#6703 Topic: Nursing Heart Failure Clinic Resourcing Plan

#6703 Topic: Heart Failure Clinic Resourcing Plan Number of Pages: 4 (Double Spaced) Number of sources: 4 Writing Style: APA Type of document: Coursework Academic Level:Undergraduate Category: Nursing Order Instructions: Assessment 4 Write a 4 page evidence-based resourcing plan for one component of the Heart Failure Clinic. • Instructions Deliverable: Develop one component of an evidence-based resourcing plan. Scenario: The hospital leadership team has already allocated the major capital expenditures for the heart failure clinic, such as the facility, legal services, IT, and security services. However, as a member of the nurse team, you have been asked to develop one component of a resourcing plan for the next leadership meeting. You may use any combination of documents (for example, a spreadsheet or a table) in addition to explanatory information to convey information clearly and succinctly. Choose one of the following: Budget: o Apply evidence-based management strategies and best practices for resourcing health care services.  Identify the business plan budget categories and subcategories (not necessarily the actual cost) to establish a new clinic.

 Start-up expenses.  Examine fixed and variable costs.

 Capital budget items.

 Examples: salary and benefits, staffing mix, specialized equipment or materials, et cetera.

 Contingency fund and parameters. o Apply legal and professional standards for resourcing outpatient services.

 Explain the alignment to best practices and professional standards for cost effective outpatient services.

 How will uninsured or underinsured patients be managed? o Describe management and accountability tools and procedures used to manage health delivery services and patient outcomes.  What data resources and tools analyze costs, health insurance, and hospitalization services?

 How will billing be handled?  How will you determine if outpatient management is cost-effective?

 How does transparency impact the consumer? Staffing Plan: o Apply evidence-based management strategies and best practices for resourcing health care services.

 Identify the disciplines and skill mix needed for appropriate staffing.

 Estimate staffing requirements by discipline and staffing ratios (evidence-based).  Develop a sample staffing schedule.

 How will you staff to meet corporate diversity goals or the needs of diverse patients?  Explain how delegation, collaboration, negotiation will affect staffing plan.

 How does a union contract affect the staffing plan or schedule?

 Examine the Nurse Practice Act for your state.

 How does the Nurse Practice Act affect your staffing plan? o Apply legal and professional standards for resourcing outpatient services.

 Align your staffing plan to best practices, the Nurse Practice Act for your state, scope of practice, and the Joint Commission standards for outpatients. o Describe management and accountability tools and procedures used to manage health delivery services and patient outcomes.

 How will you know if staffing is cost-effective?

 How will you know if staffing mix or schedule impacts patient outcomes? Additional Requirements o Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message. o APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting. o Length: The plan should be 4 pages in content length, double-spaced. o Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point. o Number of resources: Support your plan with a minimum of three peer-reviewed resources, in addition to professional standards. o Applies evidence-based management strategies and best practices for resourcing health care services; identifies risks and opportunities o Applies legal and professional standards for resourcing outpatient services; identifies risks and opportunities under the Health Care Reform Act. o Describes management and accountability tools and procedures used to manage health delivery services and patient outcomes; explains the relationship of staffing to improved outcomes.