Aiken LH

Ana Cristina Rossetti

Batista KM

Dini AP

Fernanda Maria Togeiro Fugulin

Fugulin FM

Fugulin FMT

Fullam C

Garcia EA

Garcia PC

Hawley MP

Helps S

Miranda DR

O´Brien-Pallas L

Queijo AF

Raquel Rapone Gaidzinski

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to propose a methodology for identifying the nursing workload in the Emergency Department (ED). METHODS: this is methodological research, undertaken in a public general hospital in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil, in the areas: triage, shock room, emergency room, suturing room, and medication/procedures for adult and pediatric patients rooms, using different strategies and instruments. Due to the characteristics of the data collection, distinct samples were obtained in each of the areas. RESULTS: The average daily workload, in hours, corresponded to: triage 48; shock room 30.9; emergency 170.6; observation of adult patients 293.6; observation of pediatric patients 108.7; medication/procedures in adult patients 175.5; medication/procedures in pediatric patients 60.4; and suturing 7.9. CONCLUSION: The instruments used for data collection were shown to be appropriate and made it possible to construct a methodological proposal for identification of workload of nursing professionals in E.D. in a general public hospital.</jats:p

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Nursing workload in the emergency department: a methodological proposal

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