Artículos de revistas
Nursing care time in the Intensive Care Unit: evaluation of the parameters proposed in COFEN Resolution Nº 293/04
Tempo de assistência de Enfermagem em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva: avaliação dos parâmetros propostos pela Resolução COFEN nº293/04;
Tiempo de asistencia de enfermería en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos: evaluación de los parámetros propuestos por la Resolución COFEN nº 293/04
Date
2012Registration in:
Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem,v.20,n.2,p.325-332,2012
0104-1169
10.1590/S0104-11692012000200015
Author
Fugulin, Fernanda Maria Togeiro
Rossetti, Ana Cristina
Ricardo, Carolina Martins
Possari, João Francisco
Mello, Maria Cristina
Gaidzinski, Raquel Rapone
Institutions
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the parameters established in COFEN Resolution 293/04 concerning nursing staff dimensioning in adult intensive care units (AICU). The research was conducted in six hospitals in São Paulo City. The daily quantitative average of professionals needed for patient care was calculated according to the parameters established by COFEN. The obtained results were compared with the existing number of daily staff members in these units. It was observed that the proportions recommended by COFEN for the nurse category are superior to those used in the hospitals studied, which represents a challenge for Brazilian nursing. Mean care time values were found appropriate and represent important standards for dimensioning the minimum number of professionals in AICU. This study contributed to the validation of the parameters indicated in Resolution 293/04 for nursing staff dimensioning in the AICU.