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. 2007 Jun;19(2):121-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2007.02.001.

Workload and patient safety among critical care nurses

Pascale Carayon  1 , Carla J Alvarado; Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety
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Workload and patient safety among critical care nurses

Pascale Carayon et al. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

Several dimensions of workload experienced by nurses working in ICUs are described in this article, including the physical workload related to patient handling. The effects of workload on various outcomes, such as the health, safety, and quality of working life of nurses, and the safety of care provided by ICU nurses are discussed. A systemic approach to the assessment of workload is proposed that is aimed at identifying the work system factors that contribute to the different facets of workload and the interdependencies among the various dimensions of workload.

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