B remember that your established personnel budget for

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B. Remember that your established personnel budget for 3 West assumes a HPPD of 6.2. If your
calculated HPPD is different, explain the significance of the variance. ( If your calculated HPPD
is different than 6.2, you must write more than, “We need more/less nurses.” )
What is the Significance of the variance? If you believe you need more staff, what will be your
rationale for making this requires? If you have too much staff, what would your proposal be for
bringing your staffing into a better balance?
C. What are the implications for the Nurse Manager? As an example, based on your conclusions
in Section B, what other observations would you make as you review your total budget and what
would you expect to see as a result?
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N4455 Nursing Leadership and Management
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.