Nursing in critical care
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Nursing in critical care · Nov 2021
Nursing workload in intensive care units and the influence of patient and nurse characteristics.
Understanding factors that can potentially influence patient care and nursing workload in intensive care units is important. Previous studies have shown contradictory outcomes about the relationships between nursing workload and patient and nurse characteristics. ⋯ The findings can be used to ensure appropriate staffing of intensive care units by nurses. However, nurse and patient characteristics should not be considered the only factors that influence nursing workload in intensive care units.