Fawaz Abdullah Alshehri, Tracy Levett-Jones, Jacqui Pich
Nursing students' knowledge of and attitudes towards pain management: An integrative review
Nurse education today
health system performance depends availability accessibility acceptability quality health workforces policymakers seek whether number nurses optimally matched based patients needs study aimed assess workforce stock workload activities activity standards workload pressure determine number required nurses different types hospitals iran study applied workload indicators staffing needs wisns method conducted 22 surgical internal medicine wards five hospitals southwest iran six months timemotion study several group discussions interviews used extract required data descriptive statistics used data analysis selected hospitals faced nursing shortages highest shortage 47 workload pressure wisn ratio 045 observed generaleducational hospitals specialized hospitals workload pressure high wisn ratio 049 lowest shortage belonged private hospital based assessment hospitals nurses typically worked overtime due high workload studied hospitals covered average 25 shortage nursing overtime working noted nurses predominantly occupied health service supportive activities 90 time based wisn method hospitals faced nursing shortages moderate high however would essential consider current labor market analysis based accurate data adopt appropriate policies hrh planning