Review Learning Exercise 17.4 – Calculating Staffing Needs (located in Chapter 17 of the textbook) 1. Calculate the staffing needs for the day shift and answer the following questions: a. You have on duty one RN and one LPN working 8 hour shifts and a ward clerk for 4 hours. Are you understaffed or overstaffed? b. If you had the same number of patients but the acuity levels were the following, would your staffing needs be the same? • Two patients in category I acuity level • Three patients in category II acuity level • Two patients in category III acuity level • Zero patients in category IV acuity level 2. Your paper should be: o Typed according to APA style for margins, formatting and spacing standards. o Typed into a Microsoft Word document, save the file, and then upload the file
Review Learning Exercise 17.4 – Calculating Staffing Needs (located in Chapter 17 of the textbook) Calculate the staffing needs for the day shift and answer the following questions: You have on duty one RN and one LPN working 8 hour…