Nursing Work System
Uploaded by
ScribdTranslationsNursing Work System
Uploaded by
ScribdTranslationsWORK SYSTEM
Comprehensive assignment work system: One person performs all functions and activities focused on service provision comprehensively.
a service.
Functional work system: division of labor by functions. Advantages: streamline work routine.
Mixed work system: Uses the integral and the functional.
JOB ANALYSIS
It is the scientific study and definition of all the circumstances that occur in a position. A position is the job description that must be performed and
the skills to carry it out efficiently and effectively.
OBJECTIVES:
Improve work systems and define functions.
Guide the distribution and selection of personnel.
JOB ANALYSIS
CONCEPT:
Document that precisely establishes the functions and activities of a position, along with the necessary requirements and skills for execution:
OBJECTIVES:
improve the work systems.
Guide the distribution and selection of personnel.
To support the organizational charts
Serve as a tool to delineate functions.
WHO DRAFTS JOB ANALYSIS:
A committee made up of legal counsel, a union representative, and representatives from each hierarchical level of the department or service in question.
it's about.
PREPARATION OF THE JOB ANALYSIS
JOB IDENTIFICATION:
Job characteristic.
Job title Job Objectives Category
Immediate boss Subordinates Attention
Coordination Communication Location
2.-GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
General and brief definition of the position.
3.-SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION: Detailed description of functions and activities of the position (technical, administrative, teaching, research,
Financial, Teachers, Research) and their frequency (Daily, Weekly, Occasional, Extraordinary.)
4.-JOB REQUIREMENTS: Personal requirements that must be met by those applying for the position; age, gender, academic background, experience,
examines media, psychological, and knowledge.
5.-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Quality for the position such as conflict resolution ability, decision making, leadership, creativity,
honesty, loyalty, etc.
Nursing Staff Calculations
WORKFORCE:
Amount of human resources available for the completion of a specific job, generally estimated in man-hours.
NURSE - PATIENT INDICATOR OR INDEX:
This indicator is the basis for calculating nursing staff in hospitalization. It corresponds to:
Sum of the time that nursing dedicates to a single patient in 24 hours.
HOW IS A NURSING INDICATOR ESTABLISHED?
The seconds, minutes, and hours add up in a calendar day that
They are intended for a single patient.
An indicator of 3.30 arises from adding the two minutes for the
greeting, those dedicated to patient care, to bed making,
preparation and administration of medications, mobilizations,
care, etc., that the staff provides to a single patient in 24
hours.
WHY DO THE INDICATORS VARY?
The indicator varies according to the patient's health status, specialty, age, level of consciousness, and degree of physical and mental limitation. That is,
if the nursing care required is intensive, intermediate, or custodial. Hence, the following times are used:
Internal Medicine and Surgery 3 Hours E - P
Pediatrics 3 to 4 Hours E - P
Premature 5 to 6 Hours E – P
*Cuneros 1.8 – 2 Hours E – P
Gynecology and Obstetrics 2.5 Hours E - P
Total staff by category
Constant 2.5
Work Systems in Nursing
INTRODUCTION
Providing care to a person involves getting to know each one of them, showing interest in them. Taking an interest
it implies, paradoxically, to take no interest in oneself, something difficult, it means entering into being, in
this case within the patient, having a personal understanding of each one, a realization of their
attitudes, aptitudes, interests and motivations, as well as their knowledge; it requires their
manifestation as a unique, authentic person, able to generate trust, serenity, security and
effective support. This then requires an effort of attention, a concentration that sometimes exhausts.
more than physical effort. But those who achieve it indulge in that game of great beauty, which if
knows how to perceive, consists of gradually discovering a being whose richness of nuances is never
just met completely. "It is precisely that mystery of being, partly known, and partly
unknown, but always ineffable, in its unity, the one that must drag and excite more and more each time
to the nursing professional.
The real and concrete action of care can transcend value and surpass it, and it is within that idea.
that the notion of values and caring actions can be contagious on an individual basis and
In a group, if sufficient conditions are given. The value of care is based on the nurse.
creative whose being is transcendent.
