Final answer:
To prepare all day meals for 200 patients, 2 FTE's are needed per week.
Step-by-step explanation:
In order to calculate the number of FTE's (Full-Time Equivalents) needed per week, we first need to determine the total time required to prepare meals for all 200 patients. Since it takes 20 minutes to prepare all day meals for a single patient, it will take the same amount of time for each patient. Therefore, the total time required is 20 minutes multiplied by 200 patients, which is 4000 minutes per week.
To convert this into FTE's, we need to consider a standard work week. Let's assume a standard work week consists of 40 hours (or 2400 minutes).
So, the number of FTE's needed per week is calculated by dividing the total time required (4000 minutes) by the standard work week (2400 minutes). This gives us 1.67 FTE's. Since we cannot have a fraction of an FTE, we round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, we would need 2 FTE's per week.