Assessment of Nursing Workload as a Mortality Predictor in Intensive Care Units (ICU) Using the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) Scale.

Georgia FasoiEirini C PatsiouAreti StavropoulouEvridiki KabaDimitrios PapageorgiouGeorgia ToyliaAspasia GoulaMartha Kelesi

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2020)

Although the study results did not demonstrate a significant correlation between NW and mortality, the NW in ICU appeared to be relatively higher for patients who died than for those who survived. This result may serve as an indication for a positive correlation between these two variables. In addition, NW was found to be moderate, while one ICU nurse can take care of more than one patient.

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