Author/Authors :
ATMACA, Ediz Gazi Üniversitesi - Mühendislik Fakültesi - Endüstri Mühendisliği Bölümü, Turkey , PEHLİVAN, Ceydanur Gazi Üniversitesi - Mühendislik Fakültesi - Endüstri Mühendisliği Bölümü, Turkey , AYDOĞDU, C. Begüm Gazi Üniversitesi - Mühendislik Fakültesi - Endüstri Mühendisliği Bölümü, Turkey , YAKICI, Mehmet Gazi Üniversitesi - Mühendislik Fakültesi - Endüstri Müh Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Nurse scheduling problem and application
Abstract :
Customer satisfaction becomes more important because of increasing competition. Health sector is prominent in the service sector. In health sector, hospitals objectives are minimizing the costs and increasing the quality of work and productivity. To achieve this goals, it is very important to have a sufficient number of nurses. In sufficient number of nurses causes to increase the workload and reduce the quality of service. More than sufficient number of nurses cause to increase the costs and it will not be preferred.In this study, focused on the nurse scheduling problem, application study has been done at a hospital and 0-1 linear goal programming model has been developed for selected hospital. The model has been solved, the optimum number of nurses per shift has been found to improve the productivity of the hospital and minimize the costs. Current and proposed situations are compared.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Nurse scheduling , Optimization , 0 , 1 linear goal programming
JournalTitle :
Erciyes University Journal Of The Institute Of Science and Technology
