within the next month you are to reduce your staffing in nursing by 10%. You will be allowed to go back to refular staffing
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The ABC Hospital in Anytown, OK has a capacity of 180 beds. The Nutrition Services Department may currently schedule up to 35 FTE per week when at 75-85% capacity. The department has a policy of avoiding overtime if possible. However, during periods of peak census (number of patients in the hospital), it is sometimes needed. If the census drops below 75% capacity, the Director is expected to cut staff hours accordingly. Only the Director and Assistant Director (Clinical Nutrition Manager) are salaried and their hours are not subject to reduction. However, when cuts are needed, the Director attempts to reduce hours worked by part-time employees first in order to protect the full-time employees. Employees who are full-time get a 30-minute lunch break. 1. During the week of March 1, the census was at 80% capacity and the staff worked all their scheduled hours to equal 34.8 FTE/week, how many hours did they work? 2. Staffing is adjusted for census fluctuations. a. During December the census was at 100% capacity (about 144 patients). How many hours should the manager schedule each week? How many FTEs is this? b. During the week of July 4, the census dropped to 60% of capacity. How many hours should the manager schedule employees?
Hamzah C.
You are the manager of a medical-surgical unit. Today is April 1st, and the fiscal year began on July 1st. You work with a variable budget and have the opportunity to make changes to the current budget based on variance. You cannot go over the total budgeted amount assigned to you. Your budget is presented below. Annual Budget Expended in March Expended Year to Date Amount Remaining Personnel $500,000 $25,000 $375,000 $125,000 Overtime $50,000 $20,000 $40,000 $10,000 Supplies $18,000 $1,800 $16,500 $1,500 Travel $1,000 $0 $300 $700 Equipment $5,000 $0 $5,000 $0 Staff education $1,000 $200 $600 $400 Several factors that you must consider include: 1. You have been told to decrease your overtime expenditure. 2. Your unit has been designated as the unit to accept nursing home patients, which will increase the cost of supplies. 3. Your full-time night nurse has resigned and needs to be replaced. In order to hire new nurses, a 16-hour orientation would be required. 4. You would like two nurses to attend a train the trainer workshop for a cost of $1,000 each. Questions: 1. How will you address these requests based on the budget printout? 2. What expenses can be deferred to the new fiscal year? For the new fiscal year, I would defer [insert expenses here]. What budgeting area was your previous projection most accurate? What budgeting area was your previous projection most inaccurate? What factors may have contributed to situations of being over budget, as determined by variance?
Manasvee S.
PART A: Staffing The hospital staff has a capacity of 180 beds. The Nutrition Services Department may currently schedule up to 35 FTE per week when at 75-85% capacity. The department has a policy of avoiding overtime if possible. However, during periods of peak census (number of patients in the hospital), it is sometimes needed. If the census drops below 75% capacity, the Director is expected to cut staff hours accordingly. Only the Director and Assistant Director (Clinical Nutrition Manager) are salaried, and their hours are not subject to reduction. However, when cuts are needed, the Director attempts to reduce hours worked by part-time employees first in order to protect the full-time employees. Employees who are full-time get a 30-minute lunch break. During the week of March 1, the census was at 80% capacity, and the staff worked all their scheduled hours to equal 34.8 FTE/week. How many hours did they work? Staffing is adjusted for census fluctuations. During December, the census was at 100% capacity (about 144 patients). How many hours should the manager schedule each week? How many FTEs is this? During the week of July 4, the census dropped to 60% of capacity. How many hours should the manager schedule employees?
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