The nurse manager has been asked to provide numbers associated with productivity to the hospital chief financial officer. Which components should the manager report?
1. The ratio of staff to patients
2. The number of patients to the number of FTEs
3. The ratio of department output to the resources consumed
4. The department input divided by its output
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Explanation: 1. This ratio does not take output into consideration.
2. This ratio does not take output into consideration.
3. Productivity is the ratio of output to input (resources consumed).
4. This is the wrong formula. It should be output divided by input.
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