title: Analysis of managerial and healthcare indicators after nursing personnel upsizing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  analyze healthcare and managerial indicators after nursing personnel upsizing.
  
  
  METHODS
  a retrospective, descriptive study was conducted using data from computer systems of a university hospital in southern Brazil. Healthcare and managerial indicators related to the first half of 2013 and 2014 were statistically analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  increases of 40.0% in the number of nurses and 16.0% in the number of nursing technicians led to reductions of 12.0% in the number of sickness absences, 21.8% in positive balance for compensatory time off, 92.0% in paid overtime. Reductions of 75.0% in pressure ulcer rates, 10.5% in the number of falls and 50.0% in infections due to indwelling catheter use were also observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  nursing staff upsizing caused a positive impact on managerial and healthcare indicators and helped qualify care and improve work conditions for the nursing team.
authors: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Unidade de Internação Cirúrgica do Serviço de Enfermagem Cirúrgica. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil.
authors: Deise Vacario de
authors: DV
authors: Quadros
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento de Assistência e Orientação Profissional. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil.
authors: Ana Maria Müller de
authors: AM
authors: Magalhães
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil.
authors: Vanessa Monteiro
authors: VM
authors: Mantovani
authors: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Unidade de Internação Cirúrgica do Serviço de Enfermagem Cirúrgica. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil.
authors: Denise Salazar da
authors: DS
authors: Rosa
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento de Assistência e Orientação Profissional. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil.
authors: Isabel Cristina
authors: IC
authors: Echer
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies