Measuring nursing workload in neonatal intensive care

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-234

  Spence, Kaye ^a,b   Tarnow Mordi, William ^c   Duncan, Glen ^d   Jayasuryia, Nelun ^a   Elliott, Jenny ^a   King, Jenny ^e   Kite, Fiona ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intensity; Measurement; Neonatal intensive care units; Nursing; Workload

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BED OCCUPANCY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33645049068     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2006.00609.x     Document Type: Review

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