Williams S, Whelan A, Weindling A M, Cooke R W
Mersey Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Maternity Hospital.
Arch Dis Child. 1993 May;68(5 Spec No):534-8. doi: 10.1136/adc.68.5_spec_no.534.
A study to estimate the number of nursing staff required for neonatal nursing was undertaken. Certain nursing tasks, such as transporting any infant, caring for the dying infant, and looking after the very unstable infant required continuous attention by one nurse (5.5 whole time equivalent (wte) nurses for each cot). The stable ventilated infant required 10.5 nursing hours each day-that is, 2.4 wte/cot. Infants with intravenous infusions, but not ventilated, required only slightly less nursing time: 9.25 nursing hours each day or 2.12 wte/cot. Each special care patient needed 6.50 nursing hours each day, or 1.49 wte/cot. It is emphasised that each neonatal unit will have to take its own practices into account when calculating neonatal nursing requirements.
开展了一项关于估算新生儿护理所需护理人员数量的研究。某些护理任务，比如转运任何婴儿、照料濒死婴儿以及照顾极不稳定的婴儿，需要一名护士持续关注（每张婴儿床需要5.5个全时当量（wte）护士）。稳定的使用呼吸机的婴儿每天需要10.5个护理小时，即每张婴儿床2.4个wte。接受静脉输液但未使用呼吸机的婴儿所需护理时间略少：每天9.25个护理小时，即每张婴儿床2.12个wte。每个特殊护理患者每天需要6.50个护理小时，即每张婴儿床1.49个wte。需要强调的是，每个新生儿病房在计算新生儿护理需求时都必须考虑自身的实际情况。
