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Workload in the Care of a Patient with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and the Patient’s Need for Nursing Care

Version 1 : Received: 3 February 2023 / Approved: 10 February 2023 / Online: 10 February 2023 (07:53:12 CET)

How to cite: Szydłowska-Pawlak, P.; Kilańska, D.M.; Kozlowski, R.; Załuska, R.; Borzuchowska, M.; Marczak, M. Workload in the Care of a Patient with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and the Patient’s Need for Nursing Care. Preprints 2023, 2023020187. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0187.v1 Szydłowska-Pawlak, P.; Kilańska, D.M.; Kozlowski, R.; Załuska, R.; Borzuchowska, M.; Marczak, M. Workload in the Care of a Patient with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and the Patient’s Need for Nursing Care. Preprints 2023, 2023020187. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0187.v1

Abstract

Introduction. The main task of the study was to measure the workload of nurses in the care of a patient with a developmental defect–congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)–in the neonatal intensive care unit, which was evaluated on the basis of standardized tools Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS–28), Nine Equivalents of Nursing Manpower use Score (NEMS) and Nursing activities Score (NAS). Methods. Retrospective study. The workload was measured using TISS–28, NEMS and NAS tools. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data, and a single-sample test was used to verify the research hypotheses. Results. The sample consisted of medical records of 33 patients; 592 observations were analyzed. Studies prove the need for research on the workload of nurses in neonatal intensive care units. A patient with CDH should receive nursing care as required. Conclusion. It is necessary to implement a model for measuring the workload of nurses in neonatal intensive care units, taking into account the evaluation of work and its optimization.

Keywords

nurse; workload; staff workload; nursing intensive care; nursing activities score

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Nursing

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