Pacientų srauto bei slaugytojų darbo krūvio santykis Lietuvos Sveikatos mokslų universiteto Kauno klinikų skubios pagalbos skyriuje ; Relation between patient flow and nurses worklad in the Emergency Department in the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Object.To investigate the flow of patients and nurses' workload ratio emergency section. Tasks. 1. Analise patient flow patterns change day period LSMU KK emergency departament. 2. Identify patient flow patterns change weekly.3. Compare flow changes in patients with nurses working hours per day during the period. Research methods. A retrospective analysis of patients flow was made analysis LSMU KK emergency section 01.01.2016 - 01.01.2017 calendar year. Also nurses work schedules are analysed in the same period. The obtained data were processed using SPSS 20.0 software package for Microsoft Office Excel 2010 program. The comparative analysis of the literature data, luginantto same type of work in the emergency department of the European Union. Results. The minimum number of patients served per day by the hour set from 4:00 to 7:00. - an average of 2 patients per hour., The highest from 12:00 to 12:59 hours. - an average of 12 patients per hour. The analysis of patient flows within a week minimum set of patients served Wednesdays - an average of 157 patients, the largest lead times - an average of 182 patients. Patient flow-month periods are different.The minimum number of patients served per day is in January - an average of 155 patients, the highest in July and August - an average of 181 patients. A comparison of patient-nurses ratio found that from 2 to 4 times there were more nurses than the patients from 0:00 to 8:59 min. From 22:00 to 12:00 min. and from 10:00 to 21:59 there was 1.2 more patients than nurses. Conclusions. 1.LSMU KK ED serves the average of 170 patients per day. Individual daily hours of patient flow changes. Minimum average quantity of patients are served from 0:00 to 7:00., The maximum average day flow of patients is from 10:00 to 20:00.2. Separately weekdays patient flow is different. Minimum patient flow points on Wednesday - average of 157 patients, the highest is on Monday - 181 patients. 3. Nurse - patient relationship (work intensity) significant changes in all analyzed in daily hours. From 0:00 to 8:59 min. nurses - patient ratio is 2-4: 1, from 22:00 to 0:00 min. 1.2: 1.All the other hours the ratio is 1: 1.2-1.5. The results show that nurses who work from 9:00 to 21:59 have significantly higher workload (1.2 - by 1.5 times) compared to nurses working from 22:00 to 8:59. Recommendations. In assessing the uneven distribution between patients and nurses during the day can be changed by adjusting the distribution of nurses' schedules. From 0:00 to 7:00 there should be smaller amount of nurses than it is at the moment, but it is recommended to increase the amount of nurses from 10:00 to 22:00.