In this paper we deal with the Nurse Scheduling Problem (NSP) in a hospital. The problem aims to generate a feasible and a satisfactory schedule to the planners and the hospital staffs. Sometimes a large number of constraints are taken into account: preferences of staffs (vacation, public holidays, and special demands) and administrative or union obligations, in order to ensure a good working c...

This study was aimed to investigate the test-retest reliability and validity of a short version of the New Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (New BJSQ) whose scales have one item selected from a standard version. Based on the results from an anonymous web-based questionnaire of occupational health staffs and personnel/labor staffs, we selected higher-priority scales from the standard version. Afte...

Objective of writing present article is to study relation between compensation situation and human resources system among staffs of Shiraz medical university. Statistic community ,is staffs of Shiraz medical university including( managers, experts, and employees),totally 800 persons which sample of research by way of random category with use of Cochran sampling formula 288 persons were selected...

Though nursing education and training have been widely studied, how to encourage nursing staff to supervise nursing students receives relatively less attention. We aim to partially fill this gap by investigating factors affecting nursing staff’s willingness to supervise nursing students. Eleven factors on general qualification merits and seven factors on teaching merits and preferences are cons...

Every hospital has an organized medical staff, but of what value is this organizational construct in the current environment? Given the New World Order of quality improvement, patient safety, the malpractice crisis, and the multiple demands physicians struggle to accommodate on a daily basis, it is time to reconsider the role of the medical staff This article looks at the legal basis for the me...

This study was conducted to investigate pervasiveness of the musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) among staffs in a specialized healthcare centre. Sixty-eight staffs from three departments namely Cardiovascular Lab (CVL), Nuclear Radiology, and General Radiography were recruited in this study. A modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) was distributed among study population. The result sho...

The Francis report reflects the need for students, like all members of the healthcare team, “to make the protection of patients their priority.” 2 Since 2008, when the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School opened its virtual doors, more than 150 000 students and faculty across the world have accepted this call. The school provides online courses in quality improvement, patient ...

The main objective of this study was to assess the influence performance appraisal on employee in Kenya. This examined present condition assessment Kenya, using Kilifii County as a case study. impact work highlighted target population consisted all permanent workers Kilifi which included doctors, nurses, support staffs, administrative and management representatives researchers (KEMRI staffs wor...

“Despite the importance that reconnaissance and security operations play in setting the conditions necessary for tactical and operational success, the Army’s brigade combat teams struggle to effectively employ their organic cavalry squadron. ... Brigade commanders and their staffs lack leader development and training to plan and execute [reconnaissance and security] missions. Brigade staffs ide...