Nursing staff sizing in the emergency room of a university hospital


Autoria(s): Paixão,Taís Couto Rego da; Campanharo,Cássia Regina Vancini; Lopes,Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira; Okuno,Meiry Fernanda Pinto; Batista,Ruth Ester Assayag
Data(s)

01/06/2015

Resumo

OBJECTIVE To verify the adequacy of the professional nursing staff in the emergency room of a university hospital and to evaluate the association between categories of risk classification triage with the Fugulin Patient Classification System. METHOD The classification of patients admitted into the emergency room was performed for 30 consecutive days through the methodology proposed by Gaidzinski for calculating nursing requirements. RESULTS The calculation determines the need for three registered nurses and four non-registered nursing for each six hour shift. However, only one registered nurse and four non-registered nurse were available per shift. There was no correlation between triage risk classification and classification of care by the Fugulin Patient Classification System. CONCLUSION A deficit in professional staff was identified in the emergency room. The specificity of this unit made it difficult to measure. To find the best strategy to do so, further studies should be performed.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342015000300481

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem

Fonte

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP v.49 n.3 2015

Palavras-Chave #Nursing Staff #Personnel Downsizing #Emergency Nursing #Nursing Administration Research
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journal article