A community health system\'s nurse team consists of 12 nurses working in the loc

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A community health system's nurse team consists of 12 nurses working in the local community. It takes a nurse 1.5 hours to complete one patient visit (including travel times and breaks). Round "Utilization" to a whole percent, and "Cycle Time" to 1 decimal. What is the capacity of the nurse team over the course per 12 hour work day of a 12 hour work day? Assuming the demand for the nurses is 80 patients per day, what is the utilization of the nurse team? b. percent Assuming the demand for the nurses is 80 patients per day, what is the cycle time? minutes per patient

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Number of patient visits/nurse for 12 hour work day = 12/1.5 = 8.

a) Capacity of the nurse team (12 nurses) = 12*8 = 96 per 12 hour work day.

b) Demand = 80 patients per day.

Utilization = (80/96)*100 = 83.3 %

c) Cycle time (80 patients/day) = [60]/(80/12) = 9 minutes per patient

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