2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Visualizing Nursing Work Process using Time and Motion Study

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23710168
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Social systems engineering/Safety system
Research Institution	Osaka University
Principal Investigator	SHIMIZU Sachiko 大阪大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 研究員 (50432498)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	看護業務 / タイムスタディ / 経営工学 / オブジェクト指向
Research Abstract	A nurse is an autonomous, decentralized worker who recognizes goals, his or her environment, the conditions and actions of patients and other staff members, and determines his or her own actions.In this study, using time and motion study techniques, a method used to measure jobs, we clarify the structure of the work of transporting patients by nurses. We also attempt to visualize it. We use objected-oriented modeling to express the operation visually. The study suggests that the work of transporting patients has great differences in the objects, the process, and time efficiency depending on the conditions of the patients, type of exam, and occurrence of the work. Also, because many work occurrences were irregular and required quick responses, we learned that nurses must make adjustments with other tasks while at the same time accomplishing the task of transporting patients.

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