Review Learning Exercise 17.4 - Calculating Staffing Needs and answer the questions

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  1. Review Learning Exercise 17.4 - Calculating Staffing Needs (located in Chapter 17 of the textbook)
  2. Calculate the staffing needs for the day shift and answer the following questions:
    1. You have on duty one RN and one LPN working 8 hour shifts and a ward clerk for 4 hours. Are you understaffed or overstaffed?
    2. If you had the same number of patients but the acuity levels were the following, would your staffing needs be the same?
      • Two patients in category I acuity level
      • Three patients in category II acuity level
      • Two patients in category III acuity level
      • Zero patients in category IV acuity level
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Running Head: STAFFING NEEDS AND SCHEDULING POLICIES

Staffing Needs and Scheduling Policies
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STAFFING NEEDS AND SCHEDULING POLICIES

1. Calculating staffing needs for the day shift
Number of nursing hours for category I Acuity level will be 2.3x1= 2.3 hours
Category II Acu...


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