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[Nurses' work time distribution at emergency service].

Eliana Araujo de Garcia¹, Fernanda Maria Togeiro Fugulin

¹Enfermeira II da Pro Saŝde ABASH, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. eliana.garcia@prosaude.org.br

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Nurses in emergency services spend 35% of their time on indirect care and 35% on direct care. This study analyzed nursing activities to inform staffing levels in emergency departments.

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Area of Science:

Nursing and Healthcare Management
Workforce Analysis
Emergency Medicine

Context:

Emergency departments face challenges in optimizing nursing time and resource allocation.
Understanding the distribution of nursing activities is crucial for efficient healthcare delivery.
This study focuses on a specific emergency service to provide granular insights.

Purpose:

To quantitatively analyze the distribution of nurses' work time in an emergency service setting.
To identify and categorize nursing activities using a standardized language system.
To determine the percentage of time spent on direct care, indirect care, private time, and related activities.

Summary:

A work sampling method was employed to observe and record nursing activities.
Nurses dedicated 35% of their time to indirect care interventions and 35% to direct care interventions.
Additional time was allocated to private time (18%) and related activities (12%), with an average productivity of 82%.

Impact:

Provides empirical data on nursing time allocation in emergency services.
Highlights opportunities for improving efficiency and potentially rightsizing nursing staff.
Informs future research to identify key parameters for optimizing emergency department nursing workforce management.