Timing of nurses activities: human resources management
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 11
Abstract
Costs of human resources include a high percentage of hospital’s costs; therefore, determination of number of real and optimal employees needed for organizations is very important. In the meantime, the optimal organization of nurses, as the biggest human resource in health care organizations, is of great importance. The present study aimed to assess the distribution of nurses’ activities in shifts and the results of productivity in human resources management in Imam Khomeini hospital in Shirvan. The present cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016. All nurses, working in three shifts of morning, afternoon, and evening in emergency unit and general units of Imam Khomeini hospital, Shirvan, were enrolled into the study through census methods. The instrument, used in this study, was the checklist of timing activities and patients’ satisfaction from nurses. The statistical software SPSS was used for analysis. Mean age of employees in these two units/wards was 31 years and mean duration of work experience was 5.24 years, The difference was significant between the two wards. necessity of the work, especially in emergency unit, are issues that need more assessment and need to be adjusted. Given the high volume of non-care matters of nursing staff, including writing services, including completing paper records and work with HIS ( Hospital Information System), which has been emphasized in several studies, new definition of service and use of artificial intelligence with high efficacy is proposed. The status of the available equipment, availability, and efficiency of digital equipment and hoteling state of wards and hospitals also play an important factor in the distribution of time of nursing care activities. Employment of nurses to perform non-nursing duties, because of the shortage of other classes or lack of their permanent presence and based on Although there were differences in standard time of direct and indirect care in emergency unit and general wards, in this study and many other studies, no significant difference was observed in the time spent in these wards.
Authors and Affiliations
Hamid Hosein Poor| Master of Governmental Management, Departmental Of Administration and financial affairs, North khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnoord, Iran, Fateme Avaz Zade| Bachelor of Nursing, Imam Khomeini(RH) hospital of Shirvan, North khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnoord, Iran, Shima Nikbakht| Master Student of Health Services Management, Nursing department& Imam Khomeini(RH)hospital of Shirvan, North khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnoord, Iran, Seyed Reza Seyed Hosseini| InternalMedicine, Imam Khomeini(RH) hospital of Shirvan, North khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnoord, Iran, Reyhane Noorian| Master of Executive Management, Imam Reza(A)hospital of Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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