Introdução: São Paulo é uma megacidade com ocupação espacial heterogênea e desigualdades em saúde. Objetivos: Verificar se há aglomerados de nascidos vivos em hospitais SUS e não SUS e estudar as distâncias entre as residências das mães até os hospitais de parto. Métodos: Foi realizado um estudo com nascidos vivos (NV) de mães residentes e ocorridos em oito hospitais (4 SUS e 4 não-SUS) de alta complexidade do município de SP, em 2008. As informações foram obtidas da base de dados das declarações de nascido vivo unificada SEADE/SES e as bases cartográficas do Centro de Estudos da Metrópole. Foi empregado estimador de intensidade de Kernel para identificar aglomerados espaciais. A distância teórica entre residências maternas até o hospital do parto foi obtida em linha reta. Resultados: Os NV estudados representaram 27,8 por cento do total do MSP. Os NV dos hospitais SUS formaram 3 aglomerados, situados em distritos periféricos. A distância média percorrida entre a residência materna e o hospital do parto foi de 9,2 km para os NV de hospitais SUS e de 9,9 km para os não-SUS. Verificou-se uma proporção maior de mães de alta escolaridade (12,8 vezes), com mais de 35 anos de idade (3,2 vezes), nascimentos com 7 ou mais consultas de pré-natal (1,5 vezes) entre os NV de hospitais não-SUS que nos hospitais SUS. Os NV de hospitais SUS apresentaram proporções de mães adolescentes (17,9 vezes), grandes multíparas (21 vezes) e partos por via vaginal (5,2 vezes) maior que nos não-SUS. Não houve diferença estatisticamente significante da prevalência de baixo peso ao nascer e NV pré-termos. Discussão: Há uma associação entre a distribuição espacial dos nascimentos ocorridos em hospitais SUS e não-SUS. Os aglomerados de NV SUS situaram-se em distritos onde há condições de vida precárias e altas taxas de fecundidade. Os NV de hospitais não-SUS formaram um aglomerado na região central de alta renda e baixa fecundidade, seguindo padrão observado em outros estudos. As distâncias médias entre as residências maternas e hospitais de parto foram próximas nos dois tipos de rede. Os diferenciais das características maternas dos NV em hospitais SUS e não-SUS foram mais acentuados que aqueles encontrados em estudos realizados somente com técnicas de georrefenciamento, possivelmente devido aos hospitais não-SUS estudados atenderem a clientela de planos de saúde de alto poder aquisitivo. A ausência de diferença estatisticamente significante entre a prevalência de nascimentos pré-termo e de baixo peso ao nascer possivelmente se deve ao estudo ter sido realizado apenas em hospitais de alta complexidade. O diferencial encontrado na realização de consultas de pré-natal mostra o efeito positivo do SUS no acesso atenção pré-natal. Conclusão: Os aglomerados de nascimentos SUS e não-SUS mostram existir marcados diferenças quanto às características sociodemográficas. O SUS mostrou ter um efeito de positivo na promoção de maior equidade no acesso à atenção pré-natal e ao parto. / Sao Paulo is a megacity of heterogeneous spatial occupation and inequalities in health. Objectives: To determine whether there are clusters of live births (LBs) in hospitals of Unified Systems (SUS) and in others (non-SUS) and study the distances between the residences of the mothers concerned and the respective hospitals. Methods: A study was conducted a study of LBs of resident mothers which had occurred in eight hospitals (4 of the SUS and 4 others, not of the SUS) of hight complexity in the municipality of SP, in 2008. The information was obtained from the unified SEADE/SES database of the declarations of LBs and the cartographic bases from the Metropolitan Study Center (Centro de Estudos da Metrópole). Kernel\'s intensity estimator was employed to identify spatial clusters. The theorithical distance between the maternal residences and the respective maternity hospitals was taken as that given by a straight line between the two. Results: The LBs studied accounted for 27.8 per cent of the total of the municipality. The LBs of the SUS hospitals formed 3 clusters, all situated on the outlying districis. The average distance travelled from the maternal residence to the maternity hospital was 9.2 Km for the LBs of the SUS hospitals and 9.9 Km for the non-SUS ones. Higher proportions of mothers with a hight level of schooling (12.8 times), of more than 35 years of age (3.2times) and of births with 7 or more pre-natal medical visits (1.5 times) were found among the LBs of the non-SUS hospitals than among those of the SUS hospitals. The LBs of the SUS hospitals presented higher proportions of adolescent mothers (17.9 times), multiparous mothers (21 times) and vaginal deliveries (5.2 times) than those of the non-SUS ones. There was no statistically significant difference between the respective prevalences of low birth weight and pre-term LBs. Discussion: There is an association between the spatial distribution of the deliveries which occurred in the SUS and the non-SUS hospitals. The clusters of the SUS LBs where situated in districts characterized by precarious living conditions and high fertility rates. The LBs of the non-SUS hospitals formed a cluster in the central region, of high income and low fertility, in agreement with the pattern observed in other studies. The average distances between the maternal residences and the hospitals were