Abstract
To identify the nursing team absenteeism rate, calculate the Technical Safety Index and compare them to the percentage established by the Federal Nursing Council. A descriptive, analytical, and retrospective study which included nursing professionals working in a public and tertiary hospital. The Human Resources Department database of the Institution was used for data collection. Absenteeism was considered as any unplanned absence. Ninety-nine (99) professionals participated, of which 21 were nurses and 78 were nursing technicians. Weekly days off prevailed among the expected absences, with 17% for both categories. Maternity leave prevailed among nurses and medical leave among nursing technicians regarding absenteeism, with averages of 12% and 9%, respectively. The Technical Safety Index was 42% for nurses and 38% for nursing technicians. The nursing teams absenteeism rate was 21.5%, while the Technical Safety Index was 40%, thus constituting higher values than those established by the Federal Nursing Council.
Highlights
The managerial dimension constitutes an essential part of the nursing work process, because the nurse plans and implements actions from it aimed at care quality such as favorable working conditions, including forecasting and providing human resources[1,2].Efficient use of resources is widely discussed as a way to reduce costs in institutions
The Hospital Department is composed of the following sections: Ambulatory, Surgical Center (SC) and Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Semi-Intensive Care Unit (SICU) and Inpatient Unit (IU)
It was evident that none of the sociodemographic variables influenced absenteeism in either category (Table 1)
Summary
The managerial dimension constitutes an essential part of the nursing work process, because the nurse plans and implements actions from it aimed at care quality such as favorable working conditions, including forecasting and providing human resources[1,2].Efficient use of resources is widely discussed as a way to reduce costs in institutions. The managerial dimension constitutes an essential part of the nursing work process, because the nurse plans and implements actions from it aimed at care quality such as favorable working conditions, including forecasting and providing human resources[1,2]. The nursing team occupies a prominent place among health professionals since it represents the largest number of staff. Both material and human resources tend to be compromised when the need to optimize spending emerges. In this sense, the nursing staff is often affected[2,3]. A lack of material resources limits working conditions, both the quantitative and qualitative damage resulting from inadequate human resources compromises the quality of care to a greater extent[4]
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