Learning Exercise 17.4 Calculating Staffing Needs Nursing Theories Help

Published by admin at December 5, 2023

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Review Learning Exercise 17.4 – Calculating Staffing Needs (located in Chapter 17 of the textbook)
Calculate the staffing needs for the day shift and answer the following questions:
1. You have on duty one RN and one LPN working 8 hour shifts and a ward clerk for 4 hours. Are you understaffed or overstaffed?
2. If you had the same number of patients but the acuity levels were the following, would your staffing needs be the same?
  - Two patients in category I acuity level
  - Three patients in category II acuity level
  - Two patients in category III acuity level
  - Zero patients in category IV acuity level
Your paper should be:
- Typed according to APA style for margins, formatting and spacing standards.