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Table 8–2

Nursing Staffing Budget Unit: 2-South.

ACTUAL NO.

LEVELS OF NURSING INTERVENTIONS

PATIENT

—TOTAL COST—

—COST PER PATIENT—

SHIFT

PATIENTS

I

II

III

IV

#STL

HOURS

BUDGET

ACTUAL

VAR

BUDGET

ACTUAL

VAR

N 12.3

1.5

7.1

3.5

0.1

2.49

1.65

181734

154156

27578

40.2

35.2

5.0

D 12.0

1.2

7.3

3.4

0.2

4.24

2.91

358208

338014

20194

79.1

79.6

0.4

E

12.2

1.2

7.3

3.6

0.1

3.82

2.55

183008

270855

87847

40.4

61.9

21.5

Totals

10.55

7.11

722950

763025

40075

159.7

176.7

16.9

Source:

V. Dee & B. Randell (1989).

NPH Patient Classification System: A theory-based nursing practice model for staffing.

Paper presented at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and

Hospital.

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