Budgeting Concepts for Nurse Managers

ISBN-13: 9781416033417 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 501 str.

Steven A. Finkler; Mary McHugh

Opis

An in-depth guide to preparing accurate nursing budgets, this book discusses different types of budgeting, the budgeting process, forecasting, variance analysis, and costing out nursing services. Readers can learn how to communicate effectively with financial managers and assist in the delivery of high-quality patient care at the lowest possible cost.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Different Types of Budgets

2. The Budgeting Process

3. Motivation and Incentives

4. Cost Concepts

5. Personnel Issues

6. Forecasting

7. Strategic Planning and Business Plans

8. The Operating Budget

9. Revenue Budgeting

10. Capital Budgeting (Technical Appendix: Quantitative Methods for Capital Budgeting)

11. Performance Budgeting

12. Cash Budgeting

13. Variance Analysis

14. Variance Analysis: Examples, Extensions, and Caveats

15. Budgeting for Information Systems

16. Budgeting for the Operating Room

17. Benchmarking, Productivity, and Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

18. Costing Out Nursing Services

Additional Suggested Readings

Glossary

Appendix: Sample Budget Forms and Instructions