time, they must be knowledgeable regarding the modern technological advancements, which many of the clients aspire to conform to. If a variety of products is manufactured to appeal to the clients, they will do all that they can in order to acquire them because it will become popular.
Since the world has become so advanced, it is advisable for the management of this company to respond with immediate effect. Apart from hiring a highly qualified team of personnel to spearhead the smooth running of the company, a lot of funds should be allocated for carrying out various researches. It is only through this that the company will be able get all the relevant information, which it needs in order to produce commodities, which are good enough to satisfy the diverse needs of its clients. This should be done as a response to the external environment, which may be too competitive. It is only better initiatives, which can save the company from succumbing to this competition however stiff it may be. If this is properly done, the company will come up with the most appropriate commodities tailored to the satisfaction of the current modern market. At the same time, they should be given a number of alternative commodities to choose from in line with their preference and tastes.
Cooperation
In order to encounter the intensifying problem of competition, it is advisable for the company to form mergers with its leading rivals. This will mean pooling together resources and having an assured control of the market. As already explained, operating as individual entities may be so challenging given the high level of competition in this sector (Blumberg, 2000). Therefore, in order to avoid the cases of price wars among other forms of unhealthy competition, it is better to come up with the ideas of uniting these firms, so as to form one major one, which can be easier to manage (Armstrong, Kesten, 2007).
The paper recommends that MSI should form mergers with Huawei International Private Limited, Phillips Electronics North America Corp., Nokia Siemens Networks Oy NovAtel Carcom Inc., and Philips Electronics North America Corp. Through this initiative it will be easier for it to have a large portion of the market by ensuring that its services are spread to all corners of the world, where they may be needed. As a result, it will enjoy a competitive advantage over other smaller industries, which may end end up collapsing in the long run (Armstrong, Kesten, 2007). This can also be achieved through franchizing existing companies.
Generally, unhealthy competition may be so destructive for any business. Therefore, if different firms deal in a similar line of commodities, it is not wrong if they pool their resources together in order to establish one stronger company. Doing this can enable them to increase their chances of controling the market. It may either result into a monoploy or oligopoly. In such a situation, it becomes easier for those firms to expand their market base and access other areas they could not reach before coming together. As a result, there will be an increased rate of stock turnover, a development which will obviously lead to the growth of each of them.
Decision Matrix
Alternative Cost (%) Effficiency (%) Relevance (%) Total Score(Ranking: 1-3)
Diversification of Operations
90 95 93 1
Technological Advancements
70 68 93 2
Cooperation 67 54 76 3
Outcomes, Measures and Expectations
MSI is making a very good progress. Having a net income of US$1.15 billion is not a mean achievement. However, it still has to come up with viable strategies to improve its technology, diversify its operations, and form amalgamations. The company should formulate policies aimed at making feasible decisions, which can help it to accomplish both its short and long term goals (Wheen, 2011). This is the only way, through which it can accomplish its long term goals of being the telecommunication company of choice.
Most Appropriate Solution
According to the above explanation, the paper recommends that diversification is the best alternative to salvage this company. This is because it will ensure a radical shift from the current trend, which is characterized by discriminative distribution. It is natural that manufactures always become biased towards some clients depending on their buying trends. However, the paper strongly suggests that customers can always be manipulated. According to industrial psychology, the perception of buyers towards a particular commodity can be directly controlled by the producer of the same commodity. As already illustrated, it is a very dangerous affair to concentrate market on one particular client and region. Life is changing and people are subject to such changes. Anything can happen, which may seriously affect the buyer. In this case, even the supplier will have to endure difficulties, because it will be the time it will be trying to launch the new markets (Richard, Muller, 2004).
The only way, which such foreseen certainties can be escaped through, is the widening of the market. All the efforts must be made to ensure that the company’s products are sold to different people from all the corners of the world. As already highlighted, the management must realize the important role of media in promoting the company. Advertisements should make in all the available media resources, especially in the internet. Here the target clients will get an opportunity to get information about the company, its products, and the ways they can suit them irrespective of their geographical, economic, and social background. At the same time, it will create room for the company to correct any misconception, which might have been created about it by its rivals.
References
Armstrong, J. S., Kesten, C. G. (2007). Competitor-Oriented Objectives: The Myth of Market Share. International Journal of Business 12 (1): 116–134.
Blumberg, P. I. (2000). The Multinational Challenge to Corporation Law: The Search for a New
Corporate Personality. New York: Mackmillan Publishers.
Dan, S. (2010) Winning Across Global Markets: How Nokia Creates Strategic Advantage in a
Fast-Changing World. New Jersy: Jossey-Bass/Wiley.
Dee, H. (2005). One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization. Berrett-Koehler
Publishers.
Gary, A. D. (2007). Network Warrior. O’Reilly.
Gart, J. H. (2006). Electronics and Aerospace Industry in Cold War Arizona, 1945–1968 –
Motorola, Hughes Aircraft, Goodyear Aircraft. Arizona: Arizona State University.
Richard, B., Muller, R. E. (2004). Global Reach: The Power of the Multinational Corporation. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
Steinbock, D. (2007). The Nokia Revolution: The Story of an Extraordinary Company That
Transformed an Industry. AMACOM Books.
Silver, S., Joann, L. S. (2008). Motorola Lures Jha to Head Cellphone Unit. The Wall Street Journal: p. B1.
