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not have any benefits or have insurance. It would cost the facility more money to hire agency
nurses as opposed to using the PRN float nurses.
4.
You have set two new goals for your unit for the next year related to personnel:
Provide stronger unit management support on evening and night shifts and in the absence of the
manager.
Correct unfavorable efficiency variances due to overtime.
To accomplish these goals, you plan to make these changes:
Add 1.0 RN FTE position
Eliminate 1.5 LVN positions
Add 1.5 FTEs NA positions
Add 1.0 Assistant HN position at $65,000/year
Calculate ONLY the cost of the proposed recommendations for 3 West
. Compute totals for each
column. If the change represents a reduction in the budget for that category, record the total as a
negative number. If it represents an increase in the budget for that category, record the total as a
positive number.
Positions
FTEs
Salary
Hours
Salary
Subtotals
Benefits
Total
RN
1
38
2080
$78,000
$27,300
$105,300
LVN
-1.5
$24.25
2080
-$75,660
$-26,481
NA
1.5
$13.50
2080
$142,120
$14,742
$156,862
AHN
1
65,000
XXXXX
$65,000
$22,750
$87,750
Totals
2
XXXXX
XXXXX
$209,460
$38,311
$247,771
5.
Assume your proposal was approved.
Calculate the
new
personnel budget (You will use your
budget from question 2 and account for the changes you requested in question 4). Compute totals
for each column.
Positions
FTEs
Salary
Hours
Salary
Subtotals
Benefits
Total
Manager
1
$78,000
XXXXX
$78,000
$27,300
$105,300
AHN
1
$65,000
XXXXX
$65,000
$22,750
$87,750
RN
31
$38
2080
$2,450,240
$857,584
$3,307,824
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LVN
2.5
$24.25
2080
$126,100
$44,135
$170,235
NA
7.5
$13.50
2080
$210,600
$73,710
$284,310
Sec
2.5
$12.00
2080
$62,400
$21,840
$84,240
Totals
45.5
XXXXX
XXXXX
$2,992,340
$1,047319
$4,039569
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