scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on nursing workload as measured with the Nursing Activities Score in intensive care: summary of findings

Author(s):  
Arnaud Bruyneel ◽  
Alberto Lucchini ◽  
Marga Hoogendoorn
2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 381-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ester Góes Oliveira ◽  
Paulo Carlos Garcia ◽  
Clairton Marcos Citolino Filho ◽  
Lilia Nogueira

Aquichan ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Romero-Massa ◽  
Johana Patricia Lorduy-Bolívar ◽  
Carmen Pájaro-Melgar ◽  
Carolina Andrea Pérez-Duque ◽  

Objetivo: determinar la relación entre la demanda de carga laboral de enfermería y la gravedad del paciente en unidades de cuidados intensivos de adultos en la ciudad de Cartagena, en el mes de julio de 2008. Método: investigación de corte longitudinal. Muestra de 42 pacientes, se obtuvieron registros TISS-28 y registros Apache II. Se realizó el cálculo de media aritmética, desviación estándar y proporciones, así como el cálculo del coeficiente de correlación de Pearson. Resultados: participaron 42 pacientes; la media para la edad fue 58,2 años (IC 95% 52,1-64,4). El 51,3% fueron mujeres. Se obtuvieron 42 calificaciones del Apache II al ingreso de los pacientes a la UCI con un promedio de 28,9, de los cuales el 66,7% (28) tienen un mal pronóstico, y 188 calificaciones de TISS-28, con un promedio de 28,7 (IC 95% 25,7-31,7). El promedio de TISS de egreso fue de 25,7 (IC 95% 22,4-28,9) por paciente. El 61,9% de los pacientes perteneció a la clase III. La razón enfermera/paciente clase IV fue de 0,57 inferior a 1:1(1). Se encontró una asociación entre el Apache II y TISS-28 de 0,55 (0,501-0,75) y un coeficiente de determinación de 0,38 (p<0,05). Conclusiones: existe una moderada correlación entre el TISS-28 y el Apache II dejando ver sobrecarga de trabajo de enfermería en las UCI, lo que repercute en la atención directa al paciente crítico.


2021 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 103780
Author(s):  
Charlotte C. Margadant ◽  
Nicolette F. de Keizer ◽  
Marga E. Hoogendoorn ◽  
Rob J. Bosman ◽  
Jan Jaap Spijkstra ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 103852
Author(s):  
M.E. Hoogendoorn ◽  
S. Brinkman ◽  
J.J. Spijkstra ◽  
R.J. Bosman ◽  
C.C. Margadant ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filipe Utuari de Andrade Coelho ◽  
Mirian Watanabe ◽  
Cassiane Dezoti da Fonseca ◽  
Katia Grillo Padilha ◽  
Maria de Fátima Fernandes Vattimo

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the nursing workload in intensive care patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). Method: A quantitative study, conducted in an intensive care unit, from April to August of 2015. The Nursing Activities Score (NAS) and Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) were used to measure nursing workload and to classify the stage of AKI, respectively. Results: A total of 190 patients were included. Patients who developed AKI (44.2%) had higher NAS when compared to those without AKI (43.7% vs 40.7%), p <0.001. Patients with stage 1, 2 and 3 AKI showed higher NAS than those without AKI. A relationship was identified between stage 2 and 3 with those without AKI (p = 0.002 and p <0.001). Conclusion: The NAS was associated with the presence of AKI, the score increased with the progression of the stages, and it was associated with AKI, stage 2 and 3.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Fabiola Alves Gomes ◽  
Denise Von Dolinger de Brito Röder ◽  
Thúlio Marquez Cunha ◽  
Rosângela De Oliveira Felice ◽  
Guilherme Silva Mendonça ◽  
...  

Objective: Evaluate the relation of nursing workload, evaluated by the Nursing Activities Score (NAS), with the occurrence of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP) in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the impact of VAP on hospitalization costs.Methods: Retrospective cohort study in Adult ICU of a high complexity Brazilian university hospital. The profile, outcomes, costs, and daily NAS from patients were collected. We also proposed some workload indicators based on NAS daily evaluation.Results: The study included 195 patients, 27.17% diagnosed with VAP. VAP was more prevalent in patients diagnosed with trauma on admission. The total costs of care were higher for VAP patients. In all multivariate models tested were predictive for VAP: the patient's intubation that occurs in days prior of the ICU admission day (higher risk if occurs in days prior the ICU admission day) and ventilation time prior ICU (higher risk if higher time). We found others predictors, but these were dependent on the model tested. Additional risk predictors were tracheostomy, propofol use, neuromuscular blocker use and the higher NAS from admission. The protective factors found were the percentage of adequacy of the assignment based in NAS that measure if the workload measured by the NAS was offered and the increment in NAS during the ventilation time.Conclusions: The offering of an adequate nursing work scale (adequate number of professionals for the care), as a function of the nursing workload measured by the NAS, could be effective in the reduction of VAP, hospital stay time and hospital costs.


2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 683-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Carvalho de Oliveira ◽  
Paulo Carlos Garcia ◽  
Lilia de Souza Nogueira

Abstract OBJECTIVE To identifyevidences of the influence of nursing workload on the occurrence of adverse events (AE) in adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). METHOD A systematic literature review was conducted in the databases MEDLINE, CINAHL, LILACS, SciELO, BDENF, and Cochrane from studies in English, Portuguese, or Spanish, published by 2015. The analyzed AE were infection, pressure ulcer (PU), patient falls, and medication errors. RESULTS Of 594 potential studies, eight comprised the final sample of the review. TheNursing Activities Score (NAS; 37.5%) and the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System(TISS; 37.5%) were the instruments most frequently used for assessing nursing workload. Six studies (75.0%) identified the influence of work overload in events of infection, PU, and medicationerrors. An investigation found that the NAS was a protective factor for PU. CONCLUSION The nursing workload required by patients in the ICU influenced the occurrence of AE, and nurses must monitor this variable daily to ensure proper sizing of staff and safety of care.


2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAYE SPENCE ◽  
WILLIAM TARNOW-MORDI ◽  
GLEN DUNCAN ◽  
NELUN JAYASURYIA ◽  
JENNY ELLIOTT ◽  
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