title: [System of patient classification: application of a validated tool].
abstract: The authors applied an instrument of patient classification to the patients of Hall B2 of the Hospital das Clínicas de Marília, in two distinct periods of 1999, seeking to discover the degree of dependency of the patients in relation to nursing staff. The sample consisted of 31 patients in the first period and 35 in the second. The results showed that most of the patients had been classified as needing minimum or intermediary care in their units of admission. Some modifications of the procedures were suggested.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Brasília (UNB), Departamento de Enfermagem. lumah9704_@hotmail.com.br
authors.forename: Luciana Mahnis Pereira
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Carmona
authors.forename: Yolanda Dora Martinez
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Evora
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009732:Nursing Care; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*