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PA 3-2 A community health system's nurse team... 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 72 per 9 hour work day of a 9 hour work day? Assuming the demand for the nurses is 60 patients per day, what is the utilization of the nurse team? 83 percent . Assuming the demand for the nurses is 60 patients per minutes per patient day, what is the cycle time?Explanation / Answer
a) One nurse can complete one patient visit in 1.5 hours. So in 9 hour one nurse can complete 9/1.5 = 6 patient visit
Therefore in 9 hour 12 nurses can complete 12x6 = 72 patient visits
So the capacity of the nurse team over the course of 9 hour work day is 72.
b) Design capacity = 72 per day (calculated in part a)
Actual output = 60 patient per day
Utilization of the nurse team = (Actual output / Design capacity)
= (60/72)
= 0.83
= 83%
c) For one nurse production time per day = 9 hours = 540 minutes
For 12 nurses production time per day = 540 minutes x 12 = 6480 minutes. So for the nurse team production time per day = 6480 minutes
Output per day = 60 patients
Cycle time = production time per day / output per day
= 6480 minutes / 60 patients
= 108.0 minutes per patient
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