Author/Authors :
Darvish، Asieh نويسنده MSc. Medical Information Technology Management, BSc. Nursing, basic Science Dept. Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Scienc , , Towhidkhah، Farzad نويسنده , , Khayati، Rasoul نويسنده PhD. Biomedical Engineering, Assistant Professor, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran, , , Keyhanian، Sina نويسنده MSc. Technology Engineering, Tehran University ,
Abstract :
Nurses working shift scheduling is known as a challenging task for nursing managers. In
this study a nursing scheduler computerized system is designed to prepare justice
schedules in less time. Data is gathered from shift schedules and nursing managerʹs
interview in a big educational and governmental hospital in Iran. The expert entity
planning procedure transformed to mathematical functions and system was designed based
on Genetic Algorithms programming. Comparison between expert and system designed
schedules resulted in 57% reducing of uniform arrangement cost and 93% time saving for
nursing manager. Further investigations on designing a system which can be applied in
various nursing wards with more constraints and flexibility are recommended.
