title: [Work responsibilities. Critical care unit].
abstract: The authors quantify the work load nurses have, analyzing the relationship between the level of treatment planned and the operative level by means of a prospective study carried out over a three month period at the Anesthesia and Reanimation Unit at the Clinical University Hospital in Santiago de Compostela; this study had a total of 233 patients. The authors observed that the work load for nurses lie above the recommended values and there exists a difference between the planned treatment level and the operative treatment level.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Anestesia y Reanimación del Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela. crisbe@mundo-r.com
authors.forename: María Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Benítez Canosa
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brea Fernández
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camino Castiñeiras
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernández Barral
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez López
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009729:Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*