Assessing the dependence level of patients in an orthopedic ward of a school hospital

Authors

  • Maria Virgínia Martins Faria Faddul Alves Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
  • Thereza Cristina de Carvalho Messora Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
  • Simone Pereira Almeida Gonçalves Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Hospital das Clínicas
  • Claudia Helena Bronzato Luppi Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v13i4.9087

Keywords:

Nursing Care, Quality of Health Care, Human Resources.

Abstract

The quality and safety of nursing care are associated with care process and the human resources management. This research aimed to characterize in patients at a orthopedic ward of a school hospital, according to their dependence level on nursing care and nurses’ team dimensioning. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study which data were obtained through nursing records. The calculus for nursing dimensioning was performed and subsequently compared with the current staff of the hospital section. The results showed that 51.1% of patients need semi-intensive care, 42.6% intermediate care, and 6.3% minimum care. The nurses’ staff is considered lower than that recommended for the unit. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the number of nurses to care in patients in that institution, in accordance to the level of dependence observed.

Descriptors: Nursing Care; Quality of Health Care; Human Resources.

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Author Biographies

Maria Virgínia Martins Faria Faddul Alves, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu

Enfermeira, Doutorado em Bases Gerais da Cirurgia. Professor Doutor, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP). Botucatu, SP, Brasil. E-mail: virginia@fmb.unesp.br.

Thereza Cristina de Carvalho Messora, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu

Discente do curso de graduação em Enfermagem da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP. Botucatu, SP, Brasil.

Simone Pereira Almeida Gonçalves, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Hospital das Clínicas

Enfermeira. Enfermeira, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu. , UNESP. Botucatu, SP, Brasil.

Claudia Helena Bronzato Luppi, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu

Enfermeira, Doutorado em Bases Gerais da Cirurgia. Professor Doutor, UNESP. Botucatu, SP, Brasil. E-mail: claudia@fmb.unesp.br.

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Published

2011-12-31

How to Cite

1.
Alves MVMFF, Messora TC de C, Gonçalves SPA, Luppi CHB. Assessing the dependence level of patients in an orthopedic ward of a school hospital. Rev. Eletr. Enferm. [Internet]. 2011 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Aug. 16];13(4):612-9. Available from: https://revistas.ufg.br/fen/article/view/9087

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 4 (2011)

Section

Original Article