A Current State Assessment on Nursing Work Activities: An Observational Study.
| Autor: | Perpetua Z; Health Services Division (Ms Minnier), Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation, Wolff Center (Mss Lennon, Shovel, Appell, Patterson, and Martin and Drs Zapf and Kip); ICU Service Center (Dr Sackrowitz); Department of Critical Care Medicine (Dr Sackrowitz); and Department of Nursing (Ms McLaughlin), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Department of Acute and Tertiary Care (Dr Perpetua), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania., Lennon J, Shovel JA, Appell KE, Patterson L, Martin SC, Minnier TE, Sackrowitz R, Zapf RL, Kip PL, McLaughlin M |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of nursing care quality [J Nurs Care Qual] 2023 Oct-Dec 01; Vol. 38 (4), pp. 381-387. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 02. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000723 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Nationwide nursing shortages have led to higher patient-to-nurse ratios, nursing burnout, and decreased quality of care. Local Problem: Staffing challenges and nursing burnout were becoming growing concerns and success was contingent upon efficient use of existing resources. Methods: Direct observation current state assessment was completed on medical-surgical specialty units to better understand work activities of registered nurses (RNs) and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs). Results: RNs spent more time performing indirect care (eg, documentation) than direct patient care. Interruptions and problems consumed 17.4% and 5.6% of their time, respectively. UAPs performed more direct patient care but had a higher proportion of downtime. RNs underdelegated nonclinical tasks. Conclusions: Direct observation current state assessment offers a better understanding of workflow and workload inefficiencies. This information is critical to provide informed, evidence-based recommendations to develop future patient care models with more capacity to deliver high-quality care with greater efficiency and lessen nursing burden and burnout during the nursing shortage crisis. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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