MEASURING NURSING WORKLOAD IN THE SEMI-INTENSIVE UNIT OF A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF CURITIBA/BRAZIL

Authors

  • Lillian Daisy G. Wolff
  • Cíntia da Silva Mazur
  • Cristiane Wiezbicki
  • Cristina Bello Barros
  • Valdete A. S. de Quadros

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v12i2.9823

Keywords:

Administração de Recursos Humanos, Enfermagem, Cuidados críticos, Carga de trabalho, Personnel Management, Nursing, Critical care, Workload, Administración de personal, Enfermería, Carga de trabajo

Abstract

This descriptive-exploratory research aimed to estimate the nursing workload in a Semi-Intensive Care Center (SICC) ofa university hospital. The results obtained by the Nursing Activities Score (NAS), applied to 96 inpatients, showed that the workloadis higher to critical neurological inpatients and to semi-critical clinical ones, and lower to cardiac critical inpatients. The complexity andthe intensity of their care were not influenced by age, but by their clinical conditions and dependence on nursing staff. In order to meetpatients’ caring needs at the SICC, that would request 41% more nurses. The high Technical Safety Index is due to the 30-hour workingperiod weekly with two dayoffs. NAS is an important managerial instrument which enables to adequate the number of professionalsto inpatients’ real caring needs, so that safe and qualified care is delivered.

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Published

2007-11-26

How to Cite

Wolff, L. D. G., Mazur, C. da S., Wiezbicki, C., Barros, C. B., & Quadros, V. A. S. de. (2007). MEASURING NURSING WORKLOAD IN THE SEMI-INTENSIVE UNIT OF A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF CURITIBA/BRAZIL. Cogitare Enfermagem, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v12i2.9823

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Research

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