Deliverable 5 – Staffing Justification Email

Deliverable 5 – Staffing Justification Email

Assignment Content

  1. Competency
    Apply principles of professional identity and .
    Student Success Criteria
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    Scenario
    You are making a staffing assignment knowing that you are short staffed. You have five registered nurses (RNs), two licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and two nursing assistants. Those nine employees need to provide a 12-hour shift of services to 30 number of clients with a high acuity required to a ratio of nurse to client at 1:3.
    Client acuity level
    • Six acuity level 1
    • Eight acuity level 2
    • Nine acuity level 3
    • Seven acuity level 4
    • You will use the acuity-based staffing model to develop the based on the needs of the clients and a template has been created to use (see resources below).
      Instructions
      As you create this assignment, include the following in an email to your manager to justify your short staffing plan:
    • Complete the staffing assignment based on the acuity level.
    • Defend how you would direct the staff to their assigned roles for this shift and provide a rationale for the staffing assignment.
    • Describe how you would communicate with each level of care provider to assure the best outcomes possible.
    • Address how you would assure client equity in the delivery of services.
    • Reflect on how you, as a nursing leader, created the staffing assignment based on your core professional values.
    • Describe your professional identity characteristics that supported your decision for the staffing assignment.
    • Provides stated ideas with professional language and attribution for credible with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar.