DAVIS, ASHLEY; MEHROTRA, SANJAY; HOLL, JANE; DASKIN, MARK S. - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR) 31 (2014) 01, pp. 1450005-1
Hospitals must maintain safe nurse-to-patient ratios in patient care units to offer adequate and safe patient care. Since the patient demand is highly variable, during high patient demand periods temporary or overtime nurses are hired to ensure safe nurse-to-patient ratios. These overtime nurses...