HLT 313V All Week Assignments Package

HLT 313V All Week Assignments Package

HLT313V

HLT-313v Week 1 Assignment – Workplace Safety Initiative Proposal

Allied health professionals are uniquely qualified in many ways to recommend, implement, and provide valuable feedback regarding safety considerations, risk management, and quality of service across multiple levels within a health care organization.

For this assignment, develop a 1,250-1,500 word proposal inclusive of the following elements:

The proposal identifies and promotes one specific safety, risk management or quality improvement initiative that is recognized or proven to be successful.

The proposed idea would benefit your employer/organization, or if you are not currently employed in this capacity, would benefit an organization in your city/region in your chosen health care field.

The proposal must include and define roles for the organization’s top/corporate management, facility/department management, and the role of the individual allied health professional in implementing the proposed initiative’s activities.

Use the “Topic 1 Assignment Template” for crafting your proposal. Appendices are optional; if needed to support a point or idea in your proposal, please attach tables or graph resources in this section and not in the body of the proposal.

You are required to use and cite a minimum of three qualified resources from the readings or the GCU Library in order to complete this assignment successfully.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

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Workplace Safety Initiative Proposal

Introduction

The workplace safety initiative is a proposal that seeks to improve the safety of workers and the general public in the workplace. It will focus on improving worker conditions and increasing worker awareness of occupational health and safety issues. The initiative will also help reduce financial liabilities by reducing accidents, injuries, and fatalities among workers who are employed in industries where there is a high concentration of these risks such as construction trades or mining operations.

Background

You are a small business with a long history. Your company has been around since the 1950s, and you continue to grow every day. You have been growing by leaps and bounds for decades—but now your company is in a place where it needs some help.

The workplace is old and outdated; there are many hazards that could cause harm if left unchecked:

• The building’s ventilation system has stopped working because of age-related issues (and this has caused problems elsewhere on campus)

• The electrical wiring is so old it won’t support current technology; this means that if something goes wrong with an electrical device, there’s no way to fix it without replacing all of the wiring at once (this would cost millions).

Scope

The Scope of the Project

The scope of this project is to develop a workplace safety initiative for all employees and managers, as well as provide training on how to prevent injuries and illnesses at work. The goals are:

• To reduce injuries and illnesses in the workplace by implementing policies, procedures, practices and equipment that promote safety;

• To educate employees about their responsibilities for preventing injury or illness on the job;

• To increase awareness among supervisors about potential hazards on site.

Objectives

The first step to any exercise program is to define the problem. When you’re trying to lose weight or gain muscle, it’s important to know why you want to change your habits in the first place. In this case, workplace safety is our goal: we want a safer workplace for employees and their families. We also want our company’s reputation as a leader in safety technology and practices to remain intact.

Setting goals for yourself can help keep your motivation high as well as ensure that you’re moving towards something positive instead of just going through the motions with no direction or purpose (which could lead down paths like “I’ll try harder today”). It’s important not only how quickly or slowly but also how far away from where we began – making sure there are tangible results along the way will keep us motivated throughout this journey!

For example: if someone wanted a healthier lifestyle over three months they might set up an appointment with their doctor every week after eating breakfast together on Mondays at 6am; then once per month go out hiking until lunchtime then yoga class after work hours followed by dinner parties with friends who live nearby each weekend during summer months so there was always something happening when people were free at night time which meant less stressors around work schedules since everyone knew each other better now than before starting their new regimen which made working together easier too because everyone knew what was expected from one another without having many extra meetings necessary between departments needing coordination efforts beforehand.”

Components

The project is an initiative to improve workplace safety by developing and implementing a comprehensive set of measures that can be used across all industries. The goal is to reduce injuries and fatalities at work, while also improving employee health and wellbeing.

The components are:

• A strategy for measuring success (measuring the reduction in work-related injuries)

• A plan for action (implementing workplace safety measures)

Assembling the Team

Assembling the team is one of the most important aspects of a successful workplace safety initiative. The goal of your group will be to create safe workplaces across all industries, and it’s critical that you have people who are well-versed in their own disciplines as well as those outside of their field. For example, if you want to focus on preventing workplace injuries among construction workers, then it makes sense to include representatives from various industries like construction companies or others involved in this industry (such as architects). This way they can share information about how best practices are being used within their respective professions so that new policies could be put into place immediately once implemented at other organizations around town!

Takeaway:

• The takeaway should be a summary of the main points.

• The takeaway should be a call to action.

• The takeaway should be memorable and easy to remember, so that you can use it in your workplace or personal life.

Conclusion

We hope that the suggestions in this document will help you to create a workplace safety initiative, and we’re excited to hear from you if you have any questions. Please get in touch with us at your earliest convenience. We are happy to help!