Nurse staffing, quality of nursing care and nurse job outcomes in intensive care units

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 1729-1737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Hyun Cho ◽  
Kyung Ja June ◽  
Yun Mi Kim ◽  
Yong Ae Cho ◽  
Cheong Suk Yoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Nurse Staffing ◽  
Job Outcomes ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Designing and Validity Evaluation of Quality of Nursing Care Scale in Intensive Care Units

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-471
Author(s):  
Mashaalah Zeraati ◽  
Negin Masoudi Alavi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Scale Level ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Critical Care Units ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Background and Purpose: Quality of nursing care measurement is essential in critical care units. The aim of this study was to develop a scale to measure the quality of nursing care in intensive care units (ICUs). Methods: The 68 items of nursing care standards in critical care settings were explored in a literature review. Then, 30 experts evaluated the items’ content validity index (CVI) and content validity ratio (CVR). Items with a low CVI score (<0.78) and low CVR score (<0.33) were removed from the scale. Results: The 50 items remained in the scale. The Scale level-CVI and Scale level-CVR were 0.898 and 0.725, respectively. Conclusion: The nursing care scale in ICU (Quality of Nursing Care Scale-ICU) that was developed in this research had acceptable CVI and CVR.

scholarly journals DIVERGÊNCIAS ENTRE LEGISLAÇÕES DO DIMENSIONAMENTO DE ENFERMAGEM EM UNIDADES DE TERAPIA INTENSIVA

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Maria Auxiliadora Rodrigues ◽  
Rodolpho César Cardoso De Paula ◽  
Rosimere Ferreira Santana
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Terapia Intensiva ◽  
Recursos Humanos ◽  
The Law ◽  
Reflective Study ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Objetivo: discutir as divergências entre as legislações vigentes sobre o dimensionamento de enfermagem e as suas repercussões na assistência em unidades de terapia intensiva. Metodologia: estudo reflexivo sobre as fiscalizações realizadas pelo COREN-RJ nas unidades de terapia intensiva a partir de 2010, com parâmetro nas Resoluções do COFEN e Anvisa. Resultados: comparados os dispositivos legais e as implicações ao exercício profissional, fica evidenciado que a Anvisa descumpre a lei na atividade privativa do enfermeiro ao paciente crítico. Conclusão: a RDC Anvisa lesa a lei da enfermagem e compromete a qualidade da assistência de enfermagem ao paciente crítico.Descritores: Enfermagem, Recursos Humanos de Enfermagem no Hospital, Unidades de Terapia Intensiva, Legislação de Enfermagem.DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LEGISLATION OF NURSING SCALING IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITSObjective: To discuss the differences between current legislation in nursing scaling and its repercussions in the assistance in intensive care units. Methodology: Reflective study on the inspections carried out by COREN-RJ in the intensive care units from 2010, with parameters of COFEN and ANVISA Resolutions. Results: Compared with the legal devices and the implications to the Professional Exercise, it was evident that ANVISA disregarded the law in the exclusive activity of the Nurse to the critical patient. Conclusion: RDC ANVISA harms the nursing law and compromises the quality of nursing care to critical patients.Descriptors: Nursing, Human Resources of Nursing Hospital, Intensive Care Units; Legislation, Nursing.LAS DIVERGENCIAS ENTRE LAS LEGISLACIONES DIMENSIONAMIENTO DE ENFERMERÍA EN UNIDADES DE CUIDADOS INTENSIVOSObjetivo: Discutir las diferencias entre la legislación vigente en materia de diseño de enfermería y su impacto en la atención en unidades de cuidados intensivos. Metodología: Estudio reflectante en las inspecciones realizadas por COREN-RJ en unidades de cuidados intensivos a partir de 2010, con las resoluciones de parámetros COFEN y ANVISA. Resultados: disposiciones e implicaciones de la práctica profesional jurídicos, en comparación, evidenciaron que la ANVISA viola la ley sobre la actividad privada para cuidar a pacientes en estado crítico. Conclusión: RDC ANVISA daña la ley de enfermería y compromete la calidad de la atención de enfermería a pacientes en estado crítico.Descriptores: Enfermería, Personal de Enfermería em Hospital, Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos, Legislación de Enfermería.

scholarly journals Effect of Evidence-Based Nursing Care Guidelines on the Quality of Care of Patients in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Units

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-67
Author(s):  
Zahra Tayebi Myaneh ◽  
◽  
Maryam Azadi ◽  
Seyedeh Zahra Hosseinigolafshani ◽  
Farnoosh Rashvand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Neurosurgical Intensive Care ◽  
Care Guidelines ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Evidence Based Nursing

