title: Automated nurse scheduling.
abstract: This article attempts (1) to define the several aspects of scheduling nursing personnel within the general context of nursing management, (2) to briefly review the history of the application of operations research and computers to scheduling nurses, (3) to describe what nursing administration is looking for in an automated scheduling system, (4) to review a typical system, and then (5) to discuss issues of implementation from the viewpoint of nursing administration, including realizable benefits.
authors.affiliation: Atwork Corporation, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Martel
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009874:Operations Research; D010562:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling Information Systems