In a hospital with 300 patients, it takes 14 minutes to prepare one meal. How many FTEs are needed per week?

To determine the number of Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) needed per week to prepare meals for 300 patients, you first need to calculate the total time required to prepare the meals.

1. Each meal takes 14 minutes to prepare.

2. Assuming each patient requires one meal per day, this means:

• Daily meal preparation time = 300 patients × 14 minutes = 4200 minutes.

3. To find the weekly meal preparation time, multiply the daily time by 7 (for the days in a week):

• Weekly meal preparation time = 4200 minutes/day × 7 days = 29400 minutes.

4. Next, convert total weekly minutes into hours:

• 29400 minutes ÷ 60 minutes/hour = 490 hours.

5. If you assume that one FTE works a standard 40-hour week, you can calculate the number of FTEs needed:

• FTEs required = Total hours needed ÷ hours worked per FTE.

• FTEs = 490 hours ÷ 40 hours/week = 12.25.

Since FTEs are generally expressed as whole numbers, you would round up to ensure sufficient staffing.

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