It can be added that there should be an underlying commitment to values and morality to care.
and a desire to do it. Among the values that the nursing professional must strive for
develop to provide excellent care, there are many.
Therefore, the nursing care system is very important to provide optimal care.
to each person.
NURSING WORK SYSTEMS
To provide nursing care, four systems are used. The purpose of these
systems is an agile exercise in nursing care for the patient. Each of them is
employee as per a the resources humans existing.
1. System of work for patient.
2. System of work functional.
3. System of work mixed.
4. System of work in team.
1.- System of work for patient.
When there are enough human resources, the chosen method is the work system.
per patient. It consists of assigning a specific number of patients to the staff, which are
classified according to the type of health problems present. Distribution among the staff of a
a determined number of patients.
As advantages of this system we have:
Comprehensive care
It promotes the nurse-patient relationship
Continuous care.
The assignment and distribution of staff is done by patients; that is, care is offered to
individualized nursing. This system is used when the goal is to provide care
integral nursing.
Its advantages consist of ensuring that nursing care is not scattered and allows it to be favorable.
nurse-patient interrelation.
Its main disadvantage is that it can only be used when there is enough staff, since a
a nurse cannot provide comprehensive care to more than 10 patients, that is why it is not
It is advisable to assign more than 10 patients to a nurse and even fewer when they are patients.
delicate
o graves.
2.- System of work for functions.
The purpose of this system is to quickly carry out urgent and routine activities.
it is recommended to apply this system for educational purposes, such as: reinforcing the learning of a
technique achieve skills y skills.
The assignment and distribution of personnel is done by functions; for example, part of the
staff is done by functions; for example, part of the staff must fulfill the routines of
service such as making the beds, bathrooms, medication administration, taking vital signs,
etc., another part of the staff is responsible for special treatments, another one for the forms of
control, among others; distributed equitably among the nurses of the service. This is
will work until exhausting the pending activities in the shift. It is used when there is a shortage of staff.
It is advisable to use this system when one wants to reinforce a technique, acquire manual skill or
when you want to streamline service routines; it is used for everyday activities.
Its most relevant disadvantages are: it depersonalizes nursing care since the patient
is attended to by different people in various aspects, prevents providing him with attention
integral and prevents the evaluation process of care.
Routine activities such as making beds, administering medications, taking vital signs
vital signs, etc. They are distributed evenly among the nursing staff of the service.
3.- Mixed work system.
It consists of assigning and distributing personnel for work by patients and functions. This system
it has some variants; for example, delicate or severe patients, infectious or contagious patients, or
with special treatments for part of the staff, and certain functions for another. It is the most
used.
It is recommended when staff in the services is insufficient and has the same training.
Its advantages consist of facilitating distribution, fostering interpersonal relationships, and not
requires the same amount of staff as the patient system, promotes teamwork and
unifies criteria for action and consequently the functioning of all personnel with
previously agreed protocols.
A disadvantage of this system is that not all patients receive nursing care.
individualized. It should be used when there is not enough staff or distribution is not possible.
per patient
Assign the work by patients and by functions.
Patients are assigned who present conditions of: delicate, severe, isolated or with
special treatments.
4.- Teamwork system.
It is one of the systems with the greatest benefits, which consists of forming work teams.
functional with professional and non-professional nurses, who are responsible for care
integral of a number of patients from their admission to their discharge.
The leadership of the group is assumed by the professional, who is directly responsible to the boss.
services, from the care provided to the patient by their team. It is necessary to know how to manage the
personal and carry out a proper delegation of functions and the corresponding authority.
The advantages of the system are:
Provides comprehensive care
It promotes interpersonal relationships between nurse and nurse and nurse and patient.
The quality of the provided care can be assessed.
Care is continuous.
The patient knows the personnel responsible for their care.
There are no disadvantages.
(2011, 01). Work Systems in Nursing. BuenasTareas.com. Retrieved 01, 2011
from http://www.buenastareas.com/essays/Work-Systems-In-
Nursing/1452175.html
