Exam 14: Staffing and Scheduling

A nurse staffing plan takes into account:

An important aspect of managing the costs on a unit is to plan accurately for staffing needs.Nurse managers use staffing plans to:

In reviewing the job description of a nurse manager,the staff becomes aware that a nurse manager's role is complex.Which of the following duties are required of a nurse manager? (Select all that apply.)

To reduce reliance on overtime hours,an organization develops a strategy for floating nurses during staff shortages.To maximize patient safety and reduce costs,the healthcare organization:

The number of adverse events such as falls and pressure ulcers on your unit is increasing.An ideal staffing plan to address this issue would include which of the following? Increasing the:

To prepare staffing schedules,a nurse manager needs to calculate paid nonproductive time.When calculating paid nonproductive time,the nurse manager considers:

In a job interview for a staff position,which of the following indicates your knowledge of patient safety?

Scheduling is a function of implementing the staffing plan by assigning unit personnel to work specific hours and specific days of the week.To retain nursing staff,the nurse manager must schedule:

A nurse manager must consider a number of external variables when preparing the personnel budget and projecting the unit's staffing needs.An external variable to be considered is:

The difference between staffing and scheduling is that staffing:

A nurse manager must also consider a number of internal variables that will affect staffing patterns.An internal variable to be considered is:

Staff members on your unit raise concern that there is rising acuity on the unit and lack of responsiveness in addressing these needs through appropriate staffing.They point to increased incidences of adverse and sentinel events on the unit.To address this concern,your hospital organization would do best to:

A nurse manager uses many sources of data when planning the unit's workload for the year.Which of the following data must be considered in the planning?

A busy neurologic ICU and step-down unit most likely would use which patient classification system?

A particular classification system assigns revenue according to the functional capacity of patients and the progression of patients during their stay in rehabilitation units.More independent patient activities,such as prompted voiding,require higher staff utilization than dependent activities but do not result in increased staff resources.This is an example of:

A strategy to increase RN staff retention at Valley Hospital includes:

In evaluating weekend mortality rates,the head nurse on the cardiac unit is surprised to find that they are higher than on weekdays.In exploring the reasons for this apparent anomaly,the head nurse focuses on:

A factor evaluation system:

Your healthcare organization has a decentralized system for scheduling.As part of this process,after you have developed a draft schedule,you may need to:

To project staffing needs and to avoid understaffing,it is important that nurse managers consider which of the following?