Competency
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Apply principles of professional identity and professionalism.
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Scenario
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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.
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Client acuity level
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- Six acuity level 1
- Eight acuity level 2
- Nine acuity level 3
- Seven acuity level 4
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You will use the acuity-based staffing model to develop the staffing assignment based on the needs of the clients and a template has been created to use (see resources below).
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Instructions
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As you create this assignment, include the following in the mail to your manager to justify your short staffing plan:
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- 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 sources with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar
- Summary
- 1.Thoroughly identified how staff were assignedbased on acuity level.
- 2.Thoroughly identified how the staff assignedwould be directed.
- 3.Explained with detailed rationale how each levelof care is provided for best outcomes.
- 4.Included many detailed examples of how clientequity is assured.
- 5.Reflect on the creation of the staffingassignment based on your professional values with detailed examples.6.Thoroughly described professional identitycharacteristics in detail with examples.