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Nursing workload associated with the frequency of multidisciplinary rounds: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of multidisciplinary rounds during ICU days, to evaluate the participation of diverse healthcare professionals, to identify the reasons why rounds were not performed on specific days, and whether bed occupancy rate and nurse workload were associated with the conduc...

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Autores principales: Borges, Maria Luiza, Caruso, Pedro, Nassar Júnior, Antonio Paulo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8075334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33886856
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20210008
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author Borges, Maria Luiza
Caruso, Pedro
Nassar Júnior, Antonio Paulo
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Caruso, Pedro
Nassar Júnior, Antonio Paulo
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description OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of multidisciplinary rounds during ICU days, to evaluate the participation of diverse healthcare professionals, to identify the reasons why rounds were not performed on specific days, and whether bed occupancy rate and nurse workload were associated with the conduction of multidisciplinary rounds. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study to assess the frequency of multidisciplinary rounds in four intensive care units in a cancer center. We also collected data on rates of professional participation, reasons for not performing rounds when they did not occur, and daily bed occupancy rates and assessed nurse workload by measuring the Nursing Activity Score. RESULTS: Rounds were conducted on 595 (65.8%) of 889 surveyed intensive care unit days. Nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and infection control practitioners participated most often. Rounds did not occur due to admission of new patients at the scheduled time (136; 44.7%) and involvement of nurses in activities unrelated to patients’ care (97; 31.9%). In multivariate analysis, higher Nursing Activity Scores were associated with greater odds of conducting multidisciplinary rounds (OR = 1.06; 95%CI 1.04 - 1.10; p < 0.01), whereas bed occupancy rates were not (OR = 0.99; 95%CI 0.97 - 1.00; p = 0.18). CONCLUSION: Multidisciplinary rounds were conducted on less than two-thirds of surveyed intensive care unit days. Many rounds were cancelled due to activities unrelated to patient care. Unexpectedly, increased workload was associated with higher odds of conducting rounds. Workload is a possible trigger to discuss daily goals to improve patient outcomes and to enhance the effectiveness of multidisciplinary teams.
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spelling pubmed-80753342021-04-29 Nursing workload associated with the frequency of multidisciplinary rounds: a cross-sectional study Borges, Maria Luiza Caruso, Pedro Nassar Júnior, Antonio Paulo Rev Bras Ter Intensiva Original Article OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of multidisciplinary rounds during ICU days, to evaluate the participation of diverse healthcare professionals, to identify the reasons why rounds were not performed on specific days, and whether bed occupancy rate and nurse workload were associated with the conduction of multidisciplinary rounds. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study to assess the frequency of multidisciplinary rounds in four intensive care units in a cancer center. We also collected data on rates of professional participation, reasons for not performing rounds when they did not occur, and daily bed occupancy rates and assessed nurse workload by measuring the Nursing Activity Score. RESULTS: Rounds were conducted on 595 (65.8%) of 889 surveyed intensive care unit days. Nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and infection control practitioners participated most often. Rounds did not occur due to admission of new patients at the scheduled time (136; 44.7%) and involvement of nurses in activities unrelated to patients’ care (97; 31.9%). In multivariate analysis, higher Nursing Activity Scores were associated with greater odds of conducting multidisciplinary rounds (OR = 1.06; 95%CI 1.04 - 1.10; p < 0.01), whereas bed occupancy rates were not (OR = 0.99; 95%CI 0.97 - 1.00; p = 0.18). CONCLUSION: Multidisciplinary rounds were conducted on less than two-thirds of surveyed intensive care unit days. Many rounds were cancelled due to activities unrelated to patient care. Unexpectedly, increased workload was associated with higher odds of conducting rounds. Workload is a possible trigger to discuss daily goals to improve patient outcomes and to enhance the effectiveness of multidisciplinary teams. Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8075334/ /pubmed/33886856 http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20210008 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nassar Júnior, Antonio Paulo
Nursing workload associated with the frequency of multidisciplinary rounds: a cross-sectional study
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title_short Nursing workload associated with the frequency of multidisciplinary rounds: a cross-sectional study
title_sort nursing workload associated with the frequency of multidisciplinary rounds: a cross-sectional study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8075334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33886856
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20210008
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