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Interpretation: Developing the plan for nursing staff based on the information given(ward capacity data) for Memorial hospital including its explanation of the developed plan in their three strategies (pure level, chasing and mixed strategies)
Ward | Number of beds | Patients per nurse | Patient census |
Intensive care | 20 | 2 | 10 |
Cardiac | 24 | 4 | 15 |
Maternity | 30 | 4 | 10 |
Pediatric | 40 | 4 | 22 |
Surgery | 5 | ||
Post-OP | 15 | 5 | 8(T-F daily equivalent) |
Emergency | 10 | 3 | 5(daily equivalent) |
General | 120 | 8 | 98 |
Concept Introduction: Strategy refers to planning at high level in achieving one or more of organization goals and objectives which is having of several subsets.
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