Research Article

Assessment of the Nurse Medication Administration Workflow Process

Table 6

Simulation model parameters.

Model parameterDiscrete cumulative distribution function

Number of patients assigned to nurse ()DISC ,

Number of patient-driven interruptions (for unbundled workflow: )DISC ,

Number of patient-driven interruptions (for bundled workflow: )DISC ,

Number of time-driven interruptions (for unbundled workflow: )DISC

Number of time-driven interruptions (for bundled workflow: )DISC ,

Number of medications needed by a patient ()DISC ,