The characterisation of workloads and nursing staff allocation in intensive care units: A descriptive study using the Nursing Activities Score for the first time in Norway

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 290-294

  Stafseth, Siv K ^a   Solms, Diana ^a   Bredal, Inger Schou ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care units; Nursing; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80052717099     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Adell A.B., Campos R.A., Cubedo R.M., Quintana B.J., Sanahuja R.E., Sanchis M.J., et al. Nursing Activity Score (NAS). Our experience with a nursing load calculation system based on times (Article in Spanish). Enferm Intensiva 2005, 16(4):164-173.
2. Adell A.B., Campos R.A., Bou M.Y., Bellmunt J.Q., Gracia C.G., Canuto M.S., et al. Care workload in critical patients: comparative study NEMS versus NAS (Article in Spanish). Enferm Intensiva 2006, 17(2):67-77.
3. Conishi R.M.Y., Gaidzinski R.R. Evaluation of the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) as a nursing workload measurement tool in an adult ICU (Article in Portuguese). Rev Esc Enferm USP 2007, 41(3):346-354.
4. Cullen D.J., Civetta J.M., Briggs B.A., Ferrara L.C. Therapeutic intervention scoring system: a method for quantitative comparison of patient care. Crit Care Med 1974, 2(2):57-60.
5. Ducci A.J., Padilha K.G. Nursing activities score: a comparative study about retrospective and prospective applications in intensive care units (Article in Portuguese). Acta Paul Enferm 2008, 21(4):380-384.
6. Gonçalves L.A., Padilha K.G., Cardoso Sousa R.M. Nursing activities score (NAS): a proposal for practical application in intensive care units. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2007, 23(6):355-361.
7. Inoue K.C., Matsuda L.M. Sizin the nursing staff in an intensive care unit for adults. Acta Paul Enferm 2010, 23(3):379-384.
8. Lucchini A., Chinello V., Lollo V., De Filippis C., Schena M., Elli S., et al. The implementation of NEMS and NAS systems to assess the nursing staffing levels in a polyvalent intensive care unit (Article in Italian). Assisenzat Infermieristica e Ricerca 2008, 27(1):18-26.
9. Lundgrén-Laine H., Souminen T. Nursing intensity and patient classification at an adult intensive care unit (ICU). Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2007, 23(2):97-103.
10. Miranda D.R., de Rijk A., Schaufeli W. Simplified therapeutic intervention scoring system: the TISS-28 items-result from a multicenter study. Crit Care Med 1996, 24(1):64-73.
11. Miranda D.R., Moreno R., Iapichino G. Nine equivalents of nursing manpower score (NEMS). Intensive Care Med 1997, 23:760-765.
12. Miranda D.R., Raoul N., Rijk A., Schaufeli W., Iapichino G. Nursing activities score (NAS). Crit Care Med 2003, 31(2):374-382.
13. Padilha K.G., Sousa R.M.C., Queijo A.F., Mendes A.M.C., Miranda D.R. Nursing activities score in the intensive unit: analysis of related factors. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2008, 24:197-204.
14. Padilha K.G., Sousa R.M.C., Garcia P.C., Bento S.T., Finardi E.M., Hatarashi R.H.K. Nursing workload and staff allocation in an intensive care unit: a pilot study according to Nursing Activities Score (NAS). Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2010, 26:108-113.