Nurse Executive Certification (2)

Total factor productivity is also referred to as: multi-factor productivity Effects on productivity What kind of content most motivates adults to learn during an orientation? The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act multi-factor productivity reflects total outputs that result from more than traditional inputs. Some crit￾icize this productivity method as not sound because it is calculated using di- mensional analysis. There are many factors that can pos￾itively or negatively impact productivi￾ty. Some of these factors include work methods, staff competency, established procedures and the quality of man- agement. Productivity can be increased with improved work methods, enhanced staff competency, better procedures and a higher, more effective management team. Adults are most motivated to learn when the content addresses the adult's im- mediate learning needs. For example, a nursing orientee will be more motivated to learn about their new nursing unit's policies and procedures than they would about the history of the medical cen￾ter and the corporation. Adults focus on solving immediate problems. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also referred to as Obama Care, was signed into law in 2010. It has not been repealed and it was deemed constitutional in 2012. It will not be fully implemented until several years after its enactment into law. Your health care corporation has $1,000,000,000 in total assets and $654,639,098 in total liabilities. What is 1.53, The Asset/Liability Ratio is calcu￾lated by dividing the total assets by the total liabilities. Nurse Executive Certification (2) 2 / 12 the Asset/Liability Ratio for your health care corporation based on this data? Orientation is... You observe a negative variance in terms of your operating expenses during your monthly review of the departmental budget. After analysis, you have deter- mined that the source of the variance is salaries, specifically overtime salaries. What should you do? Negative budget variance... Positive budget variance... What are the phases of the recruitment process? recruitment: job analysis recruitment: sourcing recruitment: screening recruitment: selection Orientation is a process and not an event. It is a well-planned, systematic process that continues beyond the initial orientation period. Successful orientations continue on an ongoing basis until the new staff member is deemed fully competent in most, if not all, aspects of their job. This often takes months to ac- complish. You should collaboratively determine ways to decrease the need for overtime along with the staff because you have a negative variance. A negative budget variance indicates that the amount of money actually spent is MORE than the anticipated amount. indicates that the amount of money actu- ally spent is MORE than the anticipated amount A positive variance means that the amount of money actually spent is LESS than the amount that was anticipated. The phases of the recruitment process are job analysis, sourcing, screening, and selection. Task analysis, job analysis, job description and job specifications are reviewed and established Recruitment strategies are identified the analysis of how well applicants meet the knowledge, skills and ability require- ments of the job selection of the most qualified job candi- date is accomplished