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- Anna Camille Svirsko, Bryan A Norman, David Rausch, and Jennifer Woodring.
- J Emerg Nurs. 2019 Jul 1; 45 (4): 425-432.
IntroductionNurse scheduling within an emergency department can be a very time-consuming process as nursing leadership works to reach sufficient nurse-staffing levels across every day of the schedule while also working to satisfy nurse preferences.MethodsA mathematical model is formulated to determine nursing shifts to minimize the number of shifts across a day while accounting for staffing level requirements, nurse preferences, and meal breaks.ResultsA daily schedule based on nursing shifts was created and used within the self-scheduling process. Implementing the schedule improved nurse-staffing levels while decreasing the time necessary to reconcile the monthly schedule, resulting in the potential to increase nurse satisfaction.DiscussionThe emergency department can use mathematical modeling to improve the nurse-scheduling process.Copyright © 2019 Emergency Nurses Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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