Background: Evidence-based nursing care guidelines are important tools for increasing the quality of nurses’ clinical work. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of implementing evidence-based nursing care guidelines on the quality of care of patients admitted to the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Units (NICUs). Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study on 54 nurses in NICUs of hospitals affiliated to Qazvin University of Medical Sciences selected using a convenience sampling technique and divided into two groups of intervention and control. The intervention included the teaching of evidence-based nursing guidelines and their implementation by the nurses. Before and two months after the intervention, the demographic characteristics and the quality of nurses’ patient care in both groups was evaluated by using a demographic form and a standard checklist with 37 items designed based on the standards of practice for All Registered Nurses (ANA). Data were analyzed in SPSS software using descriptive statistics (Mean±SD), and paired t-test, independent t-test and chi-square test. Findings: The mean score of nursing care quality in the two groups was not significantly different before intervention (P>0.05). After intervention, the mean score was 25.11±6.2 in the intervention group and 20.29±5.3 in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Implementation of evidence-based nursing care guidelines can improve the quality of nursing care. Therefore, it is recommended that the teaching of evidence-based nursing care guidelines should be on the agenda of the hospitals’ education unit and related departments.

scholarly journals Nurse staffing and patient-perceived quality of nursing care: a cross-sectional analysis of survey and administrative data in German hospitals

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. e051133
Author(s):  
Vera Winter ◽  
Karina Dietermann ◽  
Udo Schneider ◽  
Jonas Schreyögg
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Care ◽  
Nurse Staffing ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Skill Mix ◽  
Staffing Levels ◽  
Hospital Units ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

ObjectiveTo examine the impact of nurse staffing on patient-perceived quality of nursing care. We differentiate nurse staffing levels and nursing skill mix as two facets of nurse staffing and use a multidimensional instrument for patient-perceived quality of nursing care. We investigate non-linear and interaction effects.SettingThe study setting was 3458 hospital units in 1017 hospitals in Germany.ParticipantsWe contacted 212 554 patients discharged from non-paediatric, non-intensive and non-psychiatric hospital units who stayed at least two nights in the hospital between January and October 2019. Of those, 30 174 responded, yielding a response rate of 14.2%. Our sample included only those patients. After excluding extreme values for our nurse staffing variables and removing observations with missing values, our final sample comprised 28 136 patients ranging from 18 to 97 years of age (average: 61.12 years) who had been discharged from 3458 distinct hospital units in 1017 hospitals.Primary and secondary outcome measuresPatient-perceived quality of nursing care (general nursing care, guidance provided by nurses, and patient loyalty to the hospital).ResultsFor all three dimensions of patient-perceived quality of nursing care, we found that they significantly decreased as (1) nurse staffing levels decreased (with decreasing marginal effects) and (2) the proportion of assistant nurses in a hospital unit increased. The association between nurse staffing levels and quality of nursing care was more pronounced among patients who were less clinically complex, were admitted to smaller hospitals or were admitted to medical units.ConclusionsOur results indicate that, in addition to nurse staffing levels, nursing skill mix is crucial for providing the best possible quality of nursing care from the patient perspective and both should be considered when designing policies such as minimum staffing regulations to improve the quality of nursing care in hospitals.

scholarly journals Quality of nursing care in a maternal intensive care unit

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-126
Author(s):  
Nalma Alexandra Rocha de Carvalho ◽  
Simone Santos e Silva Melo ◽  
Márcia Teles de Oliveira Gouveia ◽  
Lilian Machado Vilarinho de Moraes ◽  
José Diego Marques Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Adequate Care ◽  
Nutrition And Hydration ◽  
Terapia Intensiva ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Objetivo: Evaluar la calidad de la asistencia en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos maternos, ha tenido por base indicadores de estructura proceso y resultados. Material y método: Estudio descriptivo, de análisis documental con abordaje cuantitativo. La colecta de datos ocurrió entre enero y febrero de 2017 en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos maternos de una maternidad de referencia en Piauí. Fue utilizado un guion observacional con muestra censal de 72 pacientes. Resultados: El eje higiene, confort y seguridad mostró una asistencia global deseable, excepto para los indicadores de nutrición e hidratación que presentaron asistencia tolerable o limíte. El eje que presentó mejores resultados fue las anotaciones de enfermería con asistencia deseable en gran parte de los artículos analizados. Conclusión: El estudio evidenció resultados satisfactorios de forma general, sin embargo, es importante que ocurran mejoras en la asistencia de enfermería a las pacientes ingresadas en la unidad de cuidados intensivos maternosl, sobre todo para los indicadores de nutrición e hidratación.   Objective: To evaluate the quality of care provided in a maternal intensive care unit, based on indicators of structure, process and results. Material and methods: Descriptive study of documentary analysis with a quantitative approach. Data collection happened between January and February 2017 at the Maternal Intensive Care Unit of a reference maternity hospital in Piauí. An observational script with a census sample of 72 patients was used. Results: The hygiene, comfort and safety axis showed adequate care. However, the nutrition and hydration indicators presented with risky and undesirable care. The axis that presented the best results was nursing records with adequate care in most of the analyzed items. Conclusion: The study showed satisfactory results in general; however, attention should be given to improvements in nursing care for patients hospitalized in the Maternal Intensive Care Unit, especially for the nutrition and hydration indicators. Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade da assistência em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Materna, tendo por base indicadores de estrutura, processo e resultados. Material e método: Estudo descritivo, de análise documental com abordagem quantitativa. A coleta de dados ocorreu entre os meses de janeiro e fevereiro de 2017 na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva materna de uma maternidade de referência do Piauí. Utilizou-se roteiro observacional com amostra censitária de 72 pacientes. Resultados: O eixo higiene, conforto e segurança demonstraram uma assistência global desejável, exceto para os indicadores nutrição e hidratação que apresentaram assistência sofrível ou limítrofe. O eixo que apresentou melhores resultados foi anotações de enfermagem com assistência desejável em grande parte dos itens analisados. Conclusão: O estudo evidenciou resultados satisfatórios de forma geral, entretanto, chama-se atenção para melhoras na assistência de enfermagem às pacientes internadas na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Materna, sobretudo para os indicadores nutrição e hidratação.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of implementing evidence based practices guidelines regarding blood transfusion on quality of nursing care and patients' safety in Pediatric Units

