Nursing staff dimensioning at a university hospital
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692003000600019Keywords:
nursing, staff dimensioning, staff estimationAbstract
This study presents the dimensioning of nursing staff at a university hospital. The main study goals were: to determine the number of nurses, nursing technicians and aids for the several sectors; to define the Technical Security Index that reflects reality at the Hospital; to verify the adequacy of a Patient Classification System and of the method used at the hospitalization sectors. Methodologically speaking, we used a structure that considers progressive care, we calculated the Technical Security Index, adapted and testes a Patient Classification System and applied a questionnaire to evaluate the methods in use. We concluded that: the study allowed us to attain the necessary number of staff for each hospital sector; the Technical Security Index reached the goal of covering for absences; the patient classification system proved to be adequate, except for two sectors, and that the structure used for the hospitalization sectors is adequate.Downloads
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2003-12-01
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Nursing staff dimensioning at a university hospital. (2003). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 11(6), 832-839. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692003000600019