Analysis of Nurse Position on the Workload with WISN (Workload Indicators of Staffing Need) Method in Patient Hospital Royal Prima Medan

Problems that often occur in organizations are the lack of number and types of personnel needed, lack of competence (knowledge, skills, attitudes and values) of nursing staff and limited funds from hospitals so that they cannot add and maintain the human resources (HR) they need. This study aims to determine the need for health workers by calculating the ideal number of health workers (nurses and pharmacists) based on the workload at the Royal Prima General Hospital Medan. This research is qualitative research using observation techniques, interview guidelines and document review. This study uses research informants where the informants used are the head of the nursing room and the nurse in the inpatient room. Data analysis is systematically searching and compiling data obtained from the results of field observations (work sampling), in-depth interviews and document review. The products received: 1) The full use of time for nurses during remarks is known that the use of time for direct nursing activities of nurses in the inpatient room is 36.3%, indirect nursing activities is 40.6%, and personal activities are personal 23.1 %. This shows that the activities that nurses mainly carry out are indirect nursing activities. This is because indirect nursing activities must be carried out and completed by nursing procedures, 2) The number of personnel needed based on the workload using the WISN method in the inpatient room of the Royal Prima General Hospital Medan is 12 people