Deise Vacario de Quadros1, Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães2, Vanessa Monteiro Mantovani3, Denise Salazar da Rosa1, Isabel Cristina Echer2. 1. Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Unidade de Internação Cirúrgica do Serviço de Enfermagem Cirúrgica. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil. 2. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem, Departamento de Assistência e Orientação Profissional. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil. 3. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre-RS, Brasil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: analyze healthcare and managerial indicators after nursing personnel upsizing. METHOD: a retrospective, descriptive study was conducted using data from computer systems of a university hospital in southern Brazil. Healthcare and managerial indicators related to the first half of 2013 and 2014 were statistically analyzed. RESULTS: increases of 40.0% in the number of nurses and 16.0% in the number of nursing technicians led to reductions of 12.0% in the number of sickness absences, 21.8% in positive balance for compensatory time off, 92.0% in paid overtime. Reductions of 75.0% in pressure ulcer rates, 10.5% in the number of falls and 50.0% in infections due to indwelling catheter use were also observed. CONCLUSION: nursing staff upsizing caused a positive impact on managerial and healthcare indicators and helped qualify care and improve work conditions for the nursing team.
OBJECTIVE: analyze healthcare and managerial indicators after nursing personnel upsizing. METHOD: a retrospective, descriptive study was conducted using data from computer systems of a university hospital in southern Brazil. Healthcare and managerial indicators related to the first half of 2013 and 2014 were statistically analyzed. RESULTS: increases of 40.0% in the number of nurses and 16.0% in the number of nursing technicians led to reductions of 12.0% in the number of sickness absences, 21.8% in positive balance for compensatory time off, 92.0% in paid overtime. Reductions of 75.0% in pressure ulcer rates, 10.5% in the number of falls and 50.0% in infections due to indwelling catheter use were also observed. CONCLUSION: nursing staff upsizing caused a positive impact on managerial and healthcare indicators and helped qualify care and improve work conditions for the nursing team.