Premium
Neonatal nursing staff time involved with medication‐related activities
Author(s) -
Ridge Helen E,
While Alison E
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1995.22040623.x
Subject(s) - nursing , nursing staff , neonatal nursing , medicine , medline , psychology , pediatrics , political science , law , neonatal intensive care unit
A work sampling study involving 1920 observations derived from 48 2‐hour observation periods is described Approximately one‐tenth of neonatal nurse time was spent on medication‐related activities Just over one‐third of this time involved medication preparation It is suggested that the use of a pharmacy medication preparation service may be more cost‐effective