Nurse Scheduling Problem in Pandemic Situation: An Application in Ankara City Hospital

Abstract

With the Covid-19 epidemic, which first appeared in China in December 2019 and affected the world in a short time, the importance of health is increasing day by day. The increasing importance of health in combating the epidemic causes an increase in the need for hospitals and health personnels. The health personnels that have the most role in this struggle are nurses. As nurses are mentally and physically healthy, it is possible to provide better service to patients. In this study, a goal programming model has been developed in order to make November 2020 shift schedule of 50 nurses working in 4 clinics in Ankara City Hospital's General Hospital building. While developing the model; hospital rules, laws, Covid-19 measures were taken into consideration. In addition, extra precautions have been taken for the special conditions of nurses and for nurses who are in the high risk group for the trans-mission of the virus. The optimal result has been achieved by writing the developed model into the ILOG CPLEX Studio IDE program.