Topic 7 DQ 2

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Topic 7 DQ 2 Discuss the budget process where you work. Do you feel it is effective? What are the positive points? What could be improved? If it were up to you, how would you improve the process? A well-planned budget allows health systems to plan appropriately for the future to provide quality care. A hospital budget estimates revenue and expenses over a specified timeframe. The department where I work also does operational and capital budgeting for the entire year. Budgeting mainly depends on the operational needs of the department. Our core staffing requirement per day is ten RN case managers. Further, historical data of total census, patients' extended length of stay, and other variable costs are also considered to some extent during budgeting. I think the current budgeting is probably not the best. The positive aspect of our department budgeting process is it uses historical data and considers operational needs. However, there is room to make improvements. I noticed we have several hours of overtime this year, missed meals, and breaks. That shows an ineffective budgeting process, and there is no transparency or communication to staff about the cost or the budget. If I could improve the budgeting process, I would initiate a participative customer-oriented budgeting process that includes staff in the budgeting process and practices honesty and transparency about the budget ( Leger, 2023) . References Leger, J. M. (2023). Financial management for nurse managers: merging the heart with the dollar. (5th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
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