NR 533 Week 4 Discussion
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 … 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 … mandated by state legislation or organizational policy? How is your operational budget (unit or department) … by the staffing ratio assign to it?
