The primary reason for calculating productive hours paid instead of simply calculating work paid per year is that productive hours enable the manager to:
a. Anticipate total costs for patient care.
b. Know how much time staff will likely be unavailable because of illness.
c. Determine when orientation needs to occur for new staff.
d. Determine the number of hours available for patient care.
ANS: D
Total hours are critical for determining the total number of hours that need to be paid for the year. Productive hours are needed to determine what hours are actually available for patient care. The number of FTEs required is determined by dividing the total patient care hours required by the number of productive hours.
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