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SUBMITTER: Rauta S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5535700 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nursing research and practice 20170717
Patient classification systems generate information for staff allocation based on a patient's care needs. This study aims to test further the instrument for assessing nursing intensity (NI) in perioperative settings. Nine operating departments from five university hospitals were involved. The perioperative nurses gathered data from patients (<i>N</i> = 876) representing different fields of surgery. Reliability was tested by parallel classifications (<i>n</i> = 144). Also, the users' (<i>n</i> = ...[more]