[The implementation of NEMS and NAS systems to assess the nursing staffing levels in a polyvalent intensive care unit].

Alberto Lucchini, Valeria Chinello, Veronica Lollo, Cristian De Filippis, Michela Schena, Stefano Elli, Maurizio Sasso, Giulia Pelucchi, Laura Poloniato, Maria Carola Martino,

PubMed · 2008 · 19 citations · 0 references

Abstract

The routine assessment of patients' workload allows to measure the gap between nurses needed and available, to monitor patients with higher workload and to quantify the need of nursing care according to patients case-mix.