title: Nursing workload in the emergency department: a methodological proposal.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to propose a methodology for identifying the nursing workload in the Emergency Department (ED).
  
  
  METHODS
  this is methodological research, undertaken in a public general hospital in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil, in the areas: triage, shock room, emergency room, suturing room, and medication/procedures for adult and pediatric patients rooms, using different strategies and instruments. Due to the characteristics of the data collection, distinct samples were obtained in each of the areas.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average daily workload, in hours, corresponded to: triage 48; shock room 30.9; emergency 170.6; observation of adult patients 293.6; observation of pediatric patients 108.7; medication/procedures in adult patients 175.5; medication/procedures in pediatric patients 60.4; and suturing 7.9.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The instruments used for data collection were shown to be appropriate and made it possible to construct a methodological proposal for identification of workload of nursing professionals in E.D. in a general public hospital.
authors: Hospital Moysés Deutsch – M’Boi Mirim, Instituto de Responsabilidade Social, Hospital Albert Einstein, Brazil.
authors: Ana Cristina
authors: AC
authors: Rossetti
authors: Raquel Rapone
authors: RR
authors: Gaidzinski
authors: Fernanda Maria Togeiro
authors: FM
authors: Fugulin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009729:Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult