Workload: a comparison between the online and observational methods

Abstract

Both methods measure WL; the online method developed accompanies activities performed in real time.

High nursing workload is a main associated factor of poor hand hygiene adherence in Beijing, China: An observational study

“…Nursing workload has been described as influenced by the number of staff members, complexity of the diseases experienced by patients, patient turnover per day, and characteristics of the institution (Liu, Lee, Chia, Chi, & Yin, 2012;Somensi, Caregnato, Cervi, & Flores, 2018). Many studies define workload using working hours; therefore, in our study, the definition of nursing workload was the actual hours worked per shift related to the time of direct and indirect nursing care activities and timed using a stopwatch (Hurst, 2015;Kunecka, 2015).…”

Use of the Nursing Interventions Classification and Nurses’ Workloads: A Scoping Review

“…The number of interventions recorded by Somensi et al [ 4 ] in the context of a hospital ward corresponded to the data obtained at two time points, through in-person and telematic observation. The direct care with the highest prevalence corresponded to 7400 Orientation in the health system, n = 230 (57.21%) in in-person observation and n = 150 (44.91%) in telematic observation.…”

“…Somensi et al [ 4 ] compared the average times taken by nurses to perform each of the care interventions under in-person observation ( n = 1901) and telematic observation ( n = 1509) without finding significant differences for direct ( p = 0.427) or indirect ( p = 0.486) in contrast to the averages established by the NIC. All average times can be seen in Table 5 .…”

“…The NIC terminology only provides the bases that can be used to obtain a valid measure of nurses’ workloads. At this moment, measurement of nurses’ workloads available in the scientific literature using the NIC has only been reported in specific hospital situations [ 4 , 5 ], such as paediatrics [ 6 , 7 , 8 ] and oncology [ 9 , 10 ] clinical settings.…”

Validação qualitativa de uma escala para medir a carga de trabalho de enfermagem em unidades de internação

“…realizados sobre este assunto demonstram que as cargas de trabalho incluem a identificação, listagem de atividades e mensuração do tempo gasto, (9) destacando as numerosas consequências negativas, quando há um desequilíbrio entre a carga de trabalho e a quantidade de recursos humanos disponíveis (erros na assistência médica, distúrbios psicossomáticos e baixa qualidade de vida do profissional enfermeiro, aumento da morbidade e mortalidade do cliente-paciente...). (4,(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14) Em Enfermagem, a segurança do paciente está associada à incorporação de planos de cuidados individualizados para cada paciente, de acordo com a taxonomia de enfermagem da NANDA I(NANDA International), (15) aceita internacionalmente. Tornase indispensável que o trabalho de enfermagem seja definido por meio da NIC (Nursing Interventions Classification), (16) como recomendado em nosso país pelo Ministério da Saúde.…”