Modelling a Nurse Shift Schedule with Multiple Preference Ranks for Shifts and Days-Off

Table 4

Day-off preference and preference satisfaction of the nursing staff.

Staff	Schedule period
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1			5.7			5.7	5.7	5.7
2					4	4	4			4
3						11	11	11						11
4				4				4					4	4
5				11		11					11	11
6		4	4							4				4
7			4	4				4						4
8	4						4						4	4
9		5.7					5.7						5.7	5.7
10						4	4	4				4
11			4				4				4	4
12	5.7					5.7						5.7	5.7
13						8	8	8	8
14					5.7	5.7				5.7				5.7
15		5.7					5.7				5.7			5.7
16				5.7			5.7	5.7	5.7
17						4						4	4	4
18			23			23							23	23
19		4	4						4	4
20	4						4					4	4