Learning Goal: I’m working on a management exercise and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
Liberty Healthcare, a 400-bed hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, currently employs 100 nurses (RNs), 10 nursing supervisors, and 1 head nurse (nursing manager) on each of 3 shifts. The hospital operates 24/7. The current staffing ratios are 4 beds/nurse, 10 nurses per nursing supervisor, and one head nurse for every 10 nursing supervisors, but a minimum of 1 head nurse for each of the 3 shifts. When a nursing manager is on vacation or otherwise not available, a senior nurse fills in on shift for the nursing manager. An additional 40-bed wing is under construction and will be completed within the next 12 months.
Currently, nursing turnover runs at approximately 30% per year; nursing supervisor turnover is 10% per year. Also, based on age and experience profiles, it is forecast that 6 staff nurses and 1 head nurse will likely retire within one year, in addition to those lost through turnover.
Please show all work (how answers were arrived at). For ease of calculations, it is recommended that you think in 3 stages: demand, availability, and gap. It is also easier to work with data for one shift and then calculate totals for 3 shifts.
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