Journal of Nursing & Care

Mariusz Wysokinski

