The SIPI for measuring complexity in nursing care: Evaluation study

Prevalence of nursing diagnoses as a measure of nursing complexity in a hospital setting

“…Dependency observed in basic patient care needs (e.g. feeding and hydration, hygiene, mobility) with related nursing interventions quantify the nursing complexity, which is defined as all dimensions of care expressed as intensity, engagement and nursing work (Galimberti et al 2012). The systematic use of NDs in conjunction with nursing interventions can provide a better measure of nursing complexity because NDs cover wide domains of nursing care (e.g.…”

The Role and Promotion of Nursing

“…Th ey are also greatly responsible for coordination of the overall health care together with other care providers (laboratory, pharmacy, nutrition, and others) and they carry out doctors' orders related to the administration of therapy, diagnosis, etc. At the same time, they are focused on the 'patient focused care' assurance model 8 . Th e image of nursing has changed over years and has been infl uenced by many circumstances (general public, private opinions and attitudes, etc.).…”

“…Th e key recommendations are related to reduction of the possible negative eff ects caused by the lack of nurses in order to make them aware of the fact how important their image and their position is, which is actually based on the marketing principles 7 . Some authors advocate the usage of internal marketing in order to build a positive working environment where nurses are highly motivated and therefore they decide to remain a part of the working process 8 . Researches have shown that job satisfaction and working process aff ect the partner environment and organizational climate 9 , which are the basic components of internal marketing.…”

Fuzzy logic applied to a Patient Classification System

“…the Workload Indicators of Staffing Need [6] The Italian healthcare system evolved, during the '90s, from a management of the clinical employees related to the number of ward beds to a staff administration based on the Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) [8] that classify patients according to their diagnosis. Obviously, the use of an indicator connected with the patient diagnosis rather than directly to the patient needs has been widely criticized [9].…”