nurse-staffing
What each nurse-staffing question is really asking, how to structure the answer, and where the marks are likely to sit.
DQ 1 :What are some of the key differences for a staffing model in a skilled nursing facility as compared to a medical-surgical unit in the hospital?
Nurse staffing
The differences that matter are regulatory and financial, not clinical. One setting staffs against federal participation rules and a payment case mix; the other staffs against acuity and hours per patient day.
DQ 1 :You found that your staff is not aware of the budgeted staffing model for their nursing unit. How would you go about educating/informing your staff?
Nurse staffing
The scenario is an information gap; the second question makes it a trust problem. Which factors you choose to explain decides whether the education lands or confirms what staff already suspect.
DQ 2 :Your supervisor met with you and let you know you are over the budgeted dollars for agency nurses for your unit. What are some tactics you could implement to decrease agency usage?
Nurse staffing
A budget conversation with two questions attached. The second one, about which departments to partner with, is what stops the answer being a list of retention slogans and makes it an operational plan.