Dimensionamento de pessoal de enfermagem em um hospital universitário

Abstract

This study presents the dimensioning of nursing staff at a university hospital. The main study goals were: to determine the number of nurses, nursing technicians and aids for the several sectors; to define the Technical Security Index that reflects reality at the Hospital; to verify the adequacy of a Patient Classification System and of the method used at the hospitalization sectors. Methodologically speaking, we used a structure that considers progressive care, we calculated the Technical Security Index, adapted and testes a Patient Classification System and applied a questionnaire to evaluate the methods in use. We concluded that: the study allowed us to attain the necessary number of staff for each hospital sector; the Technical Security Index reached the goal of covering for absences; the patient classification system proved to be adequate, except for two sectors, and that the structure used for the hospitalization sectors is adequate.

Nursing care practices at an outpatient care center from an integrative perspective

“…Institutions, which are always mindful of the improvement of the service provided and the innovation of care methods, have addressed this theme to adjust their costs to a new reality, under more insufficient resources (8) .…”

“…Concerning the size of the nursing team, criteria and methods must be used to allow human resources to be adjusted to actual care needs, so that patients can receive quality care, which offers them security (8) .…”

Gerenciamento do Serviço de Enfermagem por Linha de Cuidado: Uma proposta sob a ótica da gestão baseada em evidências

“…Apesar disso, muitas vezes a execução e decisão sobre lotação desse pessoal é realizada por profissionais de outras categorias, que consideram apenas a questão custo, deixando em segundo plano a real necessidade quantiqualitativa de recursos humanos para o desenvolvimento dessa assistência. Por esses motivos, a lotação de pessoal de enfermagem é hoje uma preocupação constante dos enfermeiros administradores e dos pesquisadores dessa área (ANTUNES; COSTA, 2003).…”

The dimensioning of nursing staff according to nursing coordinators: concept, aim and use

“…In this reality, nursing human resources demand more professionals, more cases of dismissal, hours of training and improvement, among other costs (2) , which permits the interference of professionals from other specialties in their dimensioning, potentially causing legal damage to nursing and institution. Thus, qualitative and quantitative aspects of nursing personnel have attracted the attention of direct nursing service managers, due to the implications of inadequate dimensioning for the outcomes of nursing care delivery to the clientele (3) .…”