Analysis of workforce requirements based on WISN in radiology installation of RSU X

Abstract

The beginning of 2020 was shocked by the WHO's statement which mentioned Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) as a pandemic. As many as 37420 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia until June 2020 and are growing every day. One of the supporting examinations to establish a diagnosis of COVID-19 is a radiological examination. It is undeniable that the increasing incidence of COVID-19 has caused the workload of health workers in hospitals is increase, including in radiology installations in hospital. The purpose of this study was to analyze the need of workforce according to the workload using the Workload indicators of staffing need (WISN) method in the radiology installation of the RSU X. This research uses quantitative and qualitative methods. The results showed that the workload of the workforce in the radiology installation at RSU X was in the optimum category. Based on calculations using the WISN method, it was found that the total number of workers needed at the radiology installation at the RSU X was 15 people and the workforce gap ratio was 1.00.

Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) for the Required Estimation of Nursing Staff in a Hemodialysis Unit

“…The working components that affected this factor included nursing audit meetings, preparation of medicines and equipment, preparation of consumables, and reporting. The category allowance factor in this study was smaller than in previous studies that showed category allowance factors of 0.183 and 0.39 (Ekawati 2018, Farrasizdihar et al 2021. The small category allowance factor in this study might be because there were not many activities conducted outside of the Hemodialysis Unit of Rasyida Renal Specialist Hospital.…”

“…This study showed that nursing activities in the Hemodialysis Unit were quite busy. There were similarities between this study and another study conducted in a radiology unit where nurses spent more time on directly and indirectly productive care activities compared to non-productive activities (Farrasizdihar et al 2021). Productive activities are the main activities in nurses' duties and responsibilities.…”

“…According to the results of the overall calculation, it was found that the amount of available working time for nurses in the Hemodialysis Unit was 115,920 minutes per year. However, a study conducted by (Farrasizdihar et al 2021) found a greater amount of available working time in a radiology unit of a hospital. According to the ministerial decree of the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, the definition of overtime is working that exceeds the recommended working hours.…”

“…There were only 15 nurses in the inpatient room of a hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, while the required number of nurses was 21 (Ekawati 2018). In contrast, a study by Farrasizdihar et al (2021) in a hospital's radiology department found that there was enough staff available. Both the existing and required number of nurses in the unit were 15 people, so the staff requirement ratio was 1.00.…”