[Sick leave and nursing personnel management].
Sick leaves in the nursing team demand immediate managerial actions when health care has quality as a goal. This descriptive-exploratory, quantitative study was performed with the purpose of characterizing that phenomenon in a university hospital between 2003 and 2007. The medical leaves added up to 3,207 leaves and 32,022 days lost. Leaves lasting up to two days accounted for 54% of the total leaves and to 7% of the days lost; leaves of more than 15 days, 5% of the total, and 66% of the lost days. Hence, sick leaves consist of an important tool in nursing personnel management.
Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. puliesi@yahoo.com.br
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D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010559:Personnel Management; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*