title: [Evaluation of the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) as a nursing workload measurement tool in an adult ICU].
abstract: This is an exploratory, descriptive, prospective field study with a quantitative approach carried out at a general/adult Intensive Care Unit in the city of São Paulo.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the NAS Nursing Activities Score--as a tool for measuring nursing workload, its use in measuring shifts, and its correspondence to the number of effective nursing personnel. Thirty-three patients, with mean age of 70 years (+/- 16.5), were classified. Most were males (66.7%). Length of stay in the ICU was 17 days (+/- 20.4); SAPSII was 41.7 (+/- 17.9), with mean probability of death of 33.5% (+/- 26.8); 63.6% were transferred to Intermediate Care Units and 18.2% died during ICU stay. Three hundred and ninety six NAS measures (shifts) were performed (134-morning, 132-afternoon, 130-evening), with averages of 55.4 (+/- 12.3) and 147 in 24-hour NAS and mean of 69.6 (+/- 18.2). NAS performed better in 24-hour application than in shifts, and proved to be an interesting tool for patient and nursing workload classification in intensive care.
authors.affiliation: UTI do Hospital Sírio Libanês, Brasil. rconishi@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Regina Maria Yatsue
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Conishi
authors.forename: Raquel Rapone
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Gaidzinski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009729:Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D011446:Prospective Studies; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*