Relationship between Nurse Staffing and Changes in Pain Level, Infection Severity, and Tissue Integrity: Skin and Mucous Membranes / 재활간호학회지
Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
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: 62-69, 2011.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-650448
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The study assessed whether nurse staffing was associated with 3 nursing sensitive outcomes used in intensive care unit (ICU) nursing care plans.METHOD:
This study was a retrospective and descriptive study using clinical data extracted from the data warehouse of a large acute care hospital in the Midwest. One-way analysis of variance was used to analyze the records of 578 ICU patients admitted from March 25 to May 31, 2010.RESULTS:
79 Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) outcomes were used in the nursing care plans. The 3 most commonly used NOC outcomes (Pain Level, Infection Severity, and Tissue Integrity Skin and Mucous Membranes) were analyzed to determine their relationship to nurse staffing. As a nurse staffing ratio, the skill mix of nursing caregivers ranged from 0.74 to 1 with an average of 0.90. This skill mix of nursing caregivers significantly differed among the changes in Infection Severity scores. However, the mean difference was only 0.02.CONCLUSION:
The results did not support that greater nurse staffing was associated with better outcomes. More research is still needed to determine the usefulness of Pain Level, Infection Severity, and Tissue Integrity Skin and Mucous Membranes in evaluating the impact of nurse staffing.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Patient Care Planning
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Skin
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Retrospective Studies
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Caregivers
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Intensive Care Units
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Mucous Membrane
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Nursing Care
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Nursing Staff
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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