near the two types of network. The differentials of the maternal characteristics of the LBs in SUS and non-SUS hospitals were more accentuated than those found in studies with georeferencing techniques alone, possibly as a result of the non-SUS hospitals studied attending to a clientele of high acquisitive power, with health insurance plans. The lack of any statistically significant difference between the prevalence of pre-term births and low birth weight is possibly due to this study\'s having been performed in hospitals of high complexity. The difference found in the frequency of pre-natal visits shows the positive effect of the SUS in terms of access to pre-natal attendance. Conclusion: The clusters of SUS and non-SUS showed there marked differences in sociodemographic characteristics. SUS has shown a positive effect in the promotion of greater equity in terms of access to pre-natal care and child birth

The dualistic South African health system is divided into a private and public health care sector. The core difference between these two sectors is that private hospitals are based on a business model with a profit motive, while public hospitals offer a free service, accessible to all citizens of South Africa and is nurse-driven. The increased need towards higher quality health care is evident in the launching of the National Health Insurance system. The pilot of this system was activated in ten sub-districts in South Africa and will become the mechanism to enhance quality and safety of patient care in the private and public sectors. Registered nurses’ reporting of quality and safety of patient care is an important factor in quality-related research and has been linked with international studies on quality of care. As the registered nurses are directly involved in all the facets of patient care, this population serves as a valuable contribution in the assessment of quality care. In this research quality of care refers to quality, patient safety and adverse events. Quality of care refers to the extent to which actual care is in conformity with the present criteria for good care. Patient safety is a parameter used to monitor and enhance quality. Through enhanced patient safety, adverse events can be prevented. Adverse events refer to all the incidents that can affect a patient during hospitalisation that is not due to the patient’s illness, such as hospital acquired infections, medication safety and patient falls with injury. This research aimed to explore and describe the nurse reported differences in quality of care, patient safety and adverse events in the adult medical and surgical units of private and public hospitals in the Free State and North West Provinces. This study was conducted within the RN4CAST research programme, an international consortium of fifteen countries working together towards the formulation of nurse workforce forecasting models. A quantitative, correlational, explorative, descriptive and contextual design was followed. The population consisted of registered nurses employed for at least one year in the selected private and public hospitals in the two participating provinces. Private hospitals with more than 100 beds were included. The public hospitals had a level three status. An all-inclusive sampling was conducted (n=332) after participants gave informed consent. Data was collected through the completion of the National Nurse Survey that covered four sections of which quality of care, patient safety and adverse events was one. Field workers were utilised during data collection. Data capturing was conducted by means of EpiData 3.1. Secondary data analysis was utilised by means of SPSS 16.0. Descriptive statistics were extracted with regard to the demographic status of the participants. The descriptive statistics were congruent with the demographic profile of nursing in South Africa. The inferential statistics included the difference in quality of care, patient safety and adverse events between the private and public hospitals in the selected provinces. Both the t-test based on the quality of care and patient safety as well as the Mann-Whitney test on adverse events indicated an insignificant difference between nurse reported quality of care, patient safety and adverse events between the private and public hospitals. Reliability and validity were assured and recommendations were formulated for nursing education, practice and research. / MCur, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013

The dualistic South African health system is divided into a private and public health care sector. The core difference between these two sectors is that private hospitals are based on a business model with a profit motive, while public hospitals offer a free service, accessible to all citizens of South Africa and is nurse-driven. The increased need towards higher quality health care is evident in the launching of the National Health Insurance system. The pilot of this system was activated in ten sub-districts in South Africa and will become the mechanism to enhance quality and safety of patient care in the private and public sectors. Registered nurses’ reporting of quality and safety of patient care is an important factor in quality-related research and has been linked with international studies on quality of care. As the registered nurses are directly