Restructuring the Nursing Staff and its Influence on Care Hours

Authors

  • Danielle Fabiana Cucolo Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto
  • Márcia Galan Perroca Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692010000200006

Keywords:

Nursing Staff, Personnel Management, Workload

Abstract

This descriptive study aimed to calculate and compare the nursing staff at the medical-surgical clinical units of a philanthropic hospital in current and projected situations, and to investigate how much time the nursing team delivers patient care in the current and projected situations. Gaidzinski's method was used to calculate the nursing staff, and the equation proposed by the Hospital Quality Commitment (HQC) to estimate care hours. The findings showed an increase of 33% in the staff, with a 68.4% increase in the number of nurses and 15.6% in the number of technicians / nursing auxiliaries. According to the projected situation, the care hours varied from 5.7 to 7.2. The number of nursing and the mean care time provided to the patients were inadequate according to the clientele's care needs. This could impair the quality of care.

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Published

2010-04-01

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2010)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Restructuring the Nursing Staff and its Influence on Care Hours . (2010). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 18(2), 175-181. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692010000200006