abstract background: while nursing workload is a worldwide challenge, less attention has been given to the determining factors. understanding these factors is important and could help nursing managers to provide suitable working environment and to manage the adverse outcomes of nursing workload. the aim of this study was to discover nurses’ experiences of determinant factors of their workload. ...

BACKGROUND Despite recent residency workload and hour limitations, little research on the relationship between workload and learning has been done. We sought to define residents' perceptions of the optimal patient workload for learning, and to determine how certain variables contribute to those perceptions. Our hypothesis was that the relationship between perceived workload and learning has a m...

methods this cross-sectional study was conducted on 293 nurses working in 24 wards of baqiyatallah hospital in tehran, iran, in 2016. the sampling method was stratified random sampling. data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire, which was classified into 4 subtitles: individual and organizational characteristics, perceived subjective, objective workloads, and some patient safe...

Introduction: For healthcare workers, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in increased workload, work related stress and patient acuity potentially leading to burnout, secondary traumatic (STS), sleep disruptions. This study aims assess prevalence of burnout STS symptoms, as well disturbances among personnel working United States during pandemic.

The unique workload and patient acuity in wound care and hyperbaric centers leaves staffing to subjective interpretation; lack of objective data makes it difficult to determine department budgets and appropriate staffing patterns. To address these problems, an objective tool was developed to assess acuity and productivity in hyperbaric and wound care departments. Patient classifications were cr...

BACKGROUND Reliable and valid outpatient oncology acuity-based staffing systems are lacking. The existing staffing model in a midwestern cancer center demonstrated inefficiencies related to unpredictable patient flow, treatment regimen complexity, and physician practice variation. OBJECTIVES A project was initiated to implement an evidence-based oncology outpatient staffing system maximizing ...

Staffing needs in an ambulatory oncology infusion setting can be challenging. The workload of nurses and time required to provide patient care are increasing. With the addition of new targeted therapies and complicated treatment regimens, increased patient acuity should be considered when determining daily staffing. This article describes the development of an acuity tool based on the complexit...

OBJECTIVES Emergency department (ED) crowding is an increasing problem in many countries. The purpose of this study was to develop a quantitative model that estimates the degree of crowding based on workload in Swedish EDs. METHODS At five different EDs, the head nurse and physician assessed the workload on a scale from 1 to 6 at randomized time points during a three week period in 2013. Base...

This study investigated the relationships between seven workload factors and patient and nurse outcomes. (1) Background: Health systems researchers are beginning to address nurses’ workload demands at different unit, job and task levels; and the types of administrative interventions needed for specific workload demands; (2) Methods: This was a cross-sectional correlational study of 472 acute ca...