Selected methods of measuring workload among intensive care nursing staff

• Authors: Katarzyna Kwiecień , Maria Wujtewicz , Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska

Abstracts

EN

Intensive care units and well-qualified medical staff are indispensable for the proper functioning of every hospital facility. Due to demographic changes and technological progress having extended the average life expectancy, the number of patients hospitalized in intensive care units increases every year. Global shortages of nursing staff (including changes in their age structure) have triggered a debate on the working environment and workload the nursing staff are exposed to while performing their duties. This paper provides a critical review of selected methods for the measurement of the workload of intensive care nurses and points out their practical uses. The paper reviews Polish and foreign literature on workload and the measurement tools used to evaluate workload indicators.

Keywords

EN

workload; workload measurement tools; intensive care nurses; intensive care unit

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 209-217

Dates

published

2012

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Kwiecień

• Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
• Department of General Nursing, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

author

Maria Wujtewicz

• Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

author

Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska

• Department of General Nursing, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/S13382-012-0035-5

Biblioteka Nauki

2180082