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NR-533 Week 4 Discussion: Staffing Ratios Week 4: Staffing Ratios Staffing is one of the largest expenditures for healthcare organizations. It stands to reason that for some organizations a manda tory staffing ratio could negatively impact their financial bottom line. Sometimes ratios can be different within an organization based on acuity of patients or type of unit. Explore your own organization staffing ratio policy. What is/are the ratio(s) and how they are determined? What variables affect ...

NR 533 Week 6 Discussion: Business Plan Development: SWOT Analysis Week 6: Business Plan Development: SWOT analysis For any new project or revision of a current process, key questions that wil l need to be answered are whether it's needed, does the institution have the capacity to support it, what is already in place that will facilitate implementation, and what are the downsides or barriers to development. In short, the SWOT analysis is a necessary component of planning a project and preparing...

NR-533 Week 6 Discussion: Business Plan Development: SWOT Analysis (Version 2) For any new project or revision of a current process, key questions that will need to be answered are whether it's need ed, does the institution have the capacity to support it, what is already in place that will facilitate implementation, and what are the downsides or barriers to development. In short, the SWOT analysis is a necessary component of planning a project and preparing the business plan. Critically examin...

In addition to being fiscally sound, cost neutral, or revenue producing, a new program/major change must fit with the organization’s philosophy, vision, mission, and strategic plan. Describe with specific examples how your project fits in with your institution’s philosophy, vision, mission, and strategic plan. Drawing upon your knowledge of various change theories and in particular the McKinsey Influence Model, how will you go about engaging stakeholders to adopt your proposal for change?

After exploration of the types of budgets and the processes for their development at your institution. How and from whom is … into the budgets … and … ? Where does control of the budget lie? What influence do unit and midlevel managers have on the various kinds of budgets?

Models of payment to healthcare organizations have begun to shift from paying for volume (fee for service) to paying for value (quality). Using a Venn Diagram, compare volume-based versus value-based reimbursement. Be sure the overlapping area contains the commonalities between the two systems.Use the editable template for the Venn Diagram, which is available for download above. This template (with your findings) will need to be posted as an attachment in your discussion post along with your wri...

Consider Jim, who is 69 years old and comes to your Emergency Department (ED) with severe abdominal pain. His evaluation, besides a physical exam, includes an abdominal ultrasound, a CT scan with and without contrast, multiple lab studies, all lead to his having an emergency appendectomy. Other than having Type II diabetes well controlled on diet and exercise, he is in otherwise good health. Jim is treated as an outpatient and is discharged home the next morning. Two weeks later he returns to th...

Staffing is one of the largest expenditures for healthcare organizations. It stands to reason that for some organizations a mandatory staffing ratio could negatively impact their financial bottom line. Sometimes ratios can be different within an organization based on acuity of patients or type of unit. Explore your own organization staffing ratio policy. What is/are the ratio(s) and how they are determined? What variables affect the ratios? Have they been mandated by state legislation or organiz...

NR 533 Week 5 Discussion: Cost Benefit Analysis.

NR 533 Week 7 Graded Discussion 1: Business Plan Discuss the purpose of a business plan. NR 533 Week 7 Graded Discussion 2: 2 Development of a Business Plan Discuss the influence of the mission of SLMC in the development of the business plan that Debbie must develop.