Measuring nurses' productivity at Assiut University Hospital

Rashed, Safaa Abd Elaziz; Al Torky, Mohamed Ali; Morsey, Sahar Mohamed

doi:10.21608/asnj.2015.59802

Measuring nurses' productivity at Assiut University Hospital

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt.

² Professor of Community Health Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt.

³ Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing - Assiut University, Egypt

10.21608/asnj.2015.59802

Abstract

Productivity is a critical determent of the health care system. This study aims at measuring nurses' productivity, Subjects and Methods: The sample consisted of nurses working at medical units, surgical units, casualty and post operative ICUs. Their total numbers are ninety five nurses. Data collected for the period of six months by observation of nurses and by interviewing nurses for personal data. Tools of data collection: The data collected by using socio-demographic questions, nurses activity analysis, productivity formula Results: Nursing productivity was forty percent at medical units, fifty two percent at surgical unit, one hundred five percent at casualty ICU, and one hundred fifty two percent at post operative ICU. Conclusions: Duration of activities observed among staff nurses (64380) minutes observed among staff nurses for giving care at patient centered activities, while for personnel centered activity level it was (60) minutes for clerical skill level. The lowest percent of productivity at medical unit, surgical unit, post operative intensive care unit, while the highest percent at casualty ICU. Recommendations: Providing training program for nurses to improve performance, decrease wasted time, and increase patient care time. Productivity should be periodically measured to monitor the performance of nurses and inform nurses to improve their skills

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