A community health system’s nurse team consists of 12 nurses working in the localcommunity. It takes a nurse 1.5 hours to complete one patient visit (including travel timeand breaks).a. What is the capacity of the nurse team over the course of a 9-hour workday?b. Assuming the demand for the nurses is 60 patients per day, what is the utilization ofthe nurse team?c. Assuming the demand for the nurses is 60 patients per day, what is the cycle time?

A community health system’s nurse team consists of 12 nurses working in the localcommunity. It takes a nurse 1.5 hours to complete one patient visit (including travel timeand breaks).a. What is the capacity of the nurse team over the course of a 9-hour workday?b. Assuming the demand for the nurses is 60 patients per day, what is the utilization ofthe nurse team?c. Assuming the demand for the nurses is 60 patients per day, what is the cycle time?

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Chapter12: Queueing Models

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