[Nursing staff dimensioning at a university hospital].
This study presents the dimensioning of nursing staff at a university hospital. The main study goals were: to determine the number of nurses, nursing technicians and aids for the several sectors; to define the Technical Security Index that reflects reality at the Hospital; to verify the adequacy of a Patient Classification System and of the method used at the hospitalization sectors. Methodologically speaking, we used a structure that considers progressive care, we calculated the Technical Security Index, adapted and testes a Patient Classification System and applied a questionnaire to evaluate the methods in use. We concluded that: the study allowed us to attain the necessary number of staff for each hospital sector; the Technical Security Index reached the goal of covering for absences; the patient classification system proved to be adequate, except for two sectors, and that the structure used for the hospitalization sectors is adequate.
Antunes
Arthur Velloso
AV
Hospital de Clínicas de Uberlândia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. arthura@hc.ufu.br
Costa
Moacir Nascimento
MN
D001938:Brazil; D006785:Hospitals, University; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*