Association between nursing workload and staff size with the occurrence of adverse events and deaths of patients with COVID‐19: A retrospective cohort study DOI Open Access
Carolina Cassiano, Lilia de Souza Nogueira, Ana Cristina Oliveira Araújo

et al.

Nursing in Critical Care, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 14, 2025

The safety of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is significantly impacted by inadequate staffing nursing professionals to meet demand for critically ill patients. COVID-19 increased nurses' workload, particularly high-intensity settings like ICU. To evaluate association workload and number per professional with occurrence adverse events death This a retrospective cohort study. study analysed COVID-19, aged 12 years or older, admitted between 1 April 2020 31 May 2021 ICU hospital Brazil. Nursing was measured Activities Score (NAS). independent variables were ratio NAS score (NNR) (PNR). Dependent included (pressure injuries health care-associated infections-HAIs) Of 386 patients, 59.59% male median age 60.5 years. NAS, NNR PNR values 72.81%, 128% 1.64, respectively. frequency pressure (31.09%) exceeded that HAIs (16.06%), 218 (56.48%) died. associated (OR 1.006; CI95% 1.001-1.012; p = .012), injury 1.005; 1.000-1.010; .033) 1.010; 1.005-1.015; < .001) There no study's dependent variables. A high deaths ICU, while staff sizing not. results reinforce importance evaluating establish measures infectious diseases.

Language: Английский

Association between nursing workload and staff size with the occurrence of adverse events and deaths of patients with COVID‐19: A retrospective cohort study DOI Open Access
Carolina Cassiano, Lilia de Souza Nogueira, Ana Cristina Oliveira Araújo

et al.

Nursing in Critical Care, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 14, 2025

The safety of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is significantly impacted by inadequate staffing nursing professionals to meet demand for critically ill patients. COVID-19 increased nurses' workload, particularly high-intensity settings like ICU. To evaluate association workload and number per professional with occurrence adverse events death This a retrospective cohort study. study analysed COVID-19, aged 12 years or older, admitted between 1 April 2020 31 May 2021 ICU hospital Brazil. Nursing was measured Activities Score (NAS). independent variables were ratio NAS score (NNR) (PNR). Dependent included (pressure injuries health care-associated infections-HAIs) Of 386 patients, 59.59% male median age 60.5 years. NAS, NNR PNR values 72.81%, 128% 1.64, respectively. frequency pressure (31.09%) exceeded that HAIs (16.06%), 218 (56.48%) died. associated (OR 1.006; CI95% 1.001-1.012; p = .012), injury 1.005; 1.000-1.010; .033) 1.010; 1.005-1.015; < .001) There no study's dependent variables. A high deaths ICU, while staff sizing not. results reinforce importance evaluating establish measures infectious diseases.

Language: Английский

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