title: [Dimensioning nursing staff: analysis of the nurse's work at the pediatric ICU of HU-USP].
abstract: The purposes of this study were to evaluate effective time of the nurse's work during the morning shift at the Pediatric ICU of HU-USP, to identify percentage of effective time of work of these nurses dedicated to direct and indirect assistance and to determine the index of productivity of the professionals doing a retrospective analysis of daily activities records. The mean of the effective time a month of these nurses' work corresponded to 275.5 minutes, of which 49.9% were related to indirect and 50.1% to direct assistance. According to the evaluation criterion available in the literature, the productivity index found is between satisfactory and excellent.
authors.affiliation: Escolade Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: Carolina Martins
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ricardo
authors.forename: Fernanda Maria Togeiro
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Fugulin
authors.forename: Telma Moreira
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Souza
mesh_terms: D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*