title: An evaluation of the time for nursing activity in a hospital using a full Electronic Medical Record System (EMR).
abstract: This study was designed to analyze the time for direct and indirect nursing activity to evaluate the workload of nurses using a full Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system on practice. The result is that the mean time for nursing activity per nurse was 499.56 minutes, the mean time for direct nursing activity per nurse was 251.1 minutes (50.3%), and the mean time for indirect nursing activity per nurse was 248.42 minutes(49.7%). The time for direct nursing activity was more than the time for indirect nursing activity. There was a significant difference in the time for nursing activity according to workplace (p < 0.00*), but no difference according to nursing career. Regarding 3 duty-shifts, the time for direct nursing activity was highest in the evening shift and the time for indirect nursing activity was highest in the night shift.
authors.affiliation: Committee of Nursing Information System, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea. ejung@snubh.org
authors.forename: Eun-Ja
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Hyun-Ja
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kwang-Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Young-Ae
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Boek-Nam
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mi-Jeong
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jeong-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hye-A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yeon-Sook
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Eun-Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hye-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Hyun-Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009732:Nursing Care; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016526:Workload