Affiliation:
1. Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Brazil
2. Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Universidade Paulista, Brazil
Abstract
ABSTRACT Objectives: To measure the nursing workload in the Burn Intensive Care Units and evaluate its association with clinical variables, length of stay, and outcome of hospitalization. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out in a Brazilian public large hospital. The study included 33 patients. The nursing workload was assessed using the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) every 24 hours. We performed 447 Nursing Activities Score assessments. For the statistical analysis, Student’s t-test, ANOVA, and Spearman’s correlation test were used. The considered significant difference was 5% (p ≤ 0.05). Results: The Nursing Activities Score mean was 84% (± 4.4), which corresponded to 20.2 hours. There was an association between the nursing workload and the patient’s severity (p <0.010), burned body surface (p = 0.010), and hospitalization outcome (p = 0.020). Conclusion: Burn victims, assisted in the ICU, demanded a high nursing workload, which was influenced by clinical aspects and the hospitalization outcome. These findings point to the need to reconsider the nurse staffing related to this care profile.
Reference41 articles.
1. Using a complex audit tool to measure workload, staffing and quality in district nursing;Kirby E;Br J Community Nurs,2014
2. Association between workload of the nursing staff and patient safety outcomes;Magalhães AMM;Rev Esc Enferm USP [Internet],2017
3. Nursing Activities Score: nursing work load in a burn Intensive Care Unit;Camuci MB;Rev Latino-Am Enfermagem [Internet],2014
4. Assessment of health-related quality of life in the first year after burn;Echevarría-Guanilo ME;Esc Anna Nery [Internet],2016
5. Feelings experienced by the nursing team at a burns treatment center;Martins JT;Esc Anna Nery [Internet],2014
Cited by
3 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献