WorksheetsMGMT 2: fiscal, org. planning and power
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 26mins
What is the difference between for profit and not for profit
for profit ownership where there are stocks with paid dividends
not for profit where profits are turned back into the organizatin
for profit where the patients pay out of pocket
not for profit where everything is free
Cost containment is considered effective and efficient delivery of services while generating revenues. What would be an example of this
having a nurse “on call” verses working during low census
Cost effective fiscal planning involves producing good results for the amount of money spent. What would be an example of this
antibiotic dressing for wound/incision
What step of the nursing process is occurring when staff figures out what is needed in the budget
What step of the nursing process in fiscal planning is occurring when you figure out what is needing to be accomplished
diagnosis
What is a plan that uses numerical data to predict the activities of an organization over a period of time
budget
estimation
What type of budgeting is simple, flat or % increase over current expenses
What type of budgeting requires justification for expenses (labor intensive)
activty-based budgeting
Performance budgeting requires what
Setting specific targets and outcome measures
Flexible budgeting can be characterized by which of the following
Operational budgets involve which of the following
day to day budget
includes personnel, supplies, rent, utilities
long term planning
buildings
What type of budget is similar to a savings account where buildings, major equipment, and extra money is put.
calculate full-time equivalent of a worker that worked 36 hours in a week
Nurse manager is approved to hire 2 Full-time nurses to work 36 hours per week. How many FTE’s are being hired?
How would you calculate Nursing Care Hours
Divide the number of nursing hours worked by the patient census
What does “fee for service” reimbursement mean and how did it contribute to spiraling health care costs?
Medicare was established in 1965. What role does part A and part B play?
part A funded the social security tax and federal taxes
part B subsidized 75% of federal gov. and 25% subscribers
part A sent money to the troops
Part B went to tax returns state by state
Majority of medicaid recipients come from which two demographics
women and children
What are diagnosis related groups
predetermined payment schedules that reflect historical costs for the treatment of specific patient conditions.
As a result of the PPS and the need to contain costs, the length of stay for most hospital admissions has....
increased
decreased
stayed the same
tripled
This law passed in 2010 promised significant reductions in numbers of uninsured people, greater access to coverage for those with preexisting conditions, and mandated health care insurance provision by employers.
What is value based purchasing
a healthcare delivery model based on rewarding providers for quality and efficiency of care.
What concept occurs when providers are held accountable for the quality and cost of the health-care services they provide by a system of rewards and consequences, conditional upon achieving prespecified performance measures.
Value-Based purchasing/care
What three aspects are included in the published future of nursing
ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY BY EXPANDING
NURSING ROLES AND FUNCTIONS
PAYMENT SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT AND INCENTIVIZE
PAYMENT SYSTEMS OPPORTUNITIES
What is forecasting in planning
Organizations and planners tend to use one of the four planning modes which include
Reactive
Inactivism
Preactivism
Proactive
Normally the goal in planning style where you purposefully plan ahead
proactive planning
Mitchell waits until a problem exist and planning is neccesary. What type of planning style is he using
What are some strategies of organizational planning
Generally, complex organizational plans that involve a long period (usually 3 to 7 years) are referred to as long-range or
strategic plans
What tool to assist in planning that highlights strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
What two parts of the SWOT analysis in planning is external and which two are internal
strengths and weaknesses internal
strengths and opportunities internal
opportunities and threats external
threats and weaknesses external
A balanced scorecard analyzes data from what four organizational perspectives
What is the planning hierarchy
Mission
Philosophy
Goals
Objectives
Policies
Procedures
Rules
Used to describe future goals or aims of an organization
vision
Highest priority in planning
Influences the organization’s philosophy, goals, objectives, policies and rules
Flows from the mission statement
Delineates values and beliefs
Guides all actions of the organization
philosophy
Which are correctly paired
goal--> the desired result toward which effort is directed
objective --> how the goal will specifically be achieved (SMART GOAL)
policies --> plans reduced to statements
procedures --> step by step process
rules --> plans that specifically define acceptable choices of action
The authority that enables one to meet their goals
The capacity to act or the strength and potency to accomplish something is considered
power
TRUE OR FALSE: Power is likely to bring more power in an ascending cycle, whereas powerlessness will only generate more powerlessness.
the legitimate right to command, accompanies any management position
Legal
Illegitimate
authority
Response to authority involves which three aspects
legitmate authority of the position
percieved power of the manager
socialization of individuals to power/authority figures
the volume of people
When does authority power gap exist
•when someone in authority issues orders and they are not followed.
the negative effect of a wide authority power gap is that ....
organizational chaos may develop.
What is true of the authority-power gap
Widens as the manager expresses a personal interest in their employees
Can be decreased by the visible exercise of authority in decision making
Increases when the manager loses credibility with employees
Is influenced by how much status the manager has
true or false: it is better to underpromise rather than overpromise
What is queen bee syndrome
•The art of using legitimate power wisely
•Requires clear decision making, assertiveness, accountability, and the willingness to express one’s own views
•Requires being proactive rather than reactive and demands decisiveness
politics
