Working hour measurement of nursing work items suitable for difficulty evaluation and time measurement in general hospital

VernacularTitle:三级甲等综合医院适合难度评价和工时测量的护理工作项目工时测定方法探讨
Author: Jing LENG ¹ ; Zhenhui WANG ; Yan ZHANG ; Shengxiao NIE ; Hong SUN
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1. 100730 北京医院护理部
Keywords: Nursing administration research; Working hour measurement; Nursing item; Performance appraisal
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2015;(17):2014-2017
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore a good operational method for nursing working hour measurement. Methods The research group identified nursing work items suitable for difficulty evaluation and time measurement, and the observation and standard measurement were used to get the data. Results 399 nurses were recruited from March to April, 2014, and their mean length of working years were (10. 24 ± 8. 12). A total of 1 887 nursing items time measurement were completed and the mean time of 59 nursing items were measured. The minimum of weighed took 23. 58 s, and the maximum of taking care of serious surgical patients took 1 934. 10 s. In addition, the time of 5 nursing work items of couldn′t get as they were uncommon in clinical nursing. Conclusions The quantitative performance evaluation could be achieved by working hour measurement, combined with the difficulty factor and frequency.