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The course would be offered to the front-line nursing managers in each unit consisting of
10 managers. The managers would be given a six month time line to finish the course and would
be consistently monitored during this time by myself the Chief Nursing Officer. The nurse
manager would be allotted a 2 hour period each week to devote to the course. They would be
evaluated weekly by me and other department leaders weekly at the daily huddle. The managers
would be provided the opportunity to present feedback on their development weekly at the
huddle.
Cost/benefits
The cost analysis that was conducted concluded that it would be most cost effective to
buy the learn center licensing contract and apply for available volume discounts. The
justifications of whether to buy the program or teach a similar program in house supported the
online program. The program has been developed by clinical experts and is highly recommended
by the AONE. It would be very time consuming and costly to develop a similar program onsite
that would requiring a dedicated instructor as well as time to develop a program. The estimate to
have the education deigned onsite would be in the area of 28,000. This would take the RN
Educator away from front line staff leading to dissatisfaction. The program is self-paced to help
the nurse leader focus on the main areas of improvement needed and can be done on down time
or at home. The education of all 10 managers instead of sending only 3 to a conference is
beneficial and when asked for input, the mangers agreed this would benefit the entire leadership
team. It would cost approximately 11,000 for 3 nurses to attend a national conference. The
14,950 that would need to be allotted, was unfortunately not in the budget would benefit 10 nurse
managers. The nurse manager group unanimously agreed to forgo sending nurses to the
conference and use the money toward the leadership program.
Online education-Essentials
of Nurse Manager
Orientation Multi learn
center(one year term)
Budget
Actual
variance
Explanation Justifiable
1,900
[1,900]
Essential
online program
to ensure all
managers have
the opportunity
to be provided
leadership
education
4,750
11,000
24 weeks 2hours
per week for 10
RNs=20x24=480
hours
Average pay per
hour
40x480hrs=19,20
0 in salaries
Man-hours education
management-salaries
Implementation/management
hours
The budgeted
11,000 was
intended to
send 3 RNs to
attend a
conference.
This program
would educate
all 10 RN
leaders
Minimal time
to purchase the
program and
load on
computers
The leadership
staff is already
required to
attend
[14,950]
14,950
[4,250]
1 hours for IT to
load the program100 IT tech
0
Evaluation /management
hours
[100]
Feedback weekly
at daily huddle
0
Total costs associated to
implement online program
[4,750]
25,950
500 in savings
for multiple
users
Evaluation plan
The evaluation plan would include an ongoing collaboration effort between nurse
mangers and administration. The nurse would be expected to educate their staff and
communicated to administration their progress and valuable skills developed. The Nurse leaders
are already meeting daily to communicate any quality and safety concerns on their units. This
time at the huddle would be an effective time to share with other facility leaders the leadership
concepts learned in the program Essentials of Nurse Manager Orientation (AACN) .This arena
would show the skills of leadership that the managers have developed.
Conclusion
The 14,950 that is requested from finance would be a positive effort to plan for
succession planning for nursing leaders. This online leadership program will help the facility
cultivate a culture of performance excellence as the benefits outweigh the minimal costs
associated to retain excellent nurse leaders (Dunham-Taylor & Pinczuk, 2015). This way to
educate utilizes technology ensuring our nursing leaders have opportunities to succeed and is
valuable. Nursing understands the importance of the proposed endeavor and believes a positive
cost-benefit is expected ((Dunham-Taylor & Pinczuk, 2015, p. 585).
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References:
AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses). n.d. Retrieved February 21, 2015, from
http://www.aacn.org/
Dunham-Taylor, J., & Pinczuk, J., (2015). Financial management for nurse managers: Merging
the heart with the dollar. (Third ed.). Burlington, MA.
IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2011. The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.
Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.