title: Cost of nursing staffing adequacy in a neonatal unit.
abstract: The objectives of this descriptive, quantitative study were: to identify the mean nursing care time provided and required by newborns (NB) hospitalized at the Neonatal Unit of the University of São Paulo University Hospital; to calculate the cost of the mean nursing care time provided and required, by NB; to assess the cost of the nursing staffing adequacy required to assist the NB. The mean nursing care times, provided by the nursing staff and required by NBs, were calculated using equations available in the literature and by applying the Nursing Activities Score. The costs of the mean nursing care times and to make nursing staffing adequate were calculated based on the hourly cost of nurses and nursing technicians. The financial impact of nursing staffing adequacy accounted for a 30% increase over the cost of the current situation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Orientação Profissional, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, ffugulim@usp.br.
authors.forename: Fernanda Maria Togeiro
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Fugulin
authors.forename: Antonio Fernandes Costa
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Valéria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Castilho
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bochembuzio
authors.forename: Janaína Anchieta
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Natália Célia Lima
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Raquel Rapone
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Gaidzinski
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D016526:Workload