Nurse Manager & Budget Development

Nurse Manager & Budget Development

Imagine you are the nurse manager on a unit. What strategies will you use to include your team in budget development? How will you keep your team informed about budget decisions throughout the year?

 

Submission Instructions:

· Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

· You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 

· All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Module 2: Lecture Materials & Resources

  Manager’s Role in Budget Development

Read and watch the lecture resources & materials below early in the week to help you respond to the discussion questions and to complete your assignment(s).

(Note: The citations below are provided for your research convenience. You should always cross reference the current APA guide for correct styling of citations and references in your academic work.)

Read

· Yoder-Wise, P. S. (2015).

· Chapters 7, 8, 12, and 20

Online Materials & Resources

· Visit the  CINAHL Complete under the  A-to-Z Databases on the  University Library's  website and locate/read the articles below:

· Pinkerton, S. E (2004). Budgets!! Budgets!! Budgets!!  The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 35(2), 52-53.

· DeVore, S. & Champion, R. W. (2011) Driving population health through Accountable Care Organizations.  Health Affairs, 30(1), 41-50.

· Friese, C. R., Xia, R., Ghaferia, A., Birkmeyer, J. D., & Banerjee, M. (2015). Hospitals in ‘Magnet’ program show better patient outcomes on mortality measures compared to non-Magnet hospitals.  Health Affairs, 34(6), 986-992.