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- Title
Panorama general de la relación enfermera-paciente en algunas unidades de cuidado intensivo en Bogotá.
- Authors
Achury Saldaña, Diana Marcela; Fernanda Achury Beltrán, Luisa; Díaz Álvarez, Juan Carlos; Rodríguez Colmenares, Sandra Mónica; Alvarado, Herly Ruth; Ortiz, Consuelo; García Peñuela, Pilar; Acosta Huertas, Sandra Lilian
- Abstract
Introduction: The intensive care unit (ICU) is a high-complexity service, which aims to provide comprehensive care to people in critical health conditions; for this reason, it is important to have sufficient nursing human resources according to the patient complexity and the workload. A nurse-patient relationship can be one of the responsible elements for the occurrence of incidents and adverse events, which means it is necessary to know the current status of some ICU. Objective: To describe the nurse-patient relationship in some ICU of Bogota. Materials and Methods: To determine the nursepatient relation a survey was applied in 49 different ICU specialties. Results and Conclusions: The overall average of nurse-patient relationship, taking into account all ICU and reported institutions corresponds to one nurse per every 5.98 (6) patients and a nurse’s aide per every 4.59 (5) patients. Given the conditions and the type of care they require it is not a suitable ratio when compared with international standards; however, it is impossible to compare this with national standards, because Colombia does not have quantitative guidelines, although it has qualitative parameters backed by laws 911 and 266, as well as some studies that demonstrate the need for application and proper interpretation of measurement tools of the workload, so the number of patients per nurse can be established and sustained, as objectively as possible.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; BENCHMARKING (Management); CRITICALLY ill; HOSPITAL utilization; INTENSIVE care nursing; INTENSIVE care units; MEDICAL quality control; NURSING; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVEYS; URBAN hospitals; EMPLOYEES' workload; NURSE-patient ratio; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; HOSPITAL nursing staff
- Publication
Investigacion en Enfermeria: Imagen y Desarrollo, 2014, Vol 16, Issue 1, p73
- ISSN
0124-2059
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11144/Javeriana.IE16-1.pgre