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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Nursing Workload"”.
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Modeling of ICU nursing workload to inform better staffing decisions
… Unit (ICU). Many medical publications suggest nursing workload as a major contributor to patient safety. However, BIDMC was not using any tool to measure nursing workload, and as a result, nurse staffing decisions were made solely based on the ad hoc judgment of senior nurses. The objective of …
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The Impact of Practice Environment and Nursing Workload on Patient Outcomes among Non-Magnet Hospitals in Saudi Arabia
… of this study is to examine the impact of nursing practice environment and perceived nursing workload on 4 dependent variables of patient outcomes including patient satisfaction, patient falls, pressure ulcers, and in-hospital mortality.</p> <p>Design. A cross-sectional, descriptive, …
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Effects of nursing work loads on patients safety in the selected public hospitals in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, South Africa
Background: The heavy workload of hospital nurses is a major problem globally. Nurses are experiencing higher workloads than ever before due to four main reasons, increased demand for nurses, inadequate appointment of new nurses, reduced staffing and increased overtime and reduction in patient …
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Exploring school nurse workload through the lived experiences of school nurses caring for students kindergarten through fifth grade
… semi-structured interviews as to what their workload entails. Participants were purposively recruited from urban elementary schools in a northeastern state. The transcripts were analyzed and coded using NVivo (2020) software and cross-checked manually. The primary and secondary themes were …
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Efficient use of nursing resource at St. Luke's Hospital
This study examined whether the available nursing resources on the Surgical Department at St. Luke's Hospital are being utilised efficiently. Data was collected using quantitative and qualitative research methods and questionnaires were distributed to 7 nursing tutors and the Surgical Department's …
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Implementation of Patient Mobility Assessment Tool: A Clinical Nurse Leader Initiative Towards Improved Patient and Nurse Health Outcomes
… their mobilization. However, since the high nursing workload affects the time that a nurse can assign per task, more often than not they have little time to accurately assess patient’s mobility status; Presenting a safety concern for nurses and patients. In an effort to ease this challenge, …
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Workload tools used in emergency departments: A scoping review
… of existing research on emergency nurses’ use of workload tools in emergency departments. INTRODUCTION Recording the workload encountered by nurses working in emergency departments has been an area of concern for nurses, nursing unions and healthcare institutions, both nationally and …