Concept explainers
a)
Interpretation: the average utilization, waiting time and reducing the waiting time by adding extra staff for a Cardiac Care Unit of a hospital is to be calculated.
Concept Introduction: Utilization helps in assessing different trends in employee performance. It helps in identify the efficiency as well as the productivity of a resource and do relevant changes to the employee assignments, so that the maximum utilization can be obtained.
b)
Interpretation: the average number of patients waiting for a nurse at the Cardiac Care Unit of the hospital is to be calculated.
Concept Introduction: Identifying the number of customers waiting to receive a service is important in managing the waiting time effectively. It not only helps to increase the efficiency of the process but will also help in increasing the customer satisfaction as well.
c)
Interpretation: the reduction of waiting time by adding a third nurse, and how it saves time for both the patients and the nurses at the Cardiac Care Unit of a hospital is to be calculated.
Concept Introduction: Reduction of waiting time will add value to the service while increasing the productivity as well as the effectiveness of the process.
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