In preparing her budget, a nurse manager determines that she needs to budget for six FTE RN positions in the upcoming year

Question

The nurse manager determines that RN 1 has 5 weeks of vacation and 3 days of education, and has averaged 3 sick days a year. RN 2 has 6 weeks of vacation, has asked to attend a 3-day conference and a 2-day workshop, and has no history of sick time. RN 3 is new, and you anticipate 3 weeks of orientation, as well as 4 weeks of vacation. RN 4 has 6 weeks of vacation and has an ongoing health condition, so you anticipate 2 weeks of sick time, as well as 3 days for education. RN 5 has 5 weeks of vacation, has no education planned, and averages 5 sick days per year. RN 6 has 6 weeks of vacation, has no educational opportunities planned, and has been off ill for 4 weeks. How many hours of productive paid time can be anticipated for the budget?

a. 12,480
b. 11,200
c. 10,848
d. 10,688

Answer 1

ANS: C
From the information given, there are 32 weeks of vacation (40 hours × 32 weeks = 1280 hours), 11 days of education (11 days × 8 hours = 88 hours), 15 days of orientation (15 days × 8 hours = 120 hours), and 18 days of sick time anticipated (18 days × 8 hours = 144) or 1280 + 88 + 120 + 144 = 1632 hours of nonproductive time. This will leave 10,848 hours of productive time available, based on the information available and the fact that the manager is not anticipating sick time for RN 6 in the upcoming budget year.