NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

College of Allied Health

NAME: Dela Cruz, Jesfel B. TERM: _2nd Term_

YR/SEC: _4th year____ DATE: 01 – 06 – 21

WORK SHEET NO. 1

CREATING A STAFFING PLAN

DIRECTIONS: Develop a staffing plan based on this situation:

You are a nurse manager working for a secondary hospital. You are participating in fiscal
planning and you need to determine the number of nurses for the next fiscal year. If the total
census for the previous year was 3,600, compute for the nursing staff needed. Show your
computation on the space provided. Indicate your final answers in the boxes after each
question.

1. Categorize patients according to levels of care. (3 points)

3600 patients X 0.65 = 2,340 

3600 patients X 0.30 = 1,080 
3600 patients X 0.05 = 180 

2. Find the number of nursing care hours (NCH) needed per day at Level I,II,III
(3 points)

2,340 X 1.5 = 3,510 NCH needed by 2,340 patients (Level I)

1,080 X 3 = 3,240 NCH needed by 1,080 patients (Level II)
180 X 4.5 = 810 NCH needed by 180 patients (Level III)

Total = 7, 560 

3. Find the actual number of NCH needed by 3,600 patients per year.
(4 points)

7, 560 X 365 = 2, 759, 400 total NCH needed by 3600 patients/year 

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4. Find the number of personnel needed. (3 points)

a. 2, 759, 400 / 1,729 = 1,596  nursing personnel 

b. 1, 596 X 0.95 / 10 = 151 nursing personnel as relievers 
c. 1,596 + 151 = 1, 747 total nursing personnel needed 

5. Categorize into professional and non- professional. (3 points)

1, 596 X .60 = 958 nurses 

1, 596 X .40 = 638 nursing attendants

6. Distribute by shifts (4 points)

Nurses 
958 X 0.45 = 431 nurses 
958 X 0.37 = 354 nurses 
958 X 0.18 = 172 nurses
 
Nursing attendants 
638 X 0.45 = 287 nursing attendants 
638 X 0.37 = 236 nursing attendants 
638 X 0.18 = 115 nursing attendants 

CRITERIA POINTS YOUR SCORE

Part I 20
Part II
 Study comes from a valid source 1
 Indicates reference using APA format 1
 Study is relevant and answers the
2
questions
 Study is recent 1
Total scores 25

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