Financial management in the healthcare setting

  Financial management in the healthcare setting Order Description Case study: You are the Nurse Manager of a 32 bed general surgical ward in a metropolitan hospital in sydney australia. As a result of a restructuring of the hospital networks in the local Area Health Service you have been asked to combine the 32 general surgical ward with a new 12 bed, short stay surgical ward which has been built adjacent to your ward. Please answer below ALL of the questions that follow in relation to this case analysis. (approx 100-200 words per question). 1) Name the documents and data would you need to collect and analyse to develop a service profile and why? 1a) Examine the service demand for the new service level? 2) Briefly discuss skill-mix of nurses and staff education issues which might need to be taken into account for the new combined service. 2a) Outline and explain what are the local tools that you are aware of, such as nursing hours per patient day? 3) What specific skill mix needs are there for this new 12 bed surgical ward and explain ? 3a) What data is used in the planning of a 12 bed surgical ward? How would you calculate the length of stay and surgical patient profiles? 4) Define 'Needs analysis and explain why you would conduct this towards your long stay surgical nursing staff? 5) What is the role of the Nurse educator? And explain her role with the new 12 bed surgical ward. 6) Discuss the benefits of having the Nurse Manager develop a cost centre budget for a specific area of responsibility? 7) In the context of developing a cost centre expenditure budget: a. Provide an outline the three main areas of expenditure (line items) that will be considered for the expenditure budget and give examples of the issues to be considered for each area of expenditure prior to starting calculations b. Identify and discuss the cost centre reports generated within your local area health service that will be used to provide a baseline for the budget calculations. 7) What issues are in salaries and wages? Please give examples 8) What are goods and services? Please give examples as these are a major component in the health care setting. 9) What are Repair, maintenance and replacements within developing a health care cost centre? Give examples