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In this scenario, you have recently been hired as the \u201cTeam Wellness\u201d manager for a local hospital named Greenville State Hospital. As Team Wellness manager, you are responsible for creating initiatives that will help keep the hospital\u2019s employees healthy so that they can provide the highest level of care to patients.<\/p>\n
One such initiative that you\u2019ve been asked to explore is a program that would mandate influenza \u201cflu\u201d vaccinations for all hospital employees.\u00a0 Currently, the hospital provides flu shots to any employee who desires one, but the goal is to increase the number of those who participate. The reasoning for this initiative includes:<\/p>\n
Knowing your decision will affect employee morale and employee health, as well as the fact that you have limited time to make your decision, use the documents provided to make a policy on whether or not to mandate the flu vaccine for all hospital employees. Write your recommendation in the form of a memo to the Board of Directors of Greenville State Hospital.\u00a0 Be sure to include a specific rationale for the recommendation by referencing the most credible and relevant information from the document library to underscore that your reasoning is backed up by evidence.<\/p>\n What is a memo?<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Purdue Owl provides explanations and examples:<\/p>\n https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/subject_specific_writing\/professional_technical_writing\/memos\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n PART A<\/strong><\/p>\n Document List:<\/p>\n Document 1) <\/strong>Caplan, A. (2011, July). Time to mandate influenza vaccination in health-care workers. The Lancet, 378<\/em>(9788), p. 310-311. https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736%2811%2961156-2\/fulltext<\/a><\/p>\n Document 2) <\/strong>\u201cInfluenza and Influenza Vaccines\u201d, 6 Oct. 2017. Web. 25 July 2018, https:\/\/pdfs.semanticscholar.org\/e856\/4ee6c31327117d59720797f4a8580de18201.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n Document 3) <\/strong>\u00a0Khunti, K., Kamal, A., Pareerk, M., & Griffiths, A. (2021). Should vaccination for healthcare workers be mandatory?<\/a>: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 114<\/em>(5), 235-236. https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/fys\/files\/Doc-3_Should-Vaccination-for-Healthcare-Workers-be-Mandatory.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n Document 4) <\/strong>Gale, Jason. “How Effective Is the 2018 Flu Shot? Here’s What You Should Know.” Time<\/em>. Time Magazine, 17 Feb. 2018. Web. 25 July 2018, http:\/\/time.com\/5138100\/how-effective-is-the-2018-flu-shot\/<\/a><\/p>\n Document 5)\u00a0 <\/strong>Evans, G. (2019). Hospital fined $74k in flu shot religious exemption case<\/a>. Hospital Infection Control and Prevents, 46<\/i>(11). https:\/\/www.reliasmedia.com\/articles\/145231-hospital-fined-74k-in-flu-shot-religious-exemption-case<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Document 6) <\/strong>Cohen, Jon. \u201cWhy Is the Flu Vaccine so Mediocre?\u201d Science, vol. 357, no. 6357, 2017, pp. 1222\u20131223, https:\/\/science-sciencemag-org.marshall.idm.oclc.org\/content\/357\/6357\/1222<\/a> (You likely will be prompted to log in using your Marshall username and password to access this article via a database) If you are unable to connect, use this PDF backup: Why is the flu vaccine so mediocre<\/a><\/p>\n Document 7)<\/strong>\u00a0 OSHA (n.d.). Employer guidance: Reducing healthcare workers\u2019 exposures to seasonal flu virus<\/a>. United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration<\/em>. https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/seasonal-flu\/healthcare-employers<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Part B:<\/strong>\u00a0 Go back to the Microsoft Word document and explain what other information would have helped you understand the topic better and how you might find that information.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Part C:\u00a0<\/strong>Reread the scenario above. Make sure you understand what you are being asked to do and the format specified in the directions (a memo). Go back to the Microsoft Word document and complete this portion before saving one last time and submitting the Microsoft Word document to the FYS Common Exam Blackboard Assignment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Open this Microsoft Word document.\u00a0 Save it.\u00a0 Use it to record your responses to questions 1-9.\u00a0 (See scenario and questions below.) 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