96MaxLeo

Hi I am in Pennsylvania. I am interested in contacting the Advance Practice Office. Can you PM me with the information? I tried to PM you, but I am not able to because I do not have 15 posts. Thank you so much for your help.

Hi Thank you for your quick response. I have reached out to several colleagues within the hospital where I work. I was surprised to discover that none of them could confidently answer the questions. I asked nurse practitioners who provide direct care. I asked a nurse practitioner leader. She manages the inpatient nurse practitioners. I asked her direct report who is the AVP over the department. I've asked the manager and medical director of preadmission testing and the staff there. I also asked our CFO and an AVP of outpatient clinics. One of the responses was that when one of the nurse practitioners was out on FMLA on this particular inpatient floor, the length of stay went up because there was only one NP for 30 patients. None could give me concrete guidelines for measuring their work and efficiency. How do they know their need to add an FTE or subtract? I plan to compare and contrast the budget and how we measure staff nurses' needs. I have all of that information. I have done all of this in person emails and phone calls. I have also called my primary care provider's office and sent an email, and I'm waiting to hear back. This post was my last resort, not my first. I'm sure I could get the answers from the web by searching, but I really want a nurse.peacticioner's perspective. I have all of my information regarding staff nurses, the budget, staffing calculations, when the daily census is measured , hours per patient per day calculations. there is no spoon feeding here. I'm doing the leg work. As I said in my the original post. I am having trouble getting the information from my organization and was seeking help. Thank you

I am pursuing my doctoral degree. I have a Health Economics class assignment called Calculating the Worth of the NP. I am having trouble getting the answers to the questions below within our organization. Do you have the answers, or can you point me to who would? Does the hospital or practice unit measure the NP's productivity? How are these calculated CPTs, billable collections, and RVUs? Does the NP work in a group? How is the work distributed, calculated, or monitored? How is the compensation determined? Does the NP work under contract? Is the NP a hidden provider? Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.