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FLORA INFEKSIYON HASTALIKLARI VE KLINIK MIKROBIYOLOJI DERGISI, vol.29, no.1, pp.129-138, 2024 (ESCI)
Introduction: This study was conducted to determine the nurse workload in the intensive care unit dedicated for with COVID-19 patients in two different periods of the pandemic. Materials and Methods: The research is a descriptive and observational study. This study is conducted in two periods (first period 04.10.2020-27.12.2020 and second period 01.05.2021-19.06.2021). Study periods were selected in the autumn and spring seasons, as there are periods that can be considered as risk factors for COVID-19 disease. Information on the descriptive characteristics of each patient hospitalized in the ICU in weekly periods and information from the TISS-28 tool for determining nurse workload were collected by the researchers. A weekly nurse work list was created for this intensive care unit and the patient nurse ratio per shift was used in the study. Descriptive statistics and independent t -tests were used for data analysis. Results: In this study, 93 patients were followed up in the first period and 53 patients in the second period. The mean age of the patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit was 64.25 +/- 13.95 in the first period and 67.58 +/- 15.21 in the second period. Female patients were 36.6% and male patients were 63.4% in the first period, while female patients were 37.7% and male patients were 62.3% in the second period. There was no significant difference between the mean length of stay between the two periods (14.51 +/- 11.61 in the first period, 16.53 +/- 12.75 in the second period). The mean score of TISS 28 was 20.74 +/- 2.74 in the first period and 21.03 +/- 3.48 in the second period (p> 0.05). During the study, the patient-nurse ratio was mostly 2:1 at weekly intervals. Conclusion: Nurse workload in the intensive care unit where COVID-19 patients were monitored was calculated similarly in different of the