involved in all the facets of patient care, this population serves as a valuable contribution in the assessment of quality care. In this research quality of care refers to quality, patient safety and adverse events. Quality of care refers to the extent to which actual care is in conformity with the present criteria for good care. Patient safety is a parameter used to monitor and enhance quality. Through enhanced patient safety, adverse events can be prevented. Adverse events refer to all the incidents that can affect a patient during hospitalisation that is not due to the patient’s illness, such as hospital acquired infections, medication safety and patient falls with injury. This research aimed to explore and describe the nurse reported differences in quality of care, patient safety and adverse events in the adult medical and surgical units of private and public hospitals in the Free State and North West Provinces. This study was conducted within the RN4CAST research programme, an international consortium of fifteen countries working together towards the formulation of nurse workforce forecasting models. A quantitative, correlational, explorative, descriptive and contextual design was followed. The population consisted of registered nurses employed for at least one year in the selected private and public hospitals in the two participating provinces. Private hospitals with more than 100 beds were included. The public hospitals had a level three status. An all-inclusive sampling was conducted (n=332) after participants gave informed consent. Data was collected through the completion of the National Nurse Survey that covered four sections of which quality of care, patient safety and adverse events was one. Field workers were utilised during data collection. Data capturing was conducted by means of EpiData 3.1. Secondary data analysis was utilised by means of SPSS 16.0. Descriptive statistics were extracted with regard to the demographic status of the participants. The descriptive statistics were congruent with the demographic profile of nursing in South Africa. The inferential statistics included the difference in quality of care, patient safety and adverse events between the private and public hospitals in the selected provinces. Both the t-test based on the quality of care and patient safety as well as the Mann-Whitney test on adverse events indicated an insignificant difference between nurse reported quality of care, patient safety and adverse events between the private and public hospitals. Reliability and validity were assured and recommendations were formulated for nursing education, practice and research. / MCur, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013

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Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa e à Inovação Tecnológica do Estado de Sergipe - FAPITEC/SE / Introduction: The use of reperfusion therapy in the treatment of patients with STEMI, in the shortest time possible, is essential to reduce morbidity and mortality. Previous studies suggest the existence of disparities in the care of patients attended by public and private health services. However, major gaps still exist when this service is focused on patients with STEMI, especially in Brazil. Objective: To estimate disparities in the use of reperfusion therapy for patients diagnosed with STEMI treated in hospitals capable of performing primary angioplasty of public and private in Sergipe. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach which used records Study VICTIM. Data were collected in only four hospitals capable of performing primary angioplasty in Sergipe, being one public and three private. We evaluated 301 patients diagnosed with STEMI, 249 of which were treated at public hospitals and 52 in private hospitals from December 2014 until October 2015. Results: On the way to the hospital capable of performing primary angioplasty, 3.2 % of patients treated in public hospitals made use of fibrinolytic, and 1.9% of patients treated in private institutions (p = 1.0). Amongst those patients treated in hospitals with ability to perform primary angioplasty, only 45.3% of treated at the public hospital arrived in ideal time (≤ 12 hours starting from the onset of symptoms), compared with 80.5% of patients treated in private hospitals (p <0.001). The rate of patients who received primary angioplasty in the civil service was significantly lower than the rate observed in private hospitals (39.5% vs 69% respectively, p <0.001). Conclusion: It has been found out that patients with STEMI are not reperfused, both in public and in private services. Moreover, there are significant obstacles related to the logistics of access, in optimum time, to hospitals capable of performing primary angioplasty. This fact is more evident for users of the public network system. Finally, despite the great difficulty of access to such institutions in optimum time, it was observed that a minority of patients in both public and private system, made use of fibrinolytic agents during their commute to the hospital with the ability to perform angioplasty. / Fundamentação: O uso de terapias de reperfusão no tratamento de pacientes com IAMCSST, no menor tempo possível, é essencial para redução da morbimortalidade. Estudos prévios sugerem a existência de disparidades no atendimento a pacientes atendidos por serviços públicos e privados de saúde, porém lacunas importantes ainda existem quando este atendimento está voltado para pacientes com IAMCSST, sobretudo no Brasil. Objetivo: Estimar disparidades no uso de terapias de reperfusão para pacientes diagnosticados com IAMCSST atendidos em hospitais com capacidade para realizar angioplastia primária da rede pública e privada em Sergipe. