Nursery time distribution: identification and analysis in a medical-surgical unit / Distribuição do tempo das enfermeiras: identificação e análise em unidade médico-cirúrgica

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The aim of this study was to identify and to analyze the work time distribution of nurses in a medical-surgical unit, considering the impact of the work time distribution of nurses to determine the adequate parameters for the process to measure nursery personnel .This is a prospective, quantitative, exploratory-descriptive type field research, conducted in a large, private, general hospital in the city of São Paulo. The activities performed by nursery personnel during work shifts were considered as statistical population to reach our objectives. Sample size and period were established after determining the criteria related to the minimum occurrence possibility of activities performed by the nurses, as well as the number of nursery personnel per shift and the specific interval to perform activities by the nurses. The identification of the nursing activities occurred by asking each nurse to write a report mentioning their daily activities at the Unit, which were later categorized in accordance with the standard language system (NIC) and classified as direct care and indirect care interventions, associated activities and personal time. Data were collected during the period from the 15th to the 19th of October, 2007, by four field observers, specifically hired and trained for this procedure. 1032 samples were obtained from the nursesactivities. The nursing activities and interventions that most used work time of the nurses were: Documents (18,4%), Personal Time (17,8%), Supervision (11,4%), Associated Activities (9,7%), Assignment (9,3%), Shift Change (4,8%), Doctors Support (3,9%) and Admission Care (3,1%). It was observed that 50% of the nursestime was dedicated to indirect care interventions, 22% to direct care nursing interventions, 18% to personal time activities and 10% to related activities. These data corroborated with the researchers indication that showed the need to consider personal time of the nurses work and the performance of associated activities within the methods of personnel measurement recommended by official institutions. New investigations are needed to contribute to the improvement of the parameters related to the nursing personnel measurement in hospital institutions

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time-motion study amostragem do trabalho nursing intervention time management estudos do tempo e movimento gerenciamento do tempo nursing activities work sample atividade de enfermagem intervenção da enfermagem

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