You are a nursing manager on an inpatient medical-surgical unit.How many FTEs per day would you need if your target NHPPD was 8,and you expected to have 22 patients on your 24-bed unit?

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In order to determine the number of FTEs per day you would need for this specific scenario,you would need to multiply 8 NHPPD times 22 patients to get 176 productive hours needed each day.Dividing the 176 productive hours by 8-hour shifts worked by each FTE would give you 22 FTEs per day.

You Are a Nursing Manager on an Inpatient Medical-Surgical Unit