Week 4 Project

The Implementation of a New Staffing Matrix

Instructions
This assignment will help you explore management philosophy and implementation of a nursing staffing plan.

- You are the chief nursing officer in a hospital or a healthcare facility. You report an increase in patient acuity to the senior leadership of your healthcare facility. So you are asked to develop a proposal for a new staffing matrix for your facility.

Create a 4 to 5 page proposal. This does not include the Cover Page and Reference Page(s). Follow standard APA formatting. 

• Includes all cost issues in the development, implementation, and monitoring of this new matrix
• Addresses recruitment and retention programs for and costs of this new matrix
• Provides new nursing leadership philosophies to staff a healthcare facility
• Explains the staffing approach in employing licensed versus nonlicensed personnel
• Describes the variables that you need to track in implementing the plan
• Explains the anticipated positive and negative trends in implementing such a matrix

Please carefully review the project instructions and make sure that you include topic headings to identify important sections of content.  You are developing a proposal for a new staffing matrix for your facility. Remember, with any project you need to establish objective measures to establish a baseline performance and to track future performance of your proposal. This is how you would evaluate if your intervention was successful

  

Week 4 Project Grading Rubric

Maximum Points

Included all cost issues in the development, implementation, and monitoring of this new matrix: 15

Addressed recruitment and retention programs for and costs of this new matrix: 15

Provided new nursing leadership philosophies to staff a healthcare facility: 10

Explained the staffing approach in employing licensed versus non-licensed personnel: 10

Described the variables that you need to track in implementing the plan: 10

Explained the anticipated positive and negative trends in implementing such a matrix: 10

Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary. Cited all sources using APA format. Used current authoritative sources of information to support assertions: 10

Total: 80