title: [Degree of dependence of patients regarding nursing care at a hospital clinical unit].
abstract: The study classifies patients hospitalized in a clinical unit according to a scale based on the patients' individual needs of nursing care, by rating them into minimum, intermediary, semi-intensive and intensive through the evaluation of 13 critical indicators. 968 examinations have been carried out, representing 97.8% of assessed beds in a unit with 45 beds in the period from February 19 to March 19, 2002. 68% of the patients required minimum care, 26.7% intermediate care and 26.7% semi-intensive care. This study provides subsidies for the implementation of new researches and inquiries aiming at quantifying nursing human resources.
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre.
authors.forename: Jaqueline Petittembert
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: Isabel Cristina
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Echer
mesh_terms: D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*