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Orban Ragab Bayoumi ◽  
Nahed Saied Mohamed El-Nagger
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Evidence Based Nursing ◽  
Quality Of Nursing ◽  
Nurses Knowledge

Background and objective: The new trend that widely accepted in health care institutions is to implement an evidence-based practice. Health facilities frequently integrate standards of practice that reveal current best evidence to increase patients’ outcomes and consequently decrease hospital cost. Transfusion of blood is a cornerstone in managing many critically ill children. However, nurses have a chief role in transfusing blood and their knowledge and performance are important for them to transfuse blood safely and efficiently. Aim: Evaluate the effectiveness of implementing evidence based nursing practices guidelines on quality of nursing care and patients' safety as regards blood transfusion to improve transfusion practices and ensure safety.Methods: A quasi-experimental design. Settings: This study was conducted at Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Room, Medical and Surgical Wards, Hematology/Oncology Units in Children Hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospitals. Sample: A convenience sample composed of 95 pediatric nurses, whom were willingness to participate in the study and 78 children whom were receiving blood transfusion. Tools: I. A Self-Administered Questionnaire Sheet to assess nurses’ knowledge regarding blood transfusion; II. Child’s Medical Record to collect data about child’s health status; III. An Observational Competence Checklist to assess the quality of actual nurses’ practices about Blood Transfusion; and IV. Evidence Based Nursing Practices Guidelines of Blood Transfusion that was described the EBNP guidelines that provide a standardized approach for transfusion (before and after).Results: The studied nurses’ knowledge and practices regarding to blood transfusion were improved and reflected a highly significant differences before and after guidelines implementation.Conclusions: The present study concluded that studied nurses showed an improvement in their knowledge and practices regarding blood transfusion after implementation of evidence based nursing practices guidelines. Recommendation: It is essential that all nurses who administer blood transfusion for children should complete periodic in-services training programs to keep them up to date regarding to safe and efficient administration of blood transfusion.

scholarly journals Comparing the Relationship of Emotional Intelligence and General Health in Nurses of Intensive Care Units With General Units in Qazvin

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Leili Yekefallah ◽  
Leila Dehghankar ◽  
Mahya Shafaei ◽  
Fereshteh Yekefallah
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
General Health ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Background and aims: To know that how emotional intelligence and general health are related, can play a crucial role in the quality of nurses’ performance. The present study was conducted to compare the relationship of emotional intelligence and general health in nurses of intensive care units with other units in Qazvin city, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among nurses working in hospitals of Qazvin in 2018. To this end, 250 nurses were selected by random sampling. Data collection tool was Goldberg General Health Standard Questionnaire (GHQ) and Shearing’s Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (EIQ). Data were analyzed by SPSS statistical software version 18.0 using the statistical tests of Pearson correlation, t test, ANOVA, chi-square, and liner regression. A P value less than 0.05 was also considered statistically significant. Results: The mean score of general health was 21.33 ± 10 and the mean score of emotional intelligence was 122.8 ± 11.5. The findings showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between emotional intelligence and general health and all general health components (P <0.05). Level of depression in Intensive Care Unit was higher than that in other units (P <0.05). Moreover, according to linear regression coefficient, there was a statistically significant association between general health and emotional intelligence (P <0.05), to such a degree that increasing emotional intelligence caused an increase in general health. This model identified 5.6% of health variance, emotional intelligence, and body mass index (BMI) variables as predictive variables. Conclusion: Considering the fact that nursing is a stressful profession, attention to emotional intelligence is very effective and valuable in improving mental health and as a result, in reducing job stress, increasing the quality of nursing care, reducing burnout, and ultimately increasing patient satisfaction from nursing care.

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