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal com abordagem quantitativa que utilizou os registros do Estudo VICTIM. Os dados foram coletados nos quatro únicos hospitais com capacidade para realizar angioplastia primária em Sergipe, sendo um público e três privados. Foram avaliados 301 pacientes diagnosticados com IAMCSST, dos quais 249 foram atendidos pelo hospital público e 52 pelos hospitais privados, no período de dezembro de 2014 até outubro de 2015. Resultados: No trajeto até o hospital com capacidade para realizar angioplastia primária, 3,2% dos pacientes atendidos em hospital público fizeram uso de fibrinolítico, assim como 1,9% dos pacientes atendidos em instituições privadas (p = 1,0). Dos pacientes atendidos nos hospitais com capacidade de realizar angioplastia primária, apenas 45,3% dos atendidos no hospital público chegaram em tempo ótimo (≤ 12 horas contadas a partir do início dos sintomas), em comparação com 80,5% dos pacientes atendidos em hospitais privados (p < 0,001). A taxa de pacientes que utilizaram angioplastia primária no serviço público foi significativamente menor que a taxa observada nos hospitais privados (39,5% vs 69% respectivamente, p < 0,001). Conclusão: Revela-se que um percentual expressivo de pacientes com IAMCSST não é reperfundido, tanto no serviço público como no privado. Ademais, que existem obstáculos importantes relacionados à logística de acesso, em tempo ótimo, a hospitais com capacidade para realizar angioplastia primária, sendo este fato mais evidente para usuários da rede pública. Por último, apesar da grande dificuldade de acesso a tais instituições em tempo ótimo, observou-se que uma minoria dos pacientes, tanto em serviço público como privado, fez uso de agentes fibrinolíticos durante seu trajeto para o hospital com capacidade de realizar angioplastia. Descritores: Infarto do Miocárdio; Reperfusão Miocárdica; Cobertura de Serviços de Saúde; Sistema Único de Saúde; Hospitais Privados.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese mestrado revisada pra biblioteca pdf.pdf: 963157 bytes, checksum: 42bbb08bd8e02686a34793f4a8a38d37 (MD5) Tese mestrado revisada pra biblioteca pdf.pdf: 963157 bytes, checksum: 42bbb08bd8e02686a34793f4a8a38d37 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-01 / O estudo de caso com desenho transversal descritivo e enfoque qualitativo teve por objetivos avaliar a qualidade da Governança Corporativa em instituição hospitalar filantrópica localizada no Município de São Paulo e analisar as práticas implementadas mediante diretrizes do Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa e da Healthcare Governance and Tranparency Association. As boas práticas de governança corporativa podem contribuir significativamente para que as instituições filantrópicas hospitalares de excelência, associadas ao PROADI, sejam mais competitivas e autossustentáveis, a fim de que não necessitem de substanciais capitais de investidores, os quais podem, pelo seu interesse intrínseco de ganho, modificar a estrutura de capital, resultando em perda da filantropia, descaracterizando a missão da organização e sua finalidade social. Antecedeu à coleta de dados, a elaboração de instrumento constituído por 220 questões fechadas, com opções de respostas pré-codificadas (sim ou não) referentes às práticas recomendadas de governança corporativa compreendidas em nove dimensões de análise. A coleta foi realizada por meio de entrevistas com os principais gestores da instituição, e para cada questão com resposta afirmativa realizou-se análise documental com o intuito de evidenciar as informações referidas pelos entrevistados. Os principais resultados foram: O índice geral de qualidade da governança corporativa alcançou adequação de 75%; As Dimensões Associações e Conduta, Conflito de Interesses e Divulgação de informações apresentaram-se totalmente adequadas às diretrizes preconizadas; As dimensões Auditoria Independente e Associação Marca/Imagem apresentaram níveis de adequação inferiores a 50%. Os resultados atenderam plenamente aos objetivos da pesquisa, assim como foi possível apontar desdobramentos para futuros estudos, tais como: a inclusão de novas dimensões específicas ao setor de saúde, avaliação e análise crítica pelas organizações no que diz respeito aos resultados decorrentes das práticas de governança corporativa e o aprofundamento da questão referente à atribuição ou não de pesos diferenciados para as dimensões. / This case study with a descriptive and qualitative focus aims at evaluating Corporate Governance in a philanthropic hospital located in the city of São Paulo and analyzes the practices implemented through the guidelines of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance and the Healthcare Governance and Transparency Association. Good governance practices can be important to make philanthropic hospitals of excellence more competitive and self-sustaining, so that