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- Title
Analysis of managerial and healthcare indicators after nursing personnel upsizing.
- Authors
Vacario de Quadros, Deise; Müller de Magalhães, Ana Maria; Monteiro Mantovani, Vanessa; Salazar da Rosa, Denise; Echer, Isabel Cristina
- Abstract
Objective: analyze healthcare and managerial indicators after nursing personnel upsizing. Method: a retrospective, descriptive study was conducted using data from computer systems of a university hospital in southern Brazil. Healthcare and managerial indicators related to the first half of 2013 and 2014 were statistically analyzed. Results: increases of 40.0% in the number of nurses and 16.0% in the number of nursing technicians led to reductions of 12.0% in the number of sickness absences, 21.8% in positive balance for compensatory time off, 92.0% in paid overtime. Reductions of 75.0% in pressure ulcer rates, 10.5% in the number of falls and 50.0% in infections due to indwelling catheter use were also observed. Conclusion: nursing staff upsizing caused a positive impact on managerial and healthcare indicators and helped qualify care and improve work conditions for the nursing team.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL protocols; NURSING services administration; PATIENT safety; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; HOSPITAL nursing staff
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2016, Vol 69, Issue 4, p638
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167.2016690410i