Approaches to workload in psychiatric and mental health nursing
Tássia Ghissoni Pedroso1, Luiz Jorge Pedrão1, Marcia Galan Perroca2
1Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Objective:
to investigate approaches to workload in psychiatric and mental health nursing in Brazilian and international production of knowledge Methods: integrative literature review using six databases, covering January 2005 to March 2019. Articles in full in English, Spanish and Portuguese were included.
Results:
the sample consisted of 23 original articles classified as quantitative or emotional. The quantitative dimension was addressed in 12 articles and included: assessing patient care needs, identifying activities performed by the team, measuring time spent and developing and validating a measurement instrument. The emotional dimension included 11 articles the focus of which was on identifying stressors in the workplace, psychosocial risks and coping strategies.
Conclusion:
strategies were found for measuring workload and assessing the impact of stressors on nursing teams.
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