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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Nursing workload in burn intensive care unit
- Luciana Mendes Amadeu
, - Magda Cristina Queiroz Dell’Acqua ,
- Meire Cristina Noveli Castro ,
- Valéria de Castilho Palhares ,
- Clarita Terra Rodrigues Serafim , [ ... ],
- Armando dos Santos Trettene
07-10-2020
Resumo
ORIGINAL ARTICLENursing workload in burn intensive care unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(Suppl 1):e20190446
07-10-2020DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0446
- Luciana Mendes Amadeu ,
- Magda Cristina Queiroz Dell’Acqua ,
- Meire Cristina Noveli Castro ,
- Valéria de Castilho Palhares ,
- Clarita Terra Rodrigues Serafim ,
- Armando dos Santos Trettene
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Objectives:
To measure the nursing workload in the Burn Intensive Care Units and evaluate its association with clinical variables, length of stay, and outcome of hospitalization.
Methods:
Cross-sectional study carried out in a Brazilian public large hospital. The study included 33 patients. The nursing workload was assessed using the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) every 24 hours. We performed 447 Nursing Activities Score assessments. For the statistical analysis, Student’s t-test, ANOVA, and Spearman’s correlation test were used. The considered significant difference was 5% (p ≤ 0.05).
Results:
The Nursing Activities Score mean was 84% (± 4.4), which corresponded to 20.2 hours. There was an association between the nursing workload and the patient’s severity (p <0.010), burned body surface (p = 0.010), and hospitalization outcome (p = 0.020).
Conclusion:
Burn victims, assisted in the ICU, demanded a high nursing workload, which was influenced by clinical aspects and the hospitalization outcome. These findings point to the need to reconsider the nurse staffing related to this care profile.
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Resumo
ORIGINAL ARTICLENursing workload in burn intensive care unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(Suppl 1):e20190446
07-10-2020DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0446
- Luciana Mendes Amadeu ,
- Magda Cristina Queiroz Dell’Acqua ,
- Meire Cristina Noveli Castro ,
- Valéria de Castilho Palhares ,
- Clarita Terra Rodrigues Serafim ,
- Armando dos Santos Trettene
Visualizações0Ver maisABSTRACT
Objectives:
To measure the nursing workload in the Burn Intensive Care Units and evaluate its association with clinical variables, length of stay, and outcome of hospitalization.
Methods:
Cross-sectional study carried out in a Brazilian public large hospital. The study included 33 patients. The nursing workload was assessed using the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) every 24 hours. We performed 447 Nursing Activities Score assessments. For the statistical analysis, Student’s t-test, ANOVA, and Spearman’s correlation test were used. The considered significant difference was 5% (p ≤ 0.05).
Results:
The Nursing Activities Score mean was 84% (± 4.4), which corresponded to 20.2 hours. There was an association between the nursing workload and the patient’s severity (p <0.010), burned body surface (p = 0.010), and hospitalization outcome (p = 0.020).
Conclusion:
Burn victims, assisted in the ICU, demanded a high nursing workload, which was influenced by clinical aspects and the hospitalization outcome. These findings point to the need to reconsider the nurse staffing related to this care profile.
- Luciana Mendes Amadeu
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RESEARCH
Cost of nursing most frequent procedures performed on severely burned patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):481-488
01-01-2017
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RESEARCHCost of nursing most frequent procedures performed on severely burned patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):481-488
01-01-2017DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0034
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Objective:
to identify the mean direct cost (MDC) of the most frequent procedures performed by nursing professionals on severely burned patients in an Intensive Care Unit.
Method:
exploratory-descriptive quantitative single-case study. The MDC was calculated by multiplying time (timed) spent by nursing professionals in the performance of the procedures by the unit cost of direct labor, and adding the costs of material and medicine/solutions.
Results:
a MDC of US$ 0.65 (SD=0.36) was obtained for "vital signs monitoring"; US$ 10.00 (SD=24.23) for "intravenous drug administration"; US$ 5.90 (SD=2.75) for "measurement of diuresis"; US$ 0.93 (SD=0.42) for "capillary blood glucose monitoring"; and US$ 99.75 (SD=129.55) for "bandaging".
Conclusion:
the knowledge developed can support managerial decision-making, contribute to the efficiency distribution of the resources involved and, when possible, provide cost-containment or cost-minimization strategies without impairing the quality of nursing care.
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RESEARCHCost of nursing most frequent procedures performed on severely burned patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(3):481-488
01-01-2017DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0034
Visualizações0Ver maisABSTRACT
Objective:
to identify the mean direct cost (MDC) of the most frequent procedures performed by nursing professionals on severely burned patients in an Intensive Care Unit.
Method:
exploratory-descriptive quantitative single-case study. The MDC was calculated by multiplying time (timed) spent by nursing professionals in the performance of the procedures by the unit cost of direct labor, and adding the costs of material and medicine/solutions.
Results:
a MDC of US$ 0.65 (SD=0.36) was obtained for "vital signs monitoring"; US$ 10.00 (SD=24.23) for "intravenous drug administration"; US$ 5.90 (SD=2.75) for "measurement of diuresis"; US$ 0.93 (SD=0.42) for "capillary blood glucose monitoring"; and US$ 99.75 (SD=129.55) for "bandaging".
Conclusion:
the knowledge developed can support managerial decision-making, contribute to the efficiency distribution of the resources involved and, when possible, provide cost-containment or cost-minimization strategies without impairing the quality of nursing care.
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CASE STUDIES
Use of virtual reality for treating burned children: case reports
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(6):1291-1295
01-01-2017
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CASE STUDIESUse of virtual reality for treating burned children: case reports
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(6):1291-1295
01-01-2017DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0575
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Objective:
To report the use of virtual reality (VR) in pain intensity during dressing change of two burned children hospitalized in a Burn Treatment Center (BTC) in Southern Brazil.
Method:
Case report on the use of VR during dressing change of two burned children hospitalized in a BTC, from May to July 2016. For assessing pain, a facial pain rating scale was applied at four times: just before the dressing, during the dressing without the use of VR, during the dressing with the VR, and after the use of VR.
Results:
The use of goggles was easy to apply and well-accepted by the children, and also had a relevant effect reducing pain.
Conclusion:
VR can become an important nonpharmacological method for treating pain in burned children.
Palavras-chave: Burn UnitsBurnsPainPediatricsThree-dimensional ImagingVirtual Reality Exposure TherapyVer maisVisualizações0Resumo
CASE STUDIESUse of virtual reality for treating burned children: case reports
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(6):1291-1295
01-01-2017DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0575
Visualizações0ABSTRACT
Objective:
To report the use of virtual reality (VR) in pain intensity during dressing change of two burned children hospitalized in a Burn Treatment Center (BTC) in Southern Brazil.
Method:
Case report on the use of VR during dressing change of two burned children hospitalized in a BTC, from May to July 2016. For assessing pain, a facial pain rating scale was applied at four times: just before the dressing, during the dressing without the use of VR, during the dressing with the VR, and after the use of VR.
Results:
The use of goggles was easy to apply and well-accepted by the children, and also had a relevant effect reducing pain.
Conclusion:
VR can become an important nonpharmacological method for treating pain in burned children.
Palavras-chave: Burn UnitsBurnsPainPediatricsThree-dimensional ImagingVirtual Reality Exposure TherapyVer mais
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