Nursing workload in intensive care units and the influence of patient and nurse characteristics.

Kolsoom Nasirizad MoghadamMinoo Mitra ChehrzadShademan Reza MasoulehAbbas MardaniMaryam MalekiElham AkhlaghiCelia Harding

Published in: Nursing in critical care (2020)

The findings can be used to ensure appropriate staffing of intensive care units by nurses. However, nurse and patient characteristics should not be considered the only factors that influence nursing workload in intensive care units.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
mental health
healthcare
case report
mechanical ventilation
primary care
quality improvement
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation