Chapter 16 Practice(Leadership) Budgeting Concepts

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Which nursing action can have a direct impact on budgeting for
the nursing unit?

1)A nurse administers pain medication to a patient after perform-

ing a pain assessment.
2)A registered nurse (RN)delegates the task of performing a
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dressing change to a licensed practical nurse (LPN).
3)A nurse makes an attempt to initiate intravenous therapy on a
patient only to find that one of the catheters was defective,and
thus an additional catheter had to be used.
4)A nurse calls the respiratory therapy department to request a
breathing treatment for a patient.
When calculating a full-time equivalent (FTE),which information is
needed?

1)Productive hours of nursing staff per nursing shift

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2)Amount of time that an employee works during the period of a
year
3)Average number of patients on a nursing unit on any given day
4)Number of staff who have worked during a 24-hour period
Nurse managers from different departments within the hospital
are meeting to discuss requests to be submitted for consideration
for the hospital's capital budget.Which information should be sub-
mitted for budgetary approval?
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1)Requests for additional staffing
2)Need for equipment that is projected at a cost greater than
nursing unit budget
3)Salaries for staff
4)Advertising requests to promote nursing unit
Which budgeting method is reflected by establishment of prioriti-
zation at the start of each fiscal year?

1)Zero based 1
2)Performance
3)Incremental
4)Flat percentage
Nurse managers are attending a training session to help them
understand and apply concepts relative to budget planning.Which
statement by a nurse manager would indicate that the training
session has been effective?
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1)"Incremental budgeting reflects prioritization of care."
2)"Performance budgeting focuses on individual measurement."
3)"Performance budgeting requires considerable time to imple-
ment."
4)"Zero-based budgeting encourages waste."
A nurse manager has to submit a budget for the medical-surgi-
cal unit.Which considerations should the nurse manager include
when planning the budget? Select all that apply.

1)Amount of resources that are available to support the nursing

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unit
2)Responsibility for cost centers within the hospital facility
3)Awareness of patient needs
4)Staffing patterns
5)Identification of the type of nursing care delivered
A nurse is receiving a telephone order from a physician related
to a patient concern.How would the nurse manager classify this
nurse activity?
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1)Value care
2)Necessary care 2
3)Nonvalue added care
4)Indirect care

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