The Relationship between Nurse Workload and Mortality in Two Different ICUs

Ergan B., Tokur M. E., Coban S., Tursunoglu S., Ergun R., Ergun D., ...More

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, vol.7, no.1, pp.21-27, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 7 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/dcbybd.2016.1154
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.21-27
  • Keywords: Intensive care unit, nurse, workload, mortality, TISS-28, INTENSIVE-CARE-UNIT, INTERVENTION SCORING SYSTEM, CLINICAL-OUTCOMES, PATIENT MORTALITY, ASSOCIATION, MULTICENTER, TISS-28, IMPACT
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Nurse workload in intensive care units (ICU) is an important factor that might affect patient outcomes. The Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28 (TISS-28) is an instrument to measure nurse workload. The objective of this study was to compare the nurse workload between two different ICUs and evaluate its impact on ICU mortality.