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For problem 3: Each nurse's schedule is shown if Table 4:

nurse 0:

Description travel rest serve travel rest serve
Time interval 8:00-8:21 8:21-9:30 9:30-9:50 9:50-10:19 10:19-10:20 10:20-10:50
Location (18,2)->(13,44) (13,44) (13,44) (13,44)->(66,16) (66,16) (66,16)
Description travel rest serve travel rest serve
Time interval 10:50-11:13 11:13-13:20 13:20-13:30 13:30-13:59 13:59-14:00 14:00-14:20
Location (66,16)->(32,49) (32,49) (32,49) (32,49)->(90,57) (90,57) (90,57)
Description travel rest serve rest
Time 14:20-15:04 15:04-15:20 15:20-15:40 15:40-18:00
Location (90,57)->(19,4) (19,4) (19,4) (19,4)

nurse 1:   

Description travel rest serve travel rest serve
Time 8:00-8:34 8:34-9:30 9:30-9:50 9:50-10:16 10:16-11:00 11:00-11:20
Location (18,2)->(85,21) (85,21) (85,21) (85,21)->(34,38) (34,38) (34,38)
Description travel rest serve travel rest serve
Time 11:20-11:26 11:26-14:10 14:10-14:40 14:40-15:07 15:07-15:10 15:10-15:40
Location (34,38)->(45,32) (45,32) (45,32) (45,32)->(91,3) (91,3) (91,3)
Description travel rest serve rest    
Time 15:40-15:48 15:48-17:10 17:10-17:30 17:30-18:00    
Location (91,3)->(76,11) (76,11) (76,11) (76,11)    

nurse 2:

Description travel rest serve travel rest serve
Time 8:00-8:39 8:39-9:40 9:40-10:00 10:00-10:14 10:14-11:10 11:10-11:50
Location (18,2)->(55,71) (55,51) (55,71) (55,71)->(28,60) (28,60) (28,60)
Description travel rest serve rest    
Time 11:50-11:58 11:58-16:20 16:20-16:50 16:50-18:00    
Location (28,60)->(22,75) (22,75) (22,75) (22,75)    

nurse 3:   

Description travel rest serve travel rest serve
Time 8:00-8:19 8:19-8:50 8:50-9:10 9:10-9:42 9:42-10:10 10:10-10:20
Location (55,60)->(71,96) (71,96) (71,96) (71,96)->(6,89) (6,89) (6,89)

                    Table 4: time schedule of each nurse of problem 3

We can see that we need at least 4 nurses and half of them (2) served maximum number of patients (5).

On average, each nurse serve 3.75 patients. efficiency is 3.75/5 =75%