Case Study CRC often enters a group of nursing home buildings in a particular area and thus must hire several Nurse Practitioners (NP) to adequately staff these buildings. Given the below criteria, please come up with a staffing recommendation.
Staffing Criteria
● Med A patients should be seen 2-3x / week, and Med B 1x / week
● A given Med A patient can only be seen every other day (so MWF, or TuThu, for example)
● Round-trip commute of each NP should be no more than 60 minutes, ideally
● Each NP can see an average of around 20 patients / day (minimum is 15 and maximum is 30)
● All Med A or all Med B patients do not need to be seen on the same day
● Only weekdays are worked
● NP can visit up to 2 homes on a given day
● Once assigned, NPs do not jump around from their facilities to other NP facilities
● NP cannot be assigned to more than 2 facilities
Building Locations and Patient Census
1. AGAPE NURSING HOME
a. 399 W Unaka Ave, Johnson City, TN 37604
b. 18 Med A, 10 Med B
2. DURHAM-HENSLEY NURSING HOME
a. 3430 Highland St, Chuckey, TN 37641
b. 5 Med A, 15 Med B
3. BRISTOL NURSING HOME
a. 105 Fairway Dr, Blountville, TN 37617
b. 21 Med A, 5 Med B
4. CORNERSTONE NURSING HOME
a. 1912 Sherwood Dr, Johnson City, TN 37601
b. 25 Med A, 12 Med B
5. IVY HALL NURSING HOME
a. 413 S Watauga Ave, Elizabethton, TN 37643
b. 20 Med A, 15 Med B
6. UNICOI NURSING HOME
a. 605 S Mohawk Dr, Erwin, TN 37650
b. 12 Med A, 10 Med B
NP Candidate Home Locations
1. AIMEE - 1200 Southwest Ave, Johnson City, TN 37604
2. LAURA - 841 Allison Rd, Piney Flats, TN 37686
3. EMILY - 3313 McKinley Rd, Johnson City, TN 37604
Goal
Please assign each NP to the above facilities. Please also create a schedule for each NP, which days they visit which home, and which patients (e. g. Med A, Med B) they see, so that the number of patient visits in a week is maximized. Feel free to make other any assumptions needed and clearly state those. The format of how you decide to communicate your recommendation is up to you.