Section One-Staffing Budget and FTEs Personnel Budget Case Study Sandra Chambers has recently accepted the position of assistant administrator for the department of nursing at Potter Regional Medical Center where she will oversee the operations of five medical units. As she evaluates the budgets for the different cost centers, she finds that all are being used at near or full capacity. The activity in four of the five has remained steady over the past 2 years. A fifth unit has realized a steady increase in patient volume during that for a nursing unit, time and is currently at 88% capacity. It has been projected that within the next 12 months the volume of patients moving through that unit will increase by 20%. Sandra needs to determine if the current FTEs for the unit will be sufficient to ensure quality and safe care continues to be NT%20VERSION201%2 provided, and if not, what is the number of FTEs that will be needed to cover a 20% increase in volume must be submitted to the 1 . Suggest all the information Sandra needs to collect in order to project the FTEs needed for the next fiscal year accounting for the projected increased capacity. Remember, she is new to her position so be sure to include background data on the unit itself as it relates to previous budgets, nursing staff, and the organization. In other words, summarize your approach to this Case Study. evised due date, the Given the date provided in the case study Sandra will have to collect data regarding the average daily census (ADC), the average monthly patient days (APD), occupancy percentage, the average length of stay (ALOS), hours of care per patient day (HPPD), and hours of nursing care per patient day (NHPPD). ADC: Number of patient days and divide it by the number of days in the month equals the average number of beds occupied every day. 1/4