The nursing executive team met to review last year's productivity metric to strategize for the upcoming year's metric. The team wants to be certain the productivity metric shows productivity was:
a. high.
b. low.
c. balanced.
d. iterative.
ANS: C
Correct: A balanced productivity is desired because it encourages quality and safety while providing financial efficiency.
Incorrect:
a. High productivity (high patient census with low nursing hours) means that there are fewer staff to take care of more patients, and they may not be able to provide safe, high-quality patient care.
b. Low productivity (high nursing hours worked with low patient census) is not desirable because it means higher staff salaries combined with lower revenues for patient care services.
d. Iterative is a budget approach with upper management defining strategic goals and then unit leaders developing their operating budgets to incorporate their individual goals in conjunction with the organization's strategic goals.
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