Factors influencing the ice nurses workload
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Background:Shortage in the critical care field was a trigger for lots of studies & researches to find out an appropriate tool that can measure the nursesworkload in an ICU working environment, in order to find ways to overcome this worsening situation. Workload is defined as one of the most important factors influencing the health care service especially intensive care department that required more care and attention to the rapid emergency interventions. Objectives: This study aimed to identify the factors influencing workload of nurses working in adult ICUs on one of the teaching hospital in KSA. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional and analytic descriptive study was conducted in Jeddah. All nurses (n = 110) works in ICUs of the hospital where selected and studied using convenient sampling method. Results: the results were divided into three major categories, including structure, process, and activity. The activity factor as difficulty moving over weight patient was identified as the top factor by (95.8%),it followed by on shortages of secretaries and support service staff (88.8%).The results of this study have shown that there is a strong relationship between the factors that mentioned earlier and the workload. Activity factors have the major impact on nurses' workload followed by organization and process respectively. Conclusion: The nursing workload was found to have a relation with the care given that provided by the nurses. However, further studies need to take place to discover more factors that contributes of ICU nursing workload.
Authors and Affiliations
Al- Malki M, Hawsawi F, Mleh R. , Tabsh L. , Mohidin S
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