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João Lucas Campos de Oliveira1, Danielle Fabiana Cucolo2, Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães1
1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Nursing School, Graduate Program in Nursing, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Abstract:
This is a theoretical-reflective essay, which aimed to reflect on the centralization of Patient Classification Systems in workload and hospital nursing staff sizing. The reflexive interpretations were guided by two axes: Patient Classification Systems : constitution and utilities; and "Hidden" nursing activities in workload measurement. The first evidences the importance and the role of these instruments in workload identification and in hospital nursing staff sizing, exemplifying several possibilities to be used by nurses. On the other hand, with the second axis, it is clear that there are many nursing activities that are not sensitive to the application (even if systematic) of these means of patient assessment. Therefore, nursing workload measurement may be underestimated. It was inferred that the complexity of practice environments requires a macro and micro institutional look at the nursing workload measurement, especially when considered for workforce planning/sizing purposes.
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