Neonatal nursing workload--can it be measured?
Continuing pressure on tertiary hospitals to reduce expenses has inevitably meant a demand to reduce nursing staff. This has intensified the need to ensure that staffing allocation is appropriate. A method to calculate staffing needs based measurement of neonatal workload is explored.
van den Heever
J M
JM
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017283:Neonatal Nursing; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D016526:Workload