Nursing workload in intensive care units: A study using the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28 (TISS-28)

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-169

  Padilha, Katia Grillo ^a   Sousa, Regina M Cardoso ^a   Kimura, Miako ^a   Miyadahira, Ana Maria Kazue ^a   da Cruz, Diná Almeida Lopes Monteiro ^a   Vattimo, Maria de Fátima ^a   Fusco, Solange Regina Giglioli ^a   de Campos, Maria Emília Ferraz ^a   Mendes, Edoíla Maria Teixeira ^a   Mayor, Eliana Rodrigues Carlessi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Critical care; Indicators of health services; Intensive care units; Nursing workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34247645968     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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