Question

You are the nurse manager on a pediatric unit. For the next fiscal year you will be adding 4 intermediate care beds in addition to the 15 acute-care beds that you already have. Your occupancy level runs close to 90%. You calculate that you will need to add TWO FTE RN positions per 8-hour shift to cover the additional beds. Calculate the number of FTE’s you will need to provide full time coverage for 2 FTE’s per 8-hour shift. Be sure to take in to consideration that you are a 24/7 operation and that your staff will need to take vacation, sick and other time away from work. Each FTE will get paid for the following : Holidays 9 Sick days 7 Vacation days 7 Education days 2 You need to calculate the Net Paid Days for each new FTE to be able to determine the total number of FTE’s needed to provide 24/7 coverage as you add the new beds. Show your calculations. Assume that the cost of a Registered nurse salary is $50,000 and benefits are $15,000. Compute the total annual cost of the additional staff. Show your calculations.

Answer 1

24/7 facility.

2 FTE per 8 hour.so for 24/7 hour facility ,3 shifts.

3×2=6 FTE should be added.

Total paid leaves per annum is 9+7+7+2=25 paid leaves.

365 working days 25 days will be paid leaves.It is 6.84%of total days.

The possibility of nurse taking leave is atleast 25 days per year.so for 8 hour we added 2 FTE for 4 beds.so there will be 15 beds 2×4×3=24 FTE already have.

24÷6=30 FTE total.

To cover paid leave of 6.84 % there should be

30×6.84/100=2.

So to cover this days atleast 2 should be there additionally.

If there is already additional staff is there,atleast 1 staff should be added.

So 6+1=7 should be there.

There is$ 65000 per annum per nurse.(50000+15000)

So for additional 7 members,

7×65000=455000$ should calculated per annum.

(I have considered 65000/annum.if it is for month calculation changes. LIKE 455000×12=5460000)