The Relationship between Nurse Workload and Mortality in Two Different ICUs

Ergan, Begum; Tokur, MURAT; Coban, Selma; Tursunoglu, Seher; Ergun, Recai; Ergun, Dilek; Comoglu, Selcuk

doi:10.5152/dcbybd.2016.1154

The Relationship between Nurse Workload and Mortality in Two Different ICUs

Ergan B., Tokur M. E. , Coban S., Tursunoglu S., Ergun R., Ergun D., ...More

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, vol.7, no.1, pp.21-27, 2016 (Journal Indexed in ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 7 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.5152/dcbybd.2016.1154
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
Page Numbers: pp.21-27

Abstract

Objective: Nurse workload in intensive care units (ICU) is an important factor that might affect patient outcomes. The Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28 (TISS-28) is an instrument to measure nurse workload. The objective of this study was to compare the nurse workload between two different ICUs and evaluate its impact on ICU mortality.