Association between patient classification systems and nurse staffing costs in intensive care units: An exploratory study

Nurse staffing costs represent approximately 60% of total intensive care unit costs. In order to analyse resource allocation in intensive care, we examined the association between nurse staffing costs and two patient classification systems: the nursing activities score (NAS) and nine equivalents of nursing manpower use score (NEMS).

Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - February 2, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Siv K. Stafseth, Tor Inge T ønnessen, Lisbeth Fagerström Source Type: research