Nursing Activities Score: nursing work load in a burns Intensive Care Unit

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the nursing work load in a Burns Intensive Care Unit according to the Nursing Activities Score.METHOD: an exploratory, descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The Nursing Activities Score was used for data collection between October 2011 and May 2012, totalling 1,221 measurements, obtained from 50 patients' hospital records. Data for qualitative variables was described in tables; for the quantitative variables, calculations using statistical measurements were used.RESULTS: the mean score for the Nursing Activities Score was 70.4% and the median was 70.3%, corresponding to the percentage of the time spent on direct care to the patient in 24 hours.CONCLUSION: the Nursing Activities Score provided information which involves the process of caring for patients hospitalized in a Burns Intensive Care Unit, and indicated that there is a high work load for the nursing team of the sector studied.

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Main Authors: Camuci,Marcia Bernadete, Martins,Júlia Trevisan, Cardeli,Alexandrina Aparecida Maciel, Robazzi,Maria Lúcia do Carmo Cruz
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Language:English
Published: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2014
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spelling oai:scielo:S0104-116920140002003252015-09-29Nursing Activities Score: nursing work load in a burns Intensive Care UnitCamuci,Marcia BernadeteMartins,Júlia TrevisanCardeli,Alexandrina Aparecida MacielRobazzi,Maria Lúcia do Carmo Cruz Workload Nursing Intensive Care Units Burn Units OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the nursing work load in a Burns Intensive Care Unit according to the Nursing Activities Score.METHOD: an exploratory, descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The Nursing Activities Score was used for data collection between October 2011 and May 2012, totalling 1,221 measurements, obtained from 50 patients' hospital records. Data for qualitative variables was described in tables; for the quantitative variables, calculations using statistical measurements were used.RESULTS: the mean score for the Nursing Activities Score was 70.4% and the median was 70.3%, corresponding to the percentage of the time spent on direct care to the patient in 24 hours.CONCLUSION: the Nursing Activities Score provided information which involves the process of caring for patients hospitalized in a Burns Intensive Care Unit, and indicated that there is a high work load for the nursing team of the sector studied.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEscola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São PauloRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem v.22 n.2 20142014-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692014000200325en10.1590/0104-1169.3193.2419
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Cardeli,Alexandrina Aparecida Maciel
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Nursing Activities Score: nursing work load in a burns Intensive Care Unit
author_facet Camuci,Marcia Bernadete
Martins,Júlia Trevisan
Cardeli,Alexandrina Aparecida Maciel
Robazzi,Maria Lúcia do Carmo Cruz
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title Nursing Activities Score: nursing work load in a burns Intensive Care Unit
title_short Nursing Activities Score: nursing work load in a burns Intensive Care Unit
title_full Nursing Activities Score: nursing work load in a burns Intensive Care Unit
title_fullStr Nursing Activities Score: nursing work load in a burns Intensive Care Unit
title_full_unstemmed Nursing Activities Score: nursing work load in a burns Intensive Care Unit
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description OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the nursing work load in a Burns Intensive Care Unit according to the Nursing Activities Score.METHOD: an exploratory, descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The Nursing Activities Score was used for data collection between October 2011 and May 2012, totalling 1,221 measurements, obtained from 50 patients' hospital records. Data for qualitative variables was described in tables; for the quantitative variables, calculations using statistical measurements were used.RESULTS: the mean score for the Nursing Activities Score was 70.4% and the median was 70.3%, corresponding to the percentage of the time spent on direct care to the patient in 24 hours.CONCLUSION: the Nursing Activities Score provided information which involves the process of caring for patients hospitalized in a Burns Intensive Care Unit, and indicated that there is a high work load for the nursing team of the sector studied.
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