@inproceedings{91c49b595186402bafad8d0842606130,
title = "The development of a heuristic-based excel scheduling support system for nurses",
abstract = "The purpose of this study was to develop a nurse-self-made scheduling support system based on the heuristic approach. A Pediatric ICU unit, staffed with 35 nurses, was taken as the case in this study. Nurses' preferred scheduling principles were surveyed. The Excel VBA was used to develop the support system by an informatics nurse. The system was composed of five components: personal scheduling request setting, auto-scheduling, shift modification, report generating and inquiry. The scheduling results were widely accepted by the nurses and the time to plan a monthly schedule was reduced from 4-5 hours to 30 minutes.",
keywords = "Excel, Heuristic, Nursing Scheduling, Scheduling Support System",
author = "Cheng, {Shih Tsu} and Wung, {Shin Huey} and Polun Chang",
year = "2006",
language = "English",
isbn = "158603622X",
series = "Studies in Health Technology and Informatics",
publisher = "IOS Press",
pages = "792--793",
booktitle = "Consumer-Centered Computer-Supported Care for Healthy People - Proceedings of NI 2006",
address = "Netherlands",
note = "9th International Congress on Nursing Informatics, NI 2006 ; Conference date: 09-06-2006 Through 21-06-2006",
}