4455: Healthcare Financial Management Case Study
N4455 Nursing Leadership and Management Financial Management Case Study VSU23(2) Name: Date: Overview: Financial Management Case Study One of the important duties of a nurse leader is to manage personnel and personnel budgets. In this assignment, you will assume the role of a nurse manager. You will use given data to make important decisions regarding budgets and staffing. Some nurse managers have computer spreadsheets or software applications to help them make decisions regarding budgets and staffing. You will only need simple mathematical operations* to perform the needed calculations in this assignment because the scenario has been simplified. Furthermore, some data have been provided for you that a nurse leader might need to gather or compute in a real setting. Still, you will get a glimpse of the complexity of responsibilities nurse leaders shoulder regarding financial management. • To calculate the percent of the whole a given number represents, follow these steps: Change the percentage to a decimal number by moving the decimal twice to the left (or dividing by 100). Multiply the new decimal number by the whole. Example: What is 30% of 70? 30%= .30; (.30) × 70 = 21 • To find out what percentage a number represents in relation to the whole, follow these steps: Divide the number by the whole (usually the small number by the large number). Change the decimal answer to percent by moving the decimal twice to the right (or multiplying by 100). Example: What percent of 45 is 10? 10 ÷ 45 = .222; so, 10 is 22% of 45. * You will only need addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. ©2020 University of Texas at Arlington Page 1 of 6 N4455 Nursing Leadership and Management Case Study You are the manager for 3 West, a medical/surgical unit. You have been given the following data to assist you in preparing your budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Patient Data Average Daily Census (ADC): 55 Budget based on 6.2 Avg. Hours per patient day (HPPD) (6.2 HPPD excludes Nurse Manager and unit secretaries) Staff Data Total FTEs 40 Variable FTEs 1 Nurse Manager 3 Unit Secretaries 44 Total FTEs Staffing Mix RN 75% LVN 10% NA 15% Average Salary Scale per Employee Benefits are 35% of annual salaries Nurse Manager $90,000.00 per year Registered Nurses (RN) $42.00 per hour Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) $27.00 per hour Nurse Aides (NA) $14.50 per hour Unit Secretary (US) $12.50 per hour ©2020 University of Texas at Arlington Page 2 of 6 N4455 Nursing Leadership and Management Rubric Use this rubric to guide your work on this assignment. Criteria Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 A. Table B. Significance of variance in HPPD Target Acceptable Unacceptable Both % and FTEs column totals within ± 2 of correct answers Either % or FTEs column totals within ± 2 of correct answers Neither % nor FTEs column totals within ± 2 of correct answers (13-16 Points) (5-12 points) (0-4 points) All column (except Hours and Salary) totals within ± 2 of correct answers At least 3 column totals within ± 2 of correct answers Less than 3 column totals within ± 2 of correct answers (17-20 Points) (5-16 points) (0-4 points) All six values within ± 2 of correct answers At least five values within ± 2 of correct answers (6-8 points) (1-7 points) Less than five values within ± 2 of correct answers Response is clearly stated and explains some potential details, ramifications, and/or solutions Response states some potential details or ramifications Response is unclear or lacks potential details or ramifications (2–7 points) (0-2 points) Response shows some knowledge of responsibilities of the nurse leader Response fails to demonstrate knowledge of responsibilities of the nurse leader (2-7 points) (0-1 point) All columns (except Hours and Salary) totals within ± 2 of correct answers At least 3 column totals within ± 2 of correct answers Less than 3 column totals within ± 2 of correct answers (17-20 Points) (5-16 points) (0-4 points) All columns (except Hours and Salary) totals within ± 2 of correct answers At least 3 column totals within ± 2 of correct answers Less than 3 column totals within ± 2 of correct answers (17-20 points) (5-16 points) (0-4 points) (0-1 point) (6-8 points) C. Implications for nurse leader Response shows keen understanding of responsibilities of the nurse leader regarding staff budgets (6-8 points) Question 4 Question 5 ©2020 University of Texas at Arlington Page 3 of 6 N4455 Nursing Leadership and Management Questions Refer to the case study to obtain the data required to answer these questions. You calculate all the FTE’s not a single FTE for each discipline. 1. How many RNs, LVNs, and NAs, by category, are on the staff of 3 West? (Round FTEs to the nearest tenth.) Compute totals for each column. Positions Variable FTEs % by Position FTEs by Position RN 40 0.75 30 LVN 40 NA 40 Totals 2. Compute the annual salary budget for 3 West. Compute totals for appropriate columns. Positions FTEs MANAGER 1.0 Salary $ 90,000.00 Hours 2080 LVN 2080 NA 2080 Sec 2080 XXXXX ©2020 University of Texas at Arlington Amount of Benefits Total XXXX RN Totals Salary Subtotals XXXXXX Page 4 of 6 N4455 Nursing Leadership and Management 3. Your hospital unit, 3 West, is a 60-bed general medical-surgical unit. Over the past year, the ADC (Ave. Daily Census) was 53 patients. Use the following data on 3 West during the last year to perform these calculations and answer these questions. A. Complete this table to calculate the actual average hours of care required per patient day (HPPD) for the patients in 3 West. Round to the nearest tenth Acuity Mix Average Hours of Care Required Average Daily Census (ADC) Total Hours of Care Per Day I 1.4 8 11.2 II 3.9 21 III 5.6 19 IV 8.8 5 Totals 53 Hours per patient day (HPPD) B. Remember that your established personnel budget for 3 West assumes a HPPD of 6.2. If your calculated HPPD is different, explain the significance of the variance. (If your calculated HPPD is different than 6.2, you must write more than, “We need more/less nurses.”) What is the Significance of the variance? If you believe you need more staff, what will be your rationale for making this requires? If you have too many staff, what would your proposal be for bringing your staffing into a better balance? Your responses need to have detail and substance. C. What are the implications for the Nurse Manager? As an example, based on your conclusions in Section B, what other observations would you make as you review your total budget and what would you expect to see as a result? (Ex: supply costs; overtime hours, average census of 50 on a 60 bed unit, etc.) ©2020 University of Texas at Arlington Page 5 of 6 N4455 Nursing Leadership and Management 4. You have set two new goals for your unit for the next year related to personnel: • Provide stronger unit management support on evening and night shifts and in the absence of the manager. • Correct unfavorable efficiency variances due to overtime. To accomplish these goals, you plan to make these changes: • Add 1.0 RN FTE position • Eliminate 1.5 LVN positions • Add 1.5 FTEs NA positions • Add 1.0 Assistant HN position at $65,000.00/year Calculate ONLY the cost of the proposed recommendations for 3 West. Compute totals for each column. If the change represents a reduction in the budget for that category, record the total as a negative number. If it represents an increase in the budget for that category, record the total as a positive number. Positions FTEs Salary Hours Salary Subtotals RN 1 LVN -1.5 NA 1.5 AHN 1 65000.00 XXXXX Totals 2 XXXXX XXXXX Benefits Total 5. Assume your proposal was approved. Calculate the new personnel budget (You will use your budget from question 2 and account for the changes you requested in question 4). Compute totals for each column. Positions FTEs Salary Hours Manager 1 XXXXX AHN 1 XXXXX Salary Subtotals Benefits Total RN LVN NA Sec Totals XXXXX ©2020 University of Texas at Arlington XXXXX Page 6 of 6
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