The nurse managers in a hospital are asked to prepare budgets for the units. At the same
Question:
The nurse managers in a hospital are asked to prepare budgets for the units. At the same time, the managers are told that the hospital has serious problems and was over budget last year. This is the first year the nurse managers have been asked to participate in budget development. At the nurse manager meeting, several nurse managers are angry, noting that the hospital is only now turning to the nurse managers when serious problems have arisen. Maybe if they have been asked to participate in the budget process before they were problems, they might have been able to provide helpful input. Many nurse managers also feel they lack the necessary skills to do the tasker. The nurse executive listens to their concerns at the meeting. After the meeting, the nurse manager for a medical unit returned to his and met with team leaders to ask their advice about the budget and the deficit.
- 1. How should the nurse executive respond to the nurse managers' concerns about their lack of skills to cope with this request?
- 2. In this situation, how might macrolevel financial issues affect microlevel financial issues?
- 3. What might be the roles of staff nurses, team leaders, nurse managers, and nurse executives in budget development?
- 4. How much cost containment be used to address the deficit of the medical unit? Consider specific interventions are strategies that might be used.
- 5. How might this be viewed as an opportunity for nursing administration?
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