Heart Failure Clinic Resourcing Plan

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: • Apply evidence-based management strategies and best practices for resourcing health care services. o Identify the business plan budget categories and subcategories (not necessarily the actual cost) to establish a new clinic. o Start-up expenses. o Examine fixed and variable costs. o Capital budget items.  Examples: salary and benefits, staffing mix, specialized equipment or materials, et cetera. o Contingency fund and parameters. • Apply legal and professional standards for resourcing outpatient services. o Explain the alignment to best practices and professional standards for cost effective outpatient services. o How will uninsured or underinsured patients be managed? • Describe management and accountability tools and procedures used to manage health delivery services and patient outcomes. o What data resources and tools analyze costs, health insurance, and hospitalization services? o How will billing be handled? o How will you determine if outpatient management is cost-effective? o How does transparency impact the consumer? Staffing Plan: • Apply evidence-based management strategies and best practices for resourcing health care services. o Identify the disciplines and skill mix needed for appropriate staffing. o Estimate staffing requirements by discipline and staffing ratios (evidence-based). o Develop a sample staffing schedule. o How will you staff to meet corporate diversity goals or the needs of diverse patients? o 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? • Apply legal and professional standards for resourcing outpatient services. o Align your staffing plan to best practices, the Nurse Practice Act for your state, scope of practice, and the Joint Commission standards for outpatients. • Describe management and accountability tools and procedures used to manage health delivery services and patient outcomes. o How will you know if staffing is cost-effective? o How will you know if staffing mix or schedule impacts patient outcomes?      

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