Step 1: If the unit’s actual patient day s are lower or higher than the budgeted patient days , nursing hours should be adjusted for the upcoming…

Step 1: actual patient daybudgeted patient daysdjusted/allowed nursing hours

Calculate the Adjusted/allowed Nursing Hours based on the actual patient days:

adjusted/allowed nursing hours

Step 2: allowed/adjusted number

Calculate the Productivity Measure:

Productivity Measure

Please round to nearest tens

Step 3: variance

Calculate the Variance:

Variance