NURSING STAFFING IN A SURGICAL HOSPITALIZATION UNIT: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v26i0.72640

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Nursing, Peri-operative Nursing, Nursing Professionals, Organizational Downsizing, Patient Safety.

Abstract

Objective: to analyze Nursing staffing in a surgical hospitalization unit.
Method: a quantitative and exploratory-descriptive study conducted from March to May 2019, during the day shift, with inpatients of a surgical hospitalization unit of a university hospital in southern Brazil. Three instruments were used for data collection, applied to the participants and complemented with information from the medical records. The sample consisted in 196 participants and there were 920 classifications of the dependence level. The data were analyzed by means of simple descriptive analysis.
Results: the mean age of the patients was 56.71 years old, 57.8% were male, 39.1% had incomplete elementary school, and 36.7% were retired. The majority was classified as minimal care (16.81%), followed by intermediate care (6.81%), recommending from 8.38 to 10.06 nurses and from 17.01 to 20.43 nursing technicians or assistants.
Conclusion: the peculiarities of the surgical patients must be taken into account in the staffing, with the need for conducting more studies in this area.

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Published

2021-02-09

How to Cite

Vicente, C., Amante, L. N., Sebold, L. F., Girondi, J. B. R., Martins, T., Salum, N. C., & Maia, A. R. C. R. (2021). NURSING STAFFING IN A SURGICAL HOSPITALIZATION UNIT: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY. Cogitare Enfermagem, 26. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v26i0.72640

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Vol. 26 (2021)

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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