Measuring the nursing workload in intensive care with the Nursing Activities Score (NAS):A prospective study in 16 hospitals in Belgium
Purpose: The evaluation of nursing workload is a common practice in intensive care units (ICUs). It allows the calculation of an optimal nurse/patient ratio (N/P) which is a major challenge to ensuring the quality of care while controlling the costs of health care. The objectives of this study were, therefore, to evaluate the N/P ratio and to study nursing activities in intensive care in French-speaking Belgium. Methods: The Nursing Activities Score (NAS) was prospectively recorded by shift for two periods of one month each in 16 French-speaking Belgian hospitals for a total of 316 ICU beds in... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Bruyneel , A , Tack , J , Droguet , M , Maes , J , Wittebole , X , Miranda , D R & Di Pierdomenico , L 2019 , ' Measuring the nursing workload in intensive care with the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) : A prospective study in 16 hospitals in Belgium ' , Journal of Critical Care , vol. 54 , pp. 205-211 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.08.032 |
| Schlagwörter: | Nursing activities score / Workload / Intensive care unit / Shift / PRESSURE ULCERS / 9 EQUIVALENTS / MORTALITY / UNITS / SYSTEM / ICU / NURSES / ASSOCIATION / MULTICENTER / COUNTRIES |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26598477 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/910192c4-41de-4da9-b6f8-b89f2ed5826a |
