Journal article
Nursing activities score
D Reis Miranda, R Nap, A De Rijk, W Schaufeli, G Iapichino, R Abizanda, D Agthé, JP Alexander, DC Angus, A Artigas, P Bastos, D Bihari, M Boyle, TF Buch, H Burchardi, T Clarke, G Dobb, S Evans, G Hart, A Frutiger Show all
Critical Care Medicine | Published : 2003
Abstract
Objectives: The instruments used for measuring nursing workload in the intensive care unit (e.g., Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28) are based on therapeutic interventions related to severity of illness. Many nursing activities are not necessarily related to severity of illness, and cost-effectiveness studies require the accurate evaluation of nursing activities. The aim of the study was to determine the nursing activities that best describe workload in the intensive care unit and to attribute weights to these activities so that the score describes average time consumption instead of severity of illness. Design: To define by consensus a list of nursing activities, to determine the a..
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