Factors associated with nursing workload in three intensive care units.

Diana Isabel Cáceres Rivera Claudia Consuelo Torres Contreras Luis Alberto López Romero

Published in: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P (2021)

The nursing staff spend approximately 70% of their time on a single patient, and administrative work takes up most of their time. Hospital stays of longer than 3 days, high APACHE II score, coming from the surgery department, and having a diagnosis of trauma and emergency were associated with a high workload.

Keyphrases

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intensive care unit
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emergency department
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