Please create a salary budget for St. Lucy Hospital for the year. You are opening a new patient care unit of 30 medical-surgical patient beds which will be opened for the entire year. You will be staffing the unit as follows: Day shift (7:00 am 7:00 pm) - RN to patient ratio of 6 patients to 1 nurse Each nurse will be assigned one Patient Care Associate (PCA) daily. The nurses and PCAs work three twelve-hour days (12-hour days) per pay period Each pay period is 2 weeks One unit secretary One Nurse Manager One Assistant Nurse Manager The unit secretary, Nurse Manager and Assistant Nurse Manager work five days a week 8-hour days Night shift (7:00 pm 7:00 am) - RN to patient ratio of 10 patients to 1 nurse Each nurse will be assigned one Patient Care Associate (PCA) per night The nurses and PCAs work three twelve-hour nights (12-hour nights) per pay period Each pay period is 2 weeks There are two Assistant Nurse Managers who cover 7 nights per week- 10-hour shifts (9pm- 7am) There is no unit secretary on at night. Financial Information needed to calculate budget: Average salary for RN = $ 40 per hour Average salary for PCA = $ 15 per hours. Salary for Nurse Manager = $120,000 annually Salary for Unit Secretary = $ 12 annually Salary for Assistant Nurse Manager = $ 90,000 annually Night differential is paid to non-management staff at a 10% differential for all hours worked after 7pm and up until 7 am. Benefits (health and disability) should be calculated at 30% of salary expense Replacement time for vacation, sick, and holiday should be calculated at 20%. Assume the Average Daily Census for the unit is 25 patient beds. Patient days should be calculated using 25 beds X 365 days/ year. Assume hours worked for 5 days a week are 40 per week or 2,080 hours annually (40 X 52 weeks). Assume hours worked for 3 days a week are 36 per week or 1,872 hours annually (36 X 52 weeks). Assume hours worked for 10-hour shifts are 7 shifts every 2 weeks or 70 hours per two weeks or 1,820 annually.

1- How many FTEs will be included in your budget?

2- How many full-time and part-time employees will you need to cover all shifts for the year?

3- What is the total salary expense for the year?

4- What is the total benefit expense for the year?

5- What is the total personnel budget for the year?

6- Please calculate the Patient Care hours ratio.

Patient Care hours are calculated by Direct Care giver hours worked per year (RN and PCA) divided by total patient days.