I kind of regret taking this class now, but I will try my best to not flunk it. No announcement, no study guide for that many quizzes. There is even a comprehensive final! First quiz covers 10...
Me too. Has anyone read the syllabus yet? There are 5 timed quizzes and 1 comprehensive. It doesn't tell how many questions in each quiz or the weight percentage. I don't see any study guide for the...
1 FTE works 40h/week. If one person works 32h/week, that's 0.8 FTE, 24h/week is 0.6 FTE, etc. So if you have 40 FTEs for a 24h period, you could have 40 people only if they are all 1.0 FTE working...
My TA says in the announcement that we can do either 12h or 8h. Plus, I think the table just shows an example of the skill mix, and it has nothing to do with Box 28.1. Those numbers are irrelevant....
I don't think they care. The TA are so stringy with words. Their replies are usually a few words. It sounds like either they don't want to talk or they don't know how to talk. I'm reading week 5...
Box 28.1 is the one you use to CALCULATE the number of staff. Table 28.1 just gives you an example how to do skill mix, and it has nothing to do with calculating FTE stuff. If you totally understand...
There is no pt/nurse ratio considered in this calculation. That's why you calculate number of staff based on FTEs. By this calculation, technically, one nurse could take as many pts as required by the...
I agree with you. I spent so much time trying to understand the meanings of the concept and what the questions are really asking for. After a few days of struggling, I think now I get it. I assume I...
But there should be only one correct answer for each calculation. Even if the TAs don't know how to do it, they have the answers. I am afraid we will still be dinged for the wrong answer(s). It's very...
I personally feel the textbook doesn't provide adequate information for those who had no FTE knowledge previously. I struggled at the beginning. I googled "nursing FTE calculation", and it helped me...
Mine is opposite. I'm not sure if I'm correct or not either. But think about this, the census number is based on the census, and the variable is based on the unit beds, so variable should be higher...