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Published on: August 25, 2014
Nursing workload associated with neonatal mortality risk: a cross-sectional study
Raquel Rondina Pupo da Silveira1, Clarita Terra Rodrigues Serafim1, Meire Cristina Novelli E Castro1
1Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
Objectives:
to analyze the association between nursing workload and neonatal mortality risk in newborns admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Methods:
this is an observational, cross-sectional study conducted from January 2019 to January 2020.
Results:
the sample consisted of 399 newborns, 55.4% male, Nursing Activities Score mean of 67.5%, and Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension mean of 17.7, revealed itself as a predictor of the risk of death, while gestational age, length of hospitalization, and the first-minute Apgar established a protective relationship. The correlation between workload and neonatal mortality was low (r= 0.23, p=0.0009).
Conclusions:
the workload of the nursing team is not associated with the risk of mortality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as measured by the Nursing Activities Score.
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