A5079919099- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Nursing education and management
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
2019-2020
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2020
University of Amsterdam
2020
Studies have shown contradicting results on the association of nursing workload and mortality. Most these studies expressed as patients per nurse ratios; however, this does not take into account that some require more time than others. Nursing can be quantified by tools like Activities Score. We investigated Score ratio, respectively, ratio with in-hospital mortality in ICUs.Retrospective analysis National Intensive Care Evaluation database.Fifteen Dutch ICUs.All ICU admitted to registered...
Several instruments have been developed to measure nursing workload. The commonly used Nursing Activities Score (NAS) and Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) are applied all types of ICU patients. Former research showed that NAS explained 59 81% actual time, whereas the described only 43% time. In both models development was not based on time measurements.The aim this study develop a time-based model which can assess patient related workload more accurately evaluate whether...
Abstract Background The Nursing Activities Score (NAS) is widely used for workload measurement of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses. However, the performance NAS to measure actual nursing time has not been comprehensively and externally validated. aim this study validate using time-and-motion measurements in Dutch ICUs. Methods We measured patients admitted seven ICUs, between November 2016 October 2017. patient(s) that were under care a chosen nurse followed by observers during entire shift...