Carga de trabalho de enfermagem e sua relaˋˋo com a gravidade dos pacientes cir迆rgicos em UTI

作者：Balsanelli; Alexandre Pazetto; Zanei; Suely Sueko S Viski; Whitaker; Iveth Yamaguchi

来源：ACTA Paulista de Enfermagem, 2006.

DOI：10.1590/S0103-21002006000100003

• workload
• residence time
• nursing care
• intensive care
• apache.

objectives: the aim of this study was to analyze the relationships among nursing workload, illness severity, and the survival and the length of stay of surgical patients in icus. methods: data from 143 inpatients from three icus of a teaching hospital in sˋo paulo city were collected from september 2002 to february 2003. results: the results showed that patients who did not survive during the length of stay in the icus had higher scores on illness severity (apache ii) and nursing workload (tiss-28) than those individuals who survived (p = 0.001). patients who had longer length of stay in icus also had higher scores on nursing workload (tiss-28), which in turn required more hours of nursing care (p = 0.005). and, patients who had a higher score on illness severity (apache ii) also required more hours of nursing care (p = 0.05). conclusion: nursing workload was related to illness severity and to the survival and length of stay in icus.

• 出版日期2006