they do not need capital from third parties, who can, for their interest in profit-making, modify their social patrimony, causing a lack of philanthropy , misleading the organization's mission and its social purpose. Before the data collection, an instrument was created consisting of 220 closed questions, with the option of pre-coded answers (yes or no) referring to recommended governance practices comprised in nine dimensions of the analysis. The data was collected by interviewing the main managers of the institution, and each affirmative answer led us to carry out the document analysis in order to evidence the information mentioned by the interviewees. The main results were as follows: The overall report on the quality of corporate governance was 75%; The Dimensions Associations and Conduct, Conflict of Interests and Disclosure of Complementary Information seemed to be suitable to recommended guidelines; independent auditing dimensions and brand/image association showed adequacy index below 50%. The results met thoroughly the research objective, but we were also able to find other areas for future studies, such as: the inclusion of new actions in the health sector, evaluation and critical analysis by organizations that are relevant to governance practices results.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the ties of workers with the organization and the leadership styles of managers in Public and Private Hospitals Nursing team in Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Therefore, we carried out a case study, descriptive and quantitative approach nature. The research sample consisted of 347 nurses, technicians and nursing assistants from a public and a private hospitals, located in the city of Porto Alegre/RS. To collect data, we used a research protocol (questionnaire) with closed items, divided into three parts: personal and occupational data; Ties to the Organization; and Leadership styles. Data analysis was performed using the software "Microsoft Excel" version 2010, SPSS version 18 and SAS version 9.1, by calculating descriptive statistics, groups comparison of techniques and correlation analysis - Pearson correlation coefficient. The data obtained in the analysis revealed that the correlations between the constructs all associations were positive, which indicates there is some form of direct relation between them. Considering the relationship between "Ties with the Organization" and "Leadership Styles" concluded for the study context, the Organizational Commitment correlated more strongly with the Transformational Leadership and its Intellectual Stimulation basis, as Organizational Consent also bound more strongly with this leadership and its base Charisma or Idealized Influence. At the same time, the Organizational Entrenchment was related significantly only with Leadership Absence, showing that, on this link, very little is perceived by employees as of leadership responsibility. From these results, we can say that the ties that workers develop with their organizations are related to leadership styles of their managers, or the absence of these, some with a stronger intensity, other weaker, but all positively associated. / Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar a relação entre os vínculos dos trabalhadores com a organização e os estilos de liderança dos gestores na equipe de Enfermagem de Hospitais Públicos e Privados no Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Para tanto, realizou-se um estudo de caso, de natureza descritiva e abordagem quantitativa. A amostra da pesquisa foi composta por 347 enfermeiros, técnicos e auxiliares de enfermagem de um Hospital público e um Hospital privado, localizados na cidade de Porto Alegre/RS. Para a coleta de dados utilizou-se um protocolo de pesquisa (questionário) composto por itens fechados, divididos em três partes: Dados pessoais e ocupacionais; Vínculos com a Organização; e, Estilos de Liderança. A análise dos dados foi realizada com o auxílio dos softwares Microsoft Excel versão 2010, SPSS versão 18 e SAS versão 9.1, por meio de cálculo de estatísticas descritivas, técnicas de comparação de grupos e análise de correlação - coeficiente de correlação de Pearson. Os dados obtidos nessa análise revelaram que, entre as correlações dos construtos, todas as associações foram positivas, o que indica haver alguma forma de relação direta entre estes. Considerando a relação entre Vínculos com a Organização e Estilos de Liderança concluiu-se, para o contexto de estudo, que o Comprometimento Organizacional se correlacionou mais intensamente com a Liderança Transformacional e sua base Estimulação Intelectual, à medida que o Consentimento Organizacional também se ligou mais fortemente com essa liderança e sua base Carisma ou Influência Idealizada. Ao mesmo tempo, o Entrincheiramento Organizacional relacionou-se significativamente apenas com a Ausência de Liderança, demostrando que, em relação a este vínculo, muito pouco é percebido pelos colaboradores como de responsabilidade da liderança. Diante desses resultados, é possível afirmar que os vínculos que os trabalhadores desenvolvem com suas organizações estão relacionados aos estilos de liderança dos seus gestores, ou a ausência destes, sendo algumas com uma intensidade mais forte, outras mais fracas, mas todos positivamente associados.

