Nurse workload in implementing a tight glycaemic control protocol in a UK hospital: A pilot time-in-motion study

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 279-284

  Gartemann, Juliane ^a   Caffrey, Elizabeth ^b   Hadker, Nandini ^b   Crean, Sheila ^b   Creed, Gary M ^c   Rausch, Carsten ^d  

^a Roche Diagnostics Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Roche Diagnostics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nursing process; Nursing time; Quantitative research; Tight glycaemic control; Time in motion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING AUDIT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84867613449     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2012.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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