Nursing Activities Score (NAS): 5 Years of experience in the intensive care units of an Italian University hospital
Nursing Activities Score (NAS): 5 Years of experience in the intensive care units of an Italian University hospital
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DOI:
10.1016/j.iccn.2013.10.004
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发表时间:
2014-06-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Fumagalli, Roberto
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作者:
Lucchini, Alberto;De Felippis, Christian;Fumagalli, Roberto
Objective: To retrospectively analyse the application of the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) in an intensive care department from January 2006 to December 2011.Method: The sample consists of 5856 patients in three intensive care units (GICU: General Intensive Care Unit, NeurolCU: Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, CICU: Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit) of an Italian University hospital.The NAS was calculated for each patient every 24 hours. In patients admitted to general ICU, the following scores: SAPS 2 and SAPS 3 (Simplified Acute Physiology Score), RASS (Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale) and Braden were also recorded along with the NAS.Results: The mean NAS for all patients was 65.97% (Standard Deviation +/- 2.53), GICU 72.55% (+/- 16.28), NeurolCU 59.33% (+/- 16.54), CICU 63.51% (SD +/- 14.69). The average length of hospital stay (LOS) was 4.82 (SD +/- 8.68). The NAS was high in patients with increasing LOS (p < 0.003) whilst there were no significant differences for age groups except for children 0-10 years (p < 0.002). The correlation of NAS and SAPS 2 was r= 0.24 (p= 0.001), NAS and SAPS 3 r= -0.26 (p= 0.77), NAS and RASS r=-0.23 (p = 0.001), NAS and Braden r = 0.22 (p= 0.001).Conclusions: This study described the daily use of the NAS for the determination of nursing workload and defines the staff required. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.