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Assessing Intensity of Nursing Care Needs Using Electronically Available Data.

Elaine L Larson¹, Bevin Cohen, Jianfang Liu

¹Author Affiliations: School of Nursing (Drs Larson, Liu, and Shang and Ms Cohen) and Mailman School of Public Health (Dr Larson), College of Physicians and Surgeons (Dr Zachariah), and Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (Dr Yao), Columbia University.

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A new Nursing Intensity of Care Index was developed using electronic data to measure nursing workload. This tool accurately reflects nursing care intensity and can be obtained in real time.

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Published on: July 27, 2018

Area of Science:

Nursing
Health Informatics
Patient Outcomes

Background:

Previous research links nurse staffing to patient outcomes.
Existing tools lack comprehensive factors for staffing-outcome assessments.

Purpose of the Study:

Develop and validate a Nursing Intensity of Care Index.
Utilize electronically available data for real-time workload assessment.

Main Methods:

Reviewed 1765 procedure codes, identifying 69 that increase nursing workload.
Assessed interrater reliability and face validity with nurse experts.
Validated the index against clinical nurse assessments (Spearman correlation of 0.94).

Main Results:

The Nursing Intensity of Care Index accurately reflects nursing care intensity.
Electronic data acquisition for the index is feasible in real time.
High concurrent validity demonstrated through comparison with expert assessments.

Conclusions:

The developed Nursing Intensity of Care Index is a valid and reliable tool.
Electronic data capture enables real-time measurement of nursing workload.
Future research will involve simulation modeling and large-scale trials.