Study on clinic nursing personnel's work load in our hospital

VernacularTitle:门诊护理工作量测算研究
Author: Shuying WANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Clinic; Nursing workload; Direct nursing time; Indirect nursing time; Human resource
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2009;25(23):9-12
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the collocation ratio of direct nursing time to indirect nursing time of clinic nursing personnel in our hospital and the difference between different departments, so as to offer academ-ic evidence to collocate the nursing personnel resources reasonably. Methods Observation method was adopted to choose six typical clinics such as respiration internal medicine and so on as observed objects, and then tested the working hours of 22 nursing proceedings which were defined by the topic group, so as to get the work load and average working hours of nurses. Results Time needed for direct and indirect nursing pro-ceedings in different departments was obtained, as well as the ratio of 5 proceedings accounted for the total 22, also deficiency of nursing personnel in 6 departments were tested. Conclusions Evaluation of clinic nursing personnel's work load as an important index to measure the labor intensity of chnic nursing personnel can offer important evidence to optimize allocation of clinic nursing human resources.