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      Nursing Activities Score: qual periodicidade ideal para avaliação da carga de trabalho? Translated title: Nursing Activities Score: ¿cuál es la periodicidad ideal para analizar la carga de trabajo? Translated title: Nursing Activities Score: what is the ideal periodicity for assessing workload?

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          Resumo Objetivo: Comparar a carga de trabalho obtida a partir do Nursing Activities Score (NAS) pontuado três vezes ao dia, no final de cada turno de trabalho, e pontuado uma vez ao dia considerando as 24 horas. Métodos: Estudo longitudinal prospectivo, realizado com adultos internados em um Centro de Terapia Intensiva de um hospital público de alta complexidade do sul do Brasil. A coleta de dados foi realizada através do sistema Epimed Monitor®. No primeiro período do estudo (Período 1) a pontuação média do NAS foi obtida a partir de três avaliações diárias e no segundo período (Período 2) o NAS foi pontuado uma vez ao dia. A comparação das variáveis foi verificada por meio dos testes t-Studente Mann Whitney U. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da instituição de origem. Resultados: Durante o estudo foram realizadas 1738 avaliações de NAS em 338 pacientes. A média de pontuação do NAS foi de 74±20,9% para o total de pacientes. Não houve diferença entre a média do Período 1 (74,1±20,8%) e a média do Período 2 (73,9±21%) (p= 0,806). O Período 2 teve mais avaliações na categoria de NAS <50% e menos avaliações na categoria de NAS 50,1-100% em relação ao Período 1 (p<0,001 e p= 0,029, respectivamente). Conclusão: A pontuação média do NAS é semelhante quando comparada a aferição realizada três vezes ao dia com a realizada uma vez ao dia considerando as 24 horas anteriores para avaliação de carga de trabalho de enfermagem.

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          Resumen Objetivo: Comparar la carga de trabajo obtenida a partir del Nursing Activities Score (NAS) con valoración tres veces por día, al final de cada turno de trabajo, y con valoración una vez por día considerando las 24 horas. Métodos: Estudio longitudinal prospectivo, realizado con adultos internados en un Centro de Terapia Intensiva de un hospital público de alta complejidad en el sur de Brasil. La recolección de datos fue realizada a través del sistema Epimed Monitor®. En el primer período del estudio (Período 1), la valoración promedio del NAS fue obtenida a partir de tres evaluaciones diarias y en el segundo período (Período 2), el NAS fue valorado una vez por día. La comparación de las variables fue verificada a través de las pruebas t-Student y Mann Whitney U. El estudio fue aprobado por el Comité de Ética de Investigación de la institución de origen. Resultados: Durante el estudio se realizaron 1738 evaluaciones de NAS en 338 pacientes. El promedio de valoración del NAS fue 74±20,9% para el total de pacientes. No hubo diferencia entre el promedio del Período 1 (74,1±20,8%) y el promedio del Período 2 (73,9±21%) (p= 0,806). El Período 2 tuvo más evaluaciones en la categoría de NAS <50% y menos en la categoría de NAS 50,1-100% con relación al Período 1 (p<0,001 y p= 0,029, respectivamente). Conclusión: La valoración promedio del NAS es semejante cuando se compara la evaluación realizada tres veces por día con la realizada una vez al día considerando las 24 horas anteriores para analizar la carga de trabajo de enfermería.

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          Abstract Objective: To compare the workload obtained from the Nursing Activities Score (NAS), rated three times a day, at the end of each work shift, and scored once per day for a 24-hour period. Methods: A prospective longitudinal study with adults hospitalized at an intensive care center, from a highly complex public hospital in southern Brazil. The data collection was conducted using the Epimed Monitor®. In the first period of the study (Period 1), the mean NAS score was obtained using three daily evaluations, and in the second period (Period 2) the NAS was scored once per day. The comparison of the variables was verified using the Mann Whitney and student t-test. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the institution. Results: During the study, 1738 NAS evaluations were performed on 338 patients. The mean NAS score was 74±20.9% for the total number of patients. There was no difference between the mean of Period 1 (74.1±20.8%) and the mean of Period 2 (73.9 ± 21%) (p=0.806). Period 2 had more evaluations in the NAS category ≤50% and fewer evaluations in the NAS category 50.1-100%, as compared to Period 1 (p<0.001 and p=0.029, respectively). Conclusion: The mean NAS score was similar when comparing assessments conducted three-times-per-day with the one performed once a day, assessing the nursing workload based on the previous 24 hours.

