Metropolis Health System MHS uses a basic work week of 40 hours throughout the system. Thus, one full time employee works 40 hours per week. MHS also uses a standard 24-hour scheduling system of three

Metropolis Health System MHS uses a basic work week of 40 hours throughout the system. Thus, one full time employee works 40 hours per week. MHS also uses a standard 24-hour scheduling system of three hour shifts. The Admission manager needs to compute the staffing requirements to fill his departmental positions. He has more than one Admissions office staffed within the system. The West Admission office typically has two Admissions officers on duty during the day shift, one Admission officer typically has two Admission officers on duty during the day shift, one Admission officer on duty during the evening shift, and one admission officer on duty during the night shift. The day shift also has one clerical person on duty. Staffing is identical for all seven days a week.