Authors

1. Padilha , Katia Grillo
2. de Sousa , Regina Marcia Cardoso
3. Nogueira , Lilia de Souza
4. Gallani , Maria Cecília Bueno
5. Barbosa , Ricardo Luís
6. Hoogendoom , Marga
7. Giakoumidakis , Konstantinus
8. Giannakopoulou , Margarita
9. Lucchini , Alberto
10. Carmona-Monge , Francisco Javier
11. Macedo , Ana Paula Moraes Carvalho
12. Furmanov , Alexander
13. Cudak , Edyta
14. Stafseth , Siv Karlsson

Abstract

The majority of the ICUs presented a high nursing workload and experienced nursing staff and were exceeding nursing staff hours according to the nursing workload in most countries. However, the diversity of nursing care contexts must be considered for estimating the number of professionals required to provide nursing care according to NAS in the ICUs.