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          The instruments used for measuring nursing workload in the intensive care unit (e.g., Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28) are based on therapeutic interventions related to severity of illness. Many nursing activities are not necessarily related to severity of illness, and cost-effectiveness studies require the accurate evaluation of nursing activities. The aim of the study was to determine the nursing activities that best describe workload in the intensive care unit and to attribute weights to these activities so that the score describes average time consumption instead of severity of illness. To define by consensus a list of nursing activities, to determine the average time consumption of these activities by use of a 1-wk observational cross-sectional study, and to compare these results with those of the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28. A total of 99 intensive care units in 15 countries. Consecutive admissions to the intensive care units. Daily recording of nursing activities at a patient level and random multimoment recording of these activities. A total of five new items and 14 subitems describing nursing activities in the intensive care unit (e.g., monitoring, care of relatives, administrative tasks) were added to the list of therapeutic interventions in Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28. Data from 2,041 patients (6,451 nursing days and 127,951 multimoment recordings) were analyzed. The new activities accounted for 60% of the average nursing time; the new scoring system (Nursing Activities Score) explained 81% of the nursing time (vs. 43% in Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28). The weights in the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28 are not derived from the use of nursing time. Our study suggests that the Nursing Activities Score measures the consumption of nursing time in the intensive care unit. These results should be validated in independent databases.
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            Nursing Workload as a Risk Factor for Healthcare Associated Infections in ICU: A Prospective Study

            Introduction Nurse understaffing is frequently hypothesized as a potential risk factor for healthcare-associated infections (HAI). This study aimed to evaluate the role of nursing workload in the occurrence of HAI, using Nursing Activities Score (NAS). Methods This prospective cohort study enrolled all patients admitted to 3 Medical ICUs and one step-down unit during 3 months (2009). Patients were followed-up until HAI, discharge or death. Information was obtained from direct daily observation of medical and nursing rounds, chart review and monitoring of laboratory system. Nursing workload was determined using NAS. Non-compliance to the nurses’ patient care plans (NPC) was identified. Demographic data, clinical severity, invasive procedures, hospital interventions, and the occurrence of other adverse events were also recorded. Patients who developed HAI were compared with those who did not. Results 195 patients were included and 43 (22%) developed HAI: 16 pneumonia, 12 urinary-tract, 8 bloodstream, 2 surgical site, 2 other respiratory infections and 3 other. Average NAS and average proportion of non compliance with NPC were significantly higher in HAI patients. They were also more likely to suffer other adverse events. Only excessive nursing workload (OR: 11.41; p: 0.019) and severity of patient’s clinical condition (OR: 1.13; p: 0.015) remained as risk factors to HAI. Conclusions Excessive nursing workload was the main risk factor for HAI, when evaluated together with other invasive devices except mechanical ventilation. To our knowledge, this study is the first to evaluate prospectively the nursing workload as a potential risk factor for HAI, using NAS.
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              Nursing Activities Score: an updated guideline for its application in the Intensive Care Unit

              ABSTRACT Objective To describe nursing workload in Intensive Care Units (ICU) in different countries according to the scores obtained with Nursing Activities Score (NAS) and to verify the agreement among countries on the NAS guideline interpretation. Method This cross-sectional study considered 1-day measure of NAS (November 2012) obtained from 758 patients in 19 ICUs of seven countries (Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Egypt, Greece and Brazil). The Delphi technique was used in expertise meetings and consensus. Results The NAS score was 72.8% in average, ranging from 44.5% (Spain) to 101.8% (Norway). The mean NAS score from Poland, Greece and Egypt was 83.0%, 64.6% and 57.1%, respectively. The NAS score was similar in Brazil (54.0%) and in the Netherlands (51.0%). There were doubts in the understanding of five out 23 items of the NAS (21.7%) which were discussed until researchers’ consensus. Conclusion NAS score were different in the seven countries. Future studies must verify if the fine standardization of the guideline can have a impact on differences in the NAS results.
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                Acta Paulista de Enfermagem
                Acta paul. enferm.
                Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0103-2100
                1982-0194
                March 2019
                : 32
                : 2
                : 162-168
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                [2] Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul orgnameUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul orgdiv1Escola de Enfermagem Brazil
                [1] Porto Alegre RS orgnameHospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre Brasil
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                S0103-21002019000200162
                10.1590/1982-0194201900023
                a55f832c-cf02-4776-b19f-7faeaea2bcb1

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                : 07 March 2019
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                Carga de trabalho,Dimensionamento de pessoal,Enfermagem,Unidades de terapia intensiva,Carga de trabajo,Reducción de personal,Enfermería,Unidades de cuidados intensivos,Workload,Personnel downsizing,Nursing,Intensive care units

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