Assessing learning outcomes Knowledge: 3 and 4 and Skills: 2 and 3
• Therefore, practically, depending on your care setting, the nurse patient ratio will vary , nurse healthcare assistant ration will vary.
• This first part of the question gives you so much room to use theories to support your approach. For example, Benner .
• Remember the question is on two parts, the second part also requires you ‘Discuss how you might balance the financial implications of your actions’. This question challenges you in the sense that in reviewing your skill mix in a cost-controlled environment, you ensure and maintain quality care and also not compromise the quality of your staffing. Once again, you can use some of the pillars of clinical governance to underpin your approach.
