Abstract
The study aimed to analyze the nursing personnel dimensioning in a school hospital compared it to the dependence level of patients admitted in 1998 and 2008 and to compare it to the aging nursing workforce in the same period. In 2009, a comparative, exploratory, descriptive and retrospective study was conducted using secondary data from medical-surgical inpatient care units of a school hospital. Results demonstrated that nursing staff dimensioning is unbalanced in the course of ten years; increasing of the patients’ dependence degree level related to the nursing staff and its functional and chronological aging, more than half of the studied nurses group. It was concluded that the nursing staff did not follow the increasing complexity of care demanded by patients, which is aggravated by reduced working capacity of employees. Descriptors: Personnel dimensioning; Needs assessment; Nursing.
Highlights
analyze the nursing personnel dimensioning in a school hospital compared it to the dependence level
Results demonstrated that nursing staff dimensioning is unbalanced in the course
of the patients' dependence degree level related to the nursing staff
Summary
Nursing personnel dimensioning and the dependence level of the patient in a school hospital. RESUMO Os objetivos do estudo foram analisar o dimensionamento de pessoal de enfermagem em hospital universitário comparando-o com o grau de dependência de pacientes atendidos em 1998 e 2008 e comparar o envelhecimento da força de trabalho da enfermagem no mesmo período. Os resultados apontaram que o dimensionamento de pessoal de enfermagem permaneceu defasado no decorrer de dez anos; aumento do grau de dependência dos pacientes em relação à enfermagem e envelhecimento funcional e cronológico da força de trabalho em mais da metade da população estudada. Concluiu-se que o quadro de pessoal de enfermagem não acompanhou o aumento da complexidade assistencial demandada pelos pacientes, o que é agravado pela capacidade para o trabalho reduzida dos trabalhadores.
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