Staffing
and Budget Exercise Assignment Instructions
Overview
You will write a 6 page paper in current APA format that focuses on
improving efficiency and patient safety. This paper must include at least 4 – 8
references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible.
Instructions
Write a 6 page
paper in current APA format that focuses on improving efficiency and patient
safety, which includes a 3 page article critque. Include at least 4 – 8
references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible.
You will need to complete the following to write this paper, which
will focus on improving efficiency and patient safety.
1.
Hospital Readmissions
a.
Hospital
readmissions are often significant, largely preventable, and costly.
Readmission rates vary across diagnostic groups and among hospitals in various
regions of the United States (Medicare, Payment Advisory Commission [MedPac],
2007). Using the Hospital Compare HHS and Medicare website links located in the
Staffing and Budget Exercise Assignment under Staffing and Budget
Resources or check the CDC’s website. Select a disease/disorder such as
asthma or pneumonia to review. Once you find a disorder you are interested in
and the 30-day readmission rates, compare your organization’s 30-day
readmission rate or compare a local organization’s 30-day readmission rate.
b.
Propose
at least 3 reasons for your setting (or local setting’s) 30-day readmission
rate as well as at least 3 ideas for interventions to reduce and control
readmissions at your hospital or local organization.
c.
Be
sure to link and discuss organizational theory and financial decision-making
strategies.
2. RN
overtime hours and costs: Consider a unit with high overtime for RN’s. If you
are planning to reduce weekly overtime hours per full time RNs from 6.5 hours
to 4.0 hours. What strategies would you consider? Interventions such as rapid response teams to
quickly address patient complications, and other ideas could be used. Consider
an evidence-based approach to propose 3–5 strategies in order to reduce
overtime. Prepare a table showing your analysis of the reduction in overtime
and related cost savings.
Table headings must include:
·
Strategy
to Reduce OT
·
Related
Cost Savings
·
Analysis
·
Citation
