Norrie P
Department of Health and Continuing Professional Studies, De Montfort University, Leicester.
Nurs Crit Care. 1997 May-Jun;2(3):121-5.
During the 1980s, interest was shown in North America as to how Intensive Care Nurses use their work time, in response to a shortage of trained nurses. These studies were developed to investigate the amount of nursing time that could be saved by computerised recording systems. Similar pressures are now present in the United Kingdom, but there are no published work load studies of Intensive Care Nurses. This study used a five category tool to examine the work load of nurses in a cardiothoracic ICU. The methodology was designed so that comparison could be made with the earlier American studies. The 36 nurses studied spent 41% of their time in direct nursing care, 22% in patient assessment, 19% in clerical duties, 11% in time outside the unit and 7% in non-nursing duties. These findings were compared with the North American studies. Similarities were found which give some support to the reliability and validity of the tool.
在20世纪80年代，由于训练有素的护士短缺，北美地区开始关注重症监护护士如何利用他们的工作时间。开展这些研究是为了调查计算机记录系统能够节省的护理时间量。英国目前也面临类似的压力，但尚未有关于重症监护护士工作量的公开研究。本研究使用了一个五类工具来检查心胸外科重症监护病房护士的工作量。该方法的设计使得可以与早期的美国研究进行比较。接受研究的36名护士将41%的时间用于直接护理，22%用于患者评估，19%用于文书工作，11%用于离开病房的时间，7%用于非护理职责。将这些结果与北美地区的研究进行了比较。发现了一些相似之处，这为该工具的可靠性和有效性提供了一定支持。
