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Staffing & Budgeting

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Sandra Vanhorn is opening a newly created ambulatory care clinic adjacent to a university teaching hospital. She has designed a staffing pattern that staffs below maximum workload conditions to stay within budget. Nurse Vanhorn will supplement her staffing by using the float pool at the hospital to cover her unit when the schedules are heavy. She feels that using supplemental staff may disrupt orientation and work routines, so she is going to orient five pool nurses to the ambulatory clinic routine and request that they fill the shortages.

1. (a) What type of staffing is Nurse Vanhorn using to deliver services to clients in the clinic? (b) In planning her mix of full- and part-time or floating staff, which is most likely to become more costly: having one too many full-time nurses or being short one full-time nurse?
2. What are the benefits and the c

   Staffing & Budgeting

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   Sandra Vanhorn is opening a newly created ambulatory care clinic adjacent to a university teaching hospital. She has designed a staffing pattern that staffs below maximum workload conditions to stay within budget. Nurse Vanhorn will supplement her staffing by using the float pool at the hospital to cover her unit when the schedules are heavy. She feels that using supplemental staff may disrupt orientation and work routines, so she is going to orient five pool nurses to the ambulatory clinic routine and request that they fill the shortages.

3. (a) What type of staffing is Nurse Vanhorn using to deliver services to clients in the clinic? (b) In planning her mix of full- and part-time or floating staff, which is most likely to become more costly: having one too many full-time nurses or being short one full-time nurse?
4. What are the benefits and the challenges of this type of staffing approach?
5. hallenges of this type of staffing approach?

Answer 1

a.) Vanhorn uses mix of full and part-time staff pattern.

In case of staff shortage and heavy work load the floating staff is accepted. They must be given orientation regarding patient care, daily routines , etc.

b.) In planning of her the mix of full and part-time staff the most costly way is the use of too many full time staff. They all must to be given salary.it is costly .

The use of one full time staff reduce the budget. she will provide health care services with low-cost.

c.)Benefits

-The use of this type of staffing pattern is cost effective.

-It reduces the work load.

-It is less time consuming.

-The stress of work is reduced .

Challenges.

-The quality of care is less.

-They will assume duty without sufficient preparation. so outcome of care is not satisfactory.

-They were not sure about the record maintenance. In case of any medico legal cases improper patient care records maintenance occurs.

-There may be failure to use of sufficient knowledge,Skills or nursing judgements.