The Budget Development Assignment must be submitted by
Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5. The guidelines and grading rubric
are located below and in the Course Resources.
Purpose
The purposes of this assignment are to (a) identify and
articulate key concepts of budget-development strategies for your cardiac unit
at Saint Louis Medical Center (SLMC), which includes evaluating variance
analyses as they apply to nursing budgets within healthcare organizations; (b)
formulate a revenue-and-expense budget for a nursing unit within a healthcare
organization; and (c) communicate the information in a clear, succinct, and
scholarly manner.
Requirements:
This paper will be graded on quality of information, use of
citations, use of standard English grammar, sentence structure, and
organization, based on the required components.
Create this assignment using Microsoft Word, which is the
required format for all Chamberlain documents. You can tell that the document
is saved as an MS Word document because it will end in .docx.
Submit the paper to the appropriate CCN Dropbox by 11:59
p.m. MT on Sunday of the week due. Any questions about this paper may be
discussed in the weekly Q & A Discussion topic.
The length of the paper is to be no greater than three
pages, excluding title page and reference page. Extra pages will not be read by
the instructor and will not count toward your grade.
APA format (6th edition) is required in this assignment,
including a title page and a reference page. Use APA level 1 headings for the
organizational structure of this assignment. Remember that the introduction
does not carry a heading that labels it as a level heading in APA format. The
first part of your paper is assumed to be the introduction. See the APA manual
for details. See the resource in Doc Sharing called Guidelines for Writing
Professional Papers. Use the suggested format and headings to organize your
assignment:
Include an introduction (do not label it as a heading in APA
format)
Identify steps to develop a budget
Analysis of sample budget development
Strategies to improve budget development
Supporting evidence
Conclusion
Preparing the paper
As the nurse executive of a healthcare organization, you
were provided a sample budget for the cardiac unit at SLMC. You must analyze
the proposed budget and make recommendations to improve the development of the
budget. Evidence will be used to support your strategies.
Note: Use the resources in Doc Sharing related to SLMC to
assist in completion of this assignment; Week 5 Budget Development Background
Information and SLMC information as needed.
Clearly introduce your budget-development assignment in the
introduction paragraph, including a sentence that states the purpose of your
paper.
Clearly articulate the steps you would take, as the nurse
executive, to develop a budget for your cardiac unit at SLMC.
Clearly analyze the proposed sample budget developed for the
cardiac unit at SLMC.
Clearly articulate your strategies to improve the budget
development for the cardiac unit at SLMC.
Include of a minimum of three sources of scholarly,
empirical evidence that support your budget strategies.
Provide conclusion statements for your overall assignment
content.
The paper will be a length of three pages maximum, excluding
title and reference page(s).
Note: If you go over the paper length, the information will
not be graded by the instructor.
Title and reference page(s) must be in APA format (6th
edition).
Use 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins on
all sides of the paper.
