Posted: August 30th, 2016
5. Assume your proposal was approved. Calculate the new personnel budget. Compute totals for each column. (ADJUST Q 2 TO INCLUDE RECOMMENDED CHANGES)
Positions FTEs Salary Hours Salary Subtotals Benefits Total
B. Remember that your established personnel budget for 3 West assumes a HPPD of 5.4. If your calculated HPPD is different, explain the significance of the variance. (If your calculated HPPD is different than 5.4, you must write more than, “We need more/less nurses.”)
What is the Significance of the variance? If you believe you need more staff, what will be your rationale for making this requires? If you have too much staff, what would your proposal be for bringing your staffing into a better balance?
C. What are the implications for the Nurse Manager? As an example, based on your conclusions in Section B, what other observations would you make as you review your total budget and what would you expect to see as a result? (HINT: supply costs; overtime hours, average census of 43 on a 45 bed unit, etc.)
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