[Patient profile and nursing workload at the nephrology unit]. / Perfil dos pacientes e carga de trabalho de enfermagem na unidade de nefrologia.
Rev Gaucha Enferm
; 34(2): 133-9, 2013 Jun.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24015472
Chronic kidney failure (CKF), which is frequently silent, can lead to considerable changes in the lives of patients. Depending on the stage, hospitalization and hours of nursing care are required to ensure medical and surgical treatment. The aim of this descriptive and quantitative study is to measure nursing workload at a nephrology unit based on daily application of the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) for 47 consecutive days. Patients were mostly young male adults in the chronic stage of the disease or admitted for kidney transplant. A total of 833 observations were obtained from 62 patients. The resulting NAS workload upon admission was 52%, corresponding to 12.5 hours of care per patient for 24 hours, which is similar to the workload found in intensive care units. This profile allows calculation of nursing work hours required for each patient and is a valuable tool for nursing managers when determining the number of staff members required to ensure assistance. Other studies should be conducted for clinical validation.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Carga de Trabalho
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Unidades Hospitalares
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Nefropatias
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Nefrologia
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Processo de Enfermagem
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Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Rev Gaucha Enferm
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil