"Dimensionamento de pessoal de enfermagem no Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná" / Dimensioning of Nursing Personnel in the University Hospital of Western Paraná.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

and particularly in the Nursing field, deserves special attention. This study approaches human resources management based on the dimensioning of nursing personnel in a specific sector of activity: the hospital. It is a case study whose goal is to dimension the nursing personnel for inpatient units at a university hospital located in a city of western Paraná state. The methodology adopted is that proposed by Gaidzinski (1998), as it contemplates the identification of certain variables to which specific data collection instruments correspond. In order to identify patients’ dependence in relation to nursing care, the Patient Classification System was used according to Perroca (2000); concerning the mean hours of nursing care and the percentage of each professional category, Resolution COFEN no. 189/96 was adopted as a parameter; the definition of absence rates as well as the equation used to calculate the staff were developed according to the methodology proposed by Gaidzinski (1998). The inpatient units under study were those in which the clients assisted consisted of adults (≥ 14 years old) in the specialties of medical clinic and surgical clinic. Of the total number of 62 activated beds in the three inpatient units under study, 72.5% of the beds were classified daily during a period of 92 consecutive days, which corresponds to 4.135 patients/day. As to the remaining 27.5% beds, classification was not conducted due to patients’ refusal to participate in the study and to other occurrences. Of the classified patients, 9.4% required intensive care, 14.6% semi-intensive care, 45.1% intermediate care and 30.9% minimum care. Concerning predicted absences, the highest rate was due to weekly work pauses whereas for non-predicted absences, the highest rate occurred as a result of sick leaves. The application of the dimensioning equation resulted in a staff consisting of 28 nurses and 48 nursing auxiliaries. By comparing the existing staff and the projected staff, it was observed that the number of working nurses corresponded to 50% of the predicted number whereas, in relation to nursing auxiliaries, there was an excess of 29.2%. In view of the reduced number of nurses, a hypothesis was made that certain nursing actions which are inherent to that professional category are being performed by nursing auxiliaries without a supervision process that would allow for the development of more articulated and integrative work, which would, in turn, result in better quality nursing care. It is also understood that the adoption, by nurses, of a patient classification system in their respective units will bring further knowledge concerning the clients assisted, their real needs as well as the development of skills and competencies that will enable them to provide care and manage their work in a more safe, innovative, autonomous and participant fashion.

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classificação inpatients pacientes internados personnel dimensioning classification nursing human resources dimensionamento de pessoal recursos humanos de enfermagem

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