Operating Budget:

Overview

Given the following pertinent information, calculate the total required FTEs (including Nurse Manager, Secretaries, RNs, LPNs, and CNAs) for the Pulmonary Nursing Unit:

1. According to your calculation, the unit is expected to have 42.5 total workload units per day next year with an average census of 8.5

2. The Targeted Hours per Workload Unit are 5.0

3. The staffing mix is70%RN,15%LPN, and15%CNA

4. The unit operates 7 days a week, 24 hours a day

5. The non-productive factor for the unit is 15% or 1768 productive hours per FTE

6. The unit is staffed with one Nurse Manager, and 3 unit secretaries - one for day, 7 days a week; one for evenings, 7 days a week; and one for nights, 5 days a week

Process

1. Record your answers in an MS Word (Table) document OR Excel document

Pulmonary Nursing Unit

Average daily census (ADC) * provided in scenario

8.5

Days Per Year

365

Targeted Hours Per Workload Unit * provided in scenario

5

Total workload unit =ADC x Targeted Hours per Workload Unit (8.5 x 5) * provided in scenario

42.5

Total Care Hours =Total Workload Unit x Days Per Year (? x ?)

?

Productive Hours * provided in scenario

1768

Total Care Hours (TCH) Divided by Productive Hours per FTE = Total FTE's (?/?)

?

FTE: Secretary works 8 hrs/day x 7 days/week Divided by 40 hours/week (?/?)

?

FTE: Secretary works 8 hrs/day x 5 days/week Divided by 40 hours/week (?/?)

?

Manager

?

Position Title

Staff Allocation

Total

100%

Fixed Staff

?

Nurse Manager

1.00

Unit Secretaries

?

Variable Staff

?

Staff Mix

RN

? X 70%

?

?

LPN

? X 15%

?

?

CNA

?X 15%

?

?

Total FTEs

?