INTRODUCTION: The work activities of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurse is frequently
dynamic and variable. The activities are not necessarily linear actions that occur in a …

Background: Researchers have used various methods to describe and quantify the work of
nurses. Many of these studies were focused on nursing in general care settings; therefore …

BACKGROUND: The past decade has seen increasing patient acuity and shortening lengths
of stays in acute care hospitals, which has implications for how nursing staff organise and …

• In this cost‐conscious climate there is a need to make explicit and justify the rationale to
support direct patient contact by Registered Nurses. The current shortage of qualified …

Aim To explore the frequency of different nursing tasks in medical and surgical wards.
Background The time nurses spend on direct patient care is important for both patients and …

Purpose The evaluation of nursing workload is a common practice in intensive care units
(ICUs). It allows the calculation of an optimal nurse/patient ratio (N/P) which is a major …

Background. There is an increasing demand for intensive care provision in the United
Kingdom (UK), partly because of a national shortage of intensive care beds. The problem is …

Purpose In the intensive care unit (ICU) different strategies and workload measurement tools
exist to indicate the number of nurses needed. The gathered information is always focused …

Aim The subject of the study described in this article is an activity analysis of nursing care
given on an acute surgical ward at a District General Hospital as compared to that given on …

Aim In order to ensure patient safety and quality of care, it is important to consider factors
which may impact on nursing workloads. This study aimed to investigate the simultaneous …