St Elsewhere is preparing to open a 30-bed med/surg unit later this year. The established cost center will be 1001, with a designated internal name “In-Patient.”

Anticipated average daily census (ADC) based on data from comparative units in the hospital will be 24. The staffing will be based on 12 hour shifts and the unit will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The organizational standard for the nurse-to-patient ratio will be 1:6 on the 7a shift and 1:8 on the 7p shift for RN’s, 1:8 on the 7a shift and 1:10 on the 7p shift for patient care assistants (PCA), and 1 unit clerk on the 7a shift and 1 unit clerk on the 7p shift. The organization pays RNs a base rate of $72,800, PCAs $31,200 a year, and unit clerks are paid a base rate of $27,040 a year. Nurse managers are exempt employees. The manager will be paid an annual salary of $81,120. Based on hospital policy and years of service for the anticipated staff, human resources has allotted 1.13 FTEs (90 hours) of nonproductive time for every productive FTE.

Based upon the information that we have we will be able to build the personnel budget for the unit.

1. Calculate the number of productive FTEs and annual salary dollars that will be required to staff the “In-Patient Unit.” Provide data for each skill level and a total productive FTE count for the 7p shift.

1. Calculate FTEs by skill level using the NHPPD methodology.
2. Total productive FTEs for 7p shift.
3. Calculate direct and indirect care FTEs and worked hours for 7p shift

4. Calculate total worked hours by skill level for the 7p shift.
5. Calculate total worked (productive) hours for the 7p shift.
6. Calculate hourly pay rates by skill level.
7. Calculate annual personnel salaries by skill level.
8. Calculate annual direct and indirect salary dollars.
9. Total productive annual salaries for the 7p shift.

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a The number of productive FTEs for the 7p shift is as follows RNs 8 FTEs PCAs 10 FTEs Unit Clerks 2 ... View the full answer