Estimating Bed Requirements for Emergency Wards of Qazvin Teaching Hospitals by 2021: Dynamic Systems Modeling
Background: The provision of manpower is one of the effective factors on the improvement in the coverage of health services and the realization of the highest community health level and a considerable part of the health budget is devoted to the production and update on human resources. Therefore, th...
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| description | Background: The provision of manpower is one of the effective factors on the improvement in the coverage of health services and the realization of the highest community health level and a considerable part of the health budget is devoted to the production and update on human resources. Therefore, the current study aimed to estimate the number of nurses required in the Emergency Department (ED) of Imam Ali hospital based on the proposed method of the World Health Organization, in which the manpower is calculated based on the workload Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN).
Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The study population was all the nurses working in the emergency department of Imam Ali hospital affiliated by Alborz University of Medical Sciences and their duties in the hospital which was performed using the proposed method of the World Health Organization i.e. WISN in 2018. Determination of their duties and the time and number of times for performing them were carried out during the group discussion session through Delphi method.
Results: Based on the research findings, 40 standard nurses were calculated. The studied hospital had 4 nursing staff shortages. The working pressure ratio is 0.91in this study.
Conclusion: In the current study, the nursing staff shortage is observed and this shortage caused a high working pressure on the nurses working in the study area. Considering the vital role of nurses in the emergency department, it is recommended to employ and distribute the manpower based on the requirement and workload in the department. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a3d379b0348b4c5daa093522e03932e92022-12-22T01:25:54ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesJournal of Evidence Based Health Policy, Management & Economics2538-50702538-47162019-12-0134231243Estimating Bed Requirements for Emergency Wards of Qazvin Teaching Hospitals by 2021: Dynamic Systems ModelingSima Rafiei0Rafat Mohebbifar1Amir Mohammad Kazemifar2Mahshad Shakuna3 Department of Healthcare Management, School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Department of Healthcare Management, School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Department of Healthcare Management, School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Background: The provision of manpower is one of the effective factors on the improvement in the coverage of health services and the realization of the highest community health level and a considerable part of the health budget is devoted to the production and update on human resources. Therefore, the current study aimed to estimate the number of nurses required in the Emergency Department (ED) of Imam Ali hospital based on the proposed method of the World Health Organization, in which the manpower is calculated based on the workload Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN). Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The study population was all the nurses working in the emergency department of Imam Ali hospital affiliated by Alborz University of Medical Sciences and their duties in the hospital which was performed using the proposed method of the World Health Organization i.e. WISN in 2018. Determination of their duties and the time and number of times for performing them were carried out during the group discussion session through Delphi method. Results: Based on the research findings, 40 standard nurses were calculated. The studied hospital had 4 nursing staff shortages. The working pressure ratio is 0.91in this study. Conclusion: In the current study, the nursing staff shortage is observed and this shortage caused a high working pressure on the nurses working in the study area. Considering the vital role of nurses in the emergency department, it is recommended to employ and distribute the manpower based on the requirement and workload in the department.http://jebhpme.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-255-en.htmlnurseworkloademergency department |
| spellingShingle | Sima Rafiei Rafat Mohebbifar Amir Mohammad Kazemifar Mahshad Shakuna Estimating Bed Requirements for Emergency Wards of Qazvin Teaching Hospitals by 2021: Dynamic Systems Modeling Journal of Evidence Based Health Policy, Management & Economics nurse workload emergency department |
| title | Estimating Bed Requirements for Emergency Wards of Qazvin Teaching Hospitals by 2021: Dynamic Systems Modeling |
| title_full | Estimating Bed Requirements for Emergency Wards of Qazvin Teaching Hospitals by 2021: Dynamic Systems Modeling |
| title_fullStr | Estimating Bed Requirements for Emergency Wards of Qazvin Teaching Hospitals by 2021: Dynamic Systems Modeling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimating Bed Requirements for Emergency Wards of Qazvin Teaching Hospitals by 2021: Dynamic Systems Modeling |
| title_short | Estimating Bed Requirements for Emergency Wards of Qazvin Teaching Hospitals by 2021: Dynamic Systems Modeling |
| title_sort | estimating bed requirements for emergency wards of qazvin teaching hospitals by 2021 dynamic systems modeling |
| topic | nurse workload emergency department |
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