Variations in Nurse Staffing in Adult and Neonatal Intensive Care Units / 간호학회지
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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: 691-700, 2006.
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Dans Coréen
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was done to analyze variations in unit staffing and recommend policies to improve nursing staffing levels in intensive care units (ICUs).METHOD:
A cross-sectional study design was used, employing survey data from the Health Insurance Review Agency conducted from June-July, 2003. Unitstaffing was measured using two indicators; bed-to-nurse (B/N) ratio (number of beds per nurse), and patient-to-nurse (P/N)ratio (number of average daily patients per nurse). Staffing levels were compared according to hospital and ICU characteristics.RESULT:
A total of 414 institutions were operating 569 adult and 86 neonatal ICUs. Tertiary hospitals (n=42) had the lowest mean B/N (0.82) and P/N (0.76) ratios in adult ICUs, followed by general hospitals (B/N 1.34, P/N 0.97). Those ratios indicated that a nurse took care of 3 to 5 patients per shift. Neonatal ICUs had worse staffing and had greater variations in staffing ratios than adult ICUs. About 17% of adult and 26% of neonatal ICUs were staffed only by adjunct nurses who had responsibility for a general ward as well as the ICU.CONCLUSION:
Stratification of nurse staffing levels and differentiation of ICU utilization fees based on staffing grades are recommended as a policy tool to improve nurse staffing in ICUs.
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Sujet Principal:
Affectation du personnel et organisation du temps de travail
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Unités de soins intensifs néonatals
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Analyse de variance
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Charge de travail
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Unités de soins intensifs
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Personnel infirmier hospitalier
Type d'étude:
Étude observationnelle
Limites du sujet:
Femelle
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Humains
langue:
Coréen
Texte intégral:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Année:
2006
Type:
Article
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