Human Resources and Staffing Crisis
Assignment 5
Human Resources and Staffing Crisis Assignment 5
Blumberg’s Nursing Home (BNH) is a 100-bed Medicare and
Medicaid certified facility in suburban Philadelphia, PA. The
administrator recently terminated the facility’s Director of Nursing
(DON), receptionist, and dietary aid for inappropriate conduct.
They had all been involved in purchasing and using illegal
substances on facility grounds. Facility staff, as well as many of
the more lucid residents, have found out about the incident.
The charge nurse has been appointed interim DON. The human
resource manager has sent a memo to all staff informing them of
a mandatory staff meeting to discuss BNH’s code of ethics and to
provide additional training on workplace culture. Because federal
law requires that there be at least one (1) registered nurse on duty
for a minimum of eight (8) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, and
that the DON must be a registered nurse (RN) – which the interim
DON is not – BNH is out of compliance.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
Assess the immediate staffing needs at BNH. Prioritize the order in
which BNH should fill the main unstaffed position(s). Justify your
selection(s).
Considering the reason behind the termination of the employees,
formulate a human resources policy that addresses inappropriate

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