Wheen, A. (2011) DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM: How Modern Telecommunications Evolved from
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Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
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Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Introduction
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) are registered nurses who have completed the necessary training in both clinical practice and advanced education and often offer medical services in community-based organizations. Adding to the prerequisite nursing teaching and certification necessary for all Registered Nurses, APRNs should hold at least a Master’s degree. APRNs are composed of clinical nurse experts, nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, and nurse anesthetists, and they all play a crucial role in future health care development (American Nurses Association, n.d). This paper discusses the favorable effects that APRNs care coordination may have on patient care in different clinical settings. Specifically, the describes the different ways in which APRNs may implement care management and care coordination in a specific health setting, ways in which EHR and information technology affect patient care, challenges and barriers associated with the implementation of coordination practices in clinical settings, and how APRN advocacy at the federal, state, and local levels affect legislative practices.
How an APRN Can Implement Care Coordination and Care Management Activities in an Healthcare Setting
The employment of APRNs to offer patient care in a wide range of clinical settings can positively impact the quality of patient services offered in the health setting by making sure that clients receive the services and treatments they need, monitoring patients for severe reactions to treatment or medications, and offering other essential patient support services. Additionally, advanced practice registered nurses can work together with other associates of the care team to establish a patient-centered treatment plan adapted to meet the patient’s specific needs.
According to Donelan et al. (2019), advanced practice registered nurses have been instrumental in developing and leading care management and care coordination programs in acute care hospitals. These programs are consistent with the ultimate goal of fulfilling the health care needs of those patients who suffer from complex chronic illnesses. In acute care hospitals, APRNs work with physicians to develop patient treatment plans and keep records of patients’ severe reactions to specific treatments.
How Information Technology and Electronic Health Records Influence Patient Care and Coordination
Electronic health records and information technology are vital in improving patient care and coordination since they help doctors and nurses efficiently and quickly access patient information. Therefore, implementing information systems is crucial in every health care setting as it provides improved access to evidence, thus; improving evidence-based nursing and patient care quality. Information technology offers many opportunities for developing and transforming patient care and coordination which include; dropping the rate of human mistakes, simplifying the burden of care coordination, improving the quality of clinical results, observing data over time, and making practices more efficient. In addition, using health information technology in health care facilities could improve patient safety by decreasing the occurrence of medication errors, the possibility of adverse drug reactions, and the proportion of non-compliance with best practices (Alotaibi, 2017).
Additionally, electronic health records promote patient care and coordination by enabling doctors taking of patients in various health care settings to share and continually update clients’ clinical data and then display the patient’s data in logical clinical groupings that can be readily accessed by other doctors in the health care setting. Also, practitioners can monitor their patients’ development over time and identify potential issues or problem areas with a higher degree of precision due to electronic health records.
Facilitating Factors, Barriers, and Challenges Related to Adopting Care Coordination Practices in Healthcare Settings
In healthcare settings, there are several factors that, when combined, stimulate the implementation of care coordination approaches. On the other hand, a number of challenges and issues also need to be resolved. Both facilitating factors and barriers to implementing care coordination can be identified at the organizational, individual, and interpersonal levels. Facilitating factors related to the implementation of care coordination in healthcare settings include; the availability of community resources that support care coordination, improved functionality of the clinical information technology, a growing trend in the healthcare sector toward assessing and rewarding excellence, and the increased petition for coordinated health care by the patients, payers, and other stakeholders (Lin et al.,2018). Other facilitating factors are the improved interactions between the patients and clinicians.
Some of the challenges and barriers to the implementation of care coordination in healthcare facilities include; the absence of financial incentives designed to encourage participation in care coordination on the part of healthcare providers and the overall lack of understanding and awareness of care coordination among healthcare practitioners, patients, and other people. Another barrier is the patient population which influences how care coordination practices are used (Lin etal., 2018).
How APRN Advocacy at the Local, State and Federal Levels Influences Legislative Practices and Effect this have on the Future of Advanced Nursing Practice in my Home State
At the local level, APRNs can recommend the city councils and all other local legislative authorities about the need to increase responsibilities and power for APRNs, which will assist them in obtaining support from the general public. This may help guarantee that the needs of the people who are supposed to be governed by the laws and regulations are met, both now and in the future. Besides, APRNs educate local policymakers on the benefits of their vast training and experience in order to enhance healthcare delivery and access for all.
At the state level, advanced practice registered nurses can work with regulatory agencies and state legislators to alter the laws and regulations that govern their professional practice. This may help ensure that patients receive the highest possible health care quality available. According to Brom et al. (2018), at the state level, the Full practice authority ensures that APRNs work within the scope of their training and allows the patients to find a qualified doctor independently. Lastly, at the federal state, APRNs and members of congress may work together to modernize the rules and regulations that govern the advanced nursing practice. This allows nurses to continue providing innovative patient care while maintaining the highest standards.
Conclusion
All health care facilities need to employ APRNs as they are responsible for the treatment and diagnosis of illnesses, as well as providing advice to the general public on matters about health, managing chronic diseases, and participating in ongoing education to stay abreast of any methodological, technological, or other improvements in the field.
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Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) | American Nurses Association. ANA. Retrieved 15 September 2022, from https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/workforce/what-is-nursing/aprn/.
Alotaibi, Y. K., & Federico, F. (2017). The impact of health information technology on patient safety. Saudi medical journal, 38(12), 1173. DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.12.20631Brom, H. M., Salsberry, P. J., & Graham, M. C. (2018). Leveraging health care reform to accelerate nurse practitioner full practice authority. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 30(3), 120. DOI: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000023Donelan, K., Chang, Y., Berrett-Abebe, J., Spetz, J., Auerbach, D. I., Norman, L., & Buerhaus, P. I. (2019). Care management for older adults: The roles of nurses, social workers, and physicians. Health Affairs, 38(6), 941-949. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00030Lin, C. C. C., Dievler, A., Robbins, C., Sripipatana, A., Quinn, M., & Nair, S. (2018). Telehealth in health centers: key adoption factors, barriers, and opportunities. Health Affairs, 37(12), 1967-1974.