Scheduling nurses' shifts at PGI Cikini Hospital

Indonesian Operations Research Association - International Conference on Operations Research 2017

Nainggolan, J.C.T.^1 ; Kusumastuti, R.D.^1

Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, 16424, Indonesia^1

关键词: Goal programming;    Government regulation;    Hard constraints;    Job scheduling;    Medical services;    Nurse scheduling;    Research objectives;    Soft constraint;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/332/1/012039/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/332/1/012039

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Hospitals play an essential role in the community by providing medical services to the public. In order to provide high quality medical services, hospitals must manage their resources (including nurses) effectively and efficiently. Scheduling of nurses' work shifts, in particular, is crucial, and must be conducted carefully to ensure availability and fairness. This research discusses the job scheduling system for nurses in PGI Cikini Hospital, Jakarta with Goal Programming approach. The research objectives are to identify nurse scheduling criteria and find the best schedule that can meet the criteria. The model has hospital regulations (including government regulations) as hard constraints, and nurses' preferences as soft constraints. We gather primary data (hospital regulations and nurses' preferences) through interviews with three Head Nurses and distributing questionnaires to fifty nurses. The results show that on the best schedule, all hard constraints can be satisfied. However, only two out of four soft constraints are satisfied. Compared to current scheduling practice, the resulting schedule ensures the availability of nurses as it satisfies all hospital's regulations and it has a higher level of fairness as it can accommodate some of the nurses' preferences.