• Rev Esc Enferm Usp · Sep 2007

    [Evaluation of the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) as a nursing workload measurement tool in an adult ICU].

    • Regina Maria Yatsue Conishi and Raquel Rapone Gaidzinski.
    • UTI do Hospital Sírio Libanês, Brasil. rconishi@yahoo.com.br
    • Rev Esc Enferm Usp. 2007 Sep 1;41(3):346-54.

    UnlabelledThis is an exploratory, descriptive, prospective field study with a quantitative approach carried out at a general/adult Intensive Care Unit in the city of São Paulo.Objectivesto evaluate the NAS Nursing Activities Score--as a tool for measuring nursing workload, its use in measuring shifts, and its correspondence to the number of effective nursing personnel. Thirty-three patients, with mean age of 70 years (+/- 16.5), were classified. Most were males (66.7%). Length of stay in the ICU was 17 days (+/- 20.4); SAPSII was 41.7 (+/- 17.9), with mean probability of death of 33.5% (+/- 26.8); 63.6% were transferred to Intermediate Care Units and 18.2% died during ICU stay. Three hundred and ninety six NAS measures (shifts) were performed (134-morning, 132-afternoon, 130-evening), with averages of 55.4 (+/- 12.3) and 147 in 24-hour NAS and mean of 69.6 (+/- 18.2). NAS performed better in 24-hour application than in shifts, and proved to be an interesting tool for patient and nursing workload classification in intensive care.

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