Nursing workload associated with neonatal mortality risk: a cross-sectional study

• Autor(a) principal: da Silveira, Raquel Rondina Pupo [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Serafim, Clarita Terra Rodrigues [UNESP], E Castro, Meire Cristina Novelli [UNESP], Rodrigues, Gabrielle Maria [UNESP], Corrente, José Eduardo [UNESP], Lima, Silvana Andrea Molina [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0965; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/249283
• topic: Mortality; Neonatal Nursing; Patient Acuity; Safety Management; Workload

Objectives: to analyze the association between nursing workload and neonatal mortality risk in newborns admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Methods: this is an observational, cross-sectional study conducted from January 2019 to January 2020. Results: the sample consisted of 399 newborns, 55.4% male, Nursing Activities Score mean of 67.5%, and Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology Perinatal Extension mean of 17.7, revealed itself as a predictor of the risk of death, while gestational age, length of hospitalization, and the first-minute Apgar established a protective relationship. The correlation between workload and neonatal mortality was low (r= 0.23, p=0.0009). Conclusions: the workload of the nursing team is not associated with the risk of mortality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as measured by the Nursing Activities Score.