Visualizing Nursing Work Process using Time and Motion Study

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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.