Thesis (MCurr)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Nurse managers are responsible to staff different hospital units and departments with sufficient, trained and experienced personnel. Most critical care units in the private healthcare in South Africa are staffed below maximum workload levels and additional staff is supplemented when needed. Current staffing management strategies comprises the application of the patient acuity score, the utilisation of contracted agency staff and ward staff who assist occasionally in the critical care unit (CCU). The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of critical care nurses regarding staffing management within critical care units in private health care institutions in the Western Cape. The following objectives were set to: - explore the experiences of CCNs regarding staffing management strategies such as o the patient acuity score o the employment of ad hoc agency staff and o the utilization of ward staff A descriptive design with a qualitative approach was applied. A sample size of n=15 was drawn from a total population of N=377, using purposive sampling technique. A pilot-test was also completed. The trustworthiness of this study was assured with the use of Lincoln and Guba’s criteria of credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. All ethical principles were met. The findings of the study demonstrated that nurses perceive the workload in critical care units as heavy. The utilisation of the acuity score does not really assist in relieving the workload as managers tend not to consider the staffing requirements as predicted by the acuity score due to budget constraints. The enrolled nurses who assist occasionally in the critical care unit require supervision as well as ongoing development to ensure safe and quality patient care. Yet agency nurses were perceived as either extraordinary good or incompetent. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Verpleegbestuurders het die verantwoordelik om verskillende hospitaaleenhede en departemente met voldoende opgeleide en ervare personeel te voorsien. Die meeste kritieke sorgeenhede in Suid-Afrika word met minder as dan die maksimum werkladingsvlak beman en addisionele personeel word aangevul wanneer nodig. Huidige personeelbestuurstrategieë behels die toepassing van die pasiënt akuïteit telling, die gebruik van ingekontrakteerde agentskap-personeel en saalpersoneel wat per geleentheid in die kritiekesorgeenheid help. Die doel van die studie was om die ervaringe van kritieke-sorgverpleegsters ten opsigte van personeel bestuur binne die kritiekesorgeenhede in die privaat gesondheidsorginstellings in die Weskaap, te ondersoek. Die volgende doelwitte is gestel: - Om die ervaringe van kritieke-sorgverpleegsters aangaande personeelbestuur-strategieë te ondersoek, soos: o die pasiënt akuïteit telling o die gebruik van agentskapverpleegpersoneel en o die gebruik van saal personeel, te ondersoek ’n Beskrywende kwalitatiewe studie is toegepas. ’n Steekproef van n=15 is uit ’n totale populasie van N=377 getrek deur die doelgerigte steekproeftegniek te gebruik. ’n Loodstoetsing van die semi-gestruktureerde vraelys is ook gedoen. Die betroubaarheid van hierdie studie was verseker deur van Lincoln en Guba se kriteria vir geloofwaardigheid, oordraagbaarheid, betroubaarheid en bevestigbaarheid gebruik te maak. Daar is aan alle etiese vereistes voldoen. Die bevindings van die studie toon dat die verpleegpersoneel die werklading in die kritiekesorgeenheid as veeleisend ervaar. Die aanwending van die pasiënt akuïteit-telling dra nie werklik by tot verligting van die werklading nie, aangesien bestuurders weens begrotingsbeperkings neig om nie die personeelbenodigdhede soos deur die akuïteit-telling voorspel in ag neem nie. Die ingeskrewe verpleegsters wat per geleentheid in die kritieke-sorgeenheid hulp verleen, benodig toesig asook volgehoue ontwikkeling ten einde veilige en kwaliteit pasiëntsorg te verseker. Die agentskapverpleegpersoneel is egter as baie bekwaam of onbevoeg beskou.