Perhaps there is no more critical role of a nurse leader than ensuring you have the most appropriate levels of staff in the correct areas at the right times. What does the this data table tell the nurse leader about staffing over the period at issue?

Unit budgeted hours per patient day (HPPD), RN/patient care technician (PCT)/

unit assistant (UA) hourly salaries, average staffing fines by state department of health, the average lawsuit for patient negligence, average patient census, average sick days, average nurse turnover, staff satisfaction, nurse medication errors, and incremental over time. How can the nurse leader connect the data to human beings in a caring manner?

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TABLE 11.3 Data Table for Critical Thinking Exercises Datasets Available for Medical-Surgical Unit, Year/ Quarter Average patient acuity score (1=low, 5-high) Average number of patients per nurse Unit-budgeted HPPD 8.00 8.00 8.00 RN average $55.50 $55.50 $55.50 hourly salary PCT/CNA average hourly salary Unit assistant average hourly salary Y1Q1 Y1QZ Y1Q3 Lawsuit total for patient negligence 3.00 2.00 3.00 5.00 Average patient census $19.75 Staffing fines by state department 0.00 of public health 5.00 0.00 Average patient length of stay (in 2.30 days) Y1Q4 $14.25 $14.25 $14.25 $14.25 $0.00 $0.00 0.00 4.00 3.80 5.60 3.10 $19.75 $19.75 $19.75 $19.75 $19.75 0.00 $120K $250K 0.00 $250K 2.30 YZQ1 Y2Q2 YZQ3 3.00 8.00 8.10 8.60 $61.85 $61.85 $61.85 $54.60 $54.60 1.95 4.20 1.00 0.00 0.00 8.10 2.60 3.90 0.00 0.00 2.75 3.00 30.00 27.00 26.00 32.00 26.00 28.00 8.10 Y2Q4 $19.75 $19.75 4.15 5.00 $0.00 $0.00 4.10 0.00 $240K 30.00 5.15 0.00 $500K 3.25 31.00