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Procedure Description volume standard Hours

Mammo Spec Board

Mammogm DIAG UNI

Mammogm DIAG 8l

Mammogm SCR Bl

XR ND|j/VIRE Ereast LOC

XR Surgical Specimen

XR STERO BTEASI BIOP

103 .75 1 ,494 1,505

8,924 136

318

226

.25

.51

.33 A<

.75

.75

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The target utilization rate for the center is 85 percent. Indirect support time is 0'20 hour per

proced,ire, and total administrative hours by all staff average ten hours per day The fringe

Leneiits comprising vacation/holiday/sick compensation amount to '10 percent of required

F tts.

a. Calculate the standard hours per month. b, Determine the indirect support hours per month' c. Determine the variable hours per month d. Normalize the variable hours per month. e. Determine the total required hours. f, Determine the target ffE level. g, Determine the required FTES with fringe beneftts'

7.2 Utilize the in{ormation from exercise 6.2, where pre'and post-examination processing of

patients in an outpatient clinic involves various tasks performed by clerks and nurses'

a. Excluding the wait times by patients, recalculate the standard time' b. lf there were an average oi 1,800 patient visits to the outpatient clinic' what would

be the standard hours Per month?

c.|fthetargetUti|izationrateofthefaci|ityis80percent;theindirectsupporttimeper visit is o.1o hour: and the total administrative time by all staff in a given day is five

hours, what is the target FTE level for the clinic?

d. lf fringe benefits account for 9 percent ol the tarqet FTES, what are the required FTEs?

Utilize the information from Exercise 6'3, where the standard turn'around-times (TAT) for

handling stat laboratory tests were estimated The automated machine times for these

tests and the monthly volumes are given in Table EX 7 3'

:atlons

ne,

lrt time Per day rs seven

the requlreo

000 minutes refit plan for

lays per Year.

MDs' time is

percent. The

, and twenty'

or eight'hour

g plan. l

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7.6 Table EX 7.6 depicts the average RN minutes needed on a daily basis in various units.

T&ELfi trX 7.S SURG MED OB/GYN

7,000 8,000 8,500 9,000 7,500 6,500

TAgLE EX 7.? Departments RN Minutes LPN Minutes NA Minutes

- a. Assuming an g5 percent. utilization level and that everything else is constant, how many RN FTEs should be hired to satisfy the patient carsdemand in each unit?

b. The FTEs hired for SURc, MED, pED, and OB/GYN are scheduted for eight_hour shifts on a 5/40 plan, and they will get ten holidays, six sick days, and tifteen paid vacation days per year. How does this information attea your. nfsi'

c' The FTES hired for the rcu and ccu are to be schedured for ten-hour sh irts on a 4/40plan, and rcu and ccu nurses get the same benefits as do other unit nurses. How does this information affect your FTEs?

7.7 For.Famous Health care System (FHS), consultants from O&A determined the average dailypatient demand for various nursing professlonals. Table EX 7.7 depicts the average num-ber of minutes for Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed practical Nurses (LpNs), and Nursing Aides (NAs) needed daily in various patient care departments of it_tS.

rcu

rcu ccu Surgical

Medical

Pediatric

OB/GYN

7 ,000 8,000

10,500

12,500

9,500 10,500

3,500 4,750 6,s00 7 ,500 3,500

7 ,500

1,500

2,500

4,000 4,500

2,500

4,000

::: ::cld^:1 *, uritization rarsets for RNs, LpNs and NAs shoutd be Bs percenr, 80 percent,

il:::"t:::"lj:tpecrrvety FHSs, human resources beneiit ptan for RNs has seven hotidays,rlve sick days, and eighteen paid vacation days per year. fne Ueneilt pacta"ge ;;; iil;;;;

il'".ll"il.::, 5j1:, o:r" and fourteen paid vacation days per year. rhe NA benefit pack_

has seven holidays, flve sick days, and ten paid u"..tion d"y, 0", ;;*;J;;