Multicentre study of validity and interrater reliability of the modified Nursing Care Recording System (NCR11) for assessment of workload in the ICU

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 690-696

  Walther, Sten M ^a,l   Jonasson, U ^b   Karlsson, S ^c   Nordlund, P ^c   Johansson, A ^d   Malstam J ^d   Raaby, Jesper ^e   Karlsson, Susanne ^f   Nordlund, Peter ^f   Rommedahl, Karin ^g   Borgström, Sten ^g   Liffner, Christina ^a   Metcalf, Kerstin ^a   Lindén, Marita ^h   Peterzén, Bengt ^h   Ektander, Carola ^c   Fagerström, Lena ^c   Jonasson, Ulla ⁱ   Svensson, Robert ⁱ   Pettersson, Katarina ^j   Fransson, Greger ^j   Julius, Bengt ^k   Berkius, Johan ^k   Johansson, Sten ^c   Höjsgaard, Svend ^c   more..

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Norrkoping Hospital   (Sweden)

^c Ryhovssjukhuset ^*  (Sweden)

^d Central County Hospital   (Sweden)

^e IVA   (Sweden)

^f IVA   (Sweden)

^g IVA Lasarettet   (Sweden)

^h THIVA   (Sweden)

ⁱ VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j Lasarettet   (Sweden)

^k Sjukhuset   (Sweden)

^l ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

NEMS; Nursing manpower; Nursing workload; TISS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE MANPOWER USE SCORE; NURSING; NURSING CARE RECORDING SYSTEM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKLOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 3042630856     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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