Variable budgeting for staffing: analysis and evaluation
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Variable budgeting is a technique for adjusting staffing levels to respond to changes in patient census. Nurse executives should focus on positioning, stabilization and communication to effectively implement variable budgeting for staffing. Positioning involves making sure that a common vocabulary is being used with a common understanding of what is meant. Flexibility is also part of positioning. Development of a resource management plan is part of stabilization. The resource management plan should cover budget, scheduling, daily staffing and management information. Criteria are included for evaluating each aspect of the plan.
Publication Name: Nursing Management
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0744-6314
Year: 1997
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Job sharing at the managerial level
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Job sharing can be implemented successfully at the nurse manager level. Surveys were conducted at one hospital to evaluate a job-sharing arrangement nine and fifteen months after it was instituted. Job satisfaction for the job sharers was high in comparison to other managers, although it was somewhat lower on the second survey. Job sharing had no negative impact on productivity, and satisfaction was expressed by staff members who work with the job-sharing managers.
Publication Name: Nursing Management
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0744-6314
Year: 1997
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Clinical practicum in the ambulatory setting
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Associate degree nurses were trained in ambulatory care in a setting integrating outpatient and hospital settings, spending half their rotations in ambulatory units and half in the acute care hospital. The key to success in this program was correctly orienting students and preceptors. Ambulatory nurses working with students reported decreased tension, and attentiveness to students increased.
Publication Name: Nursing Management
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0744-6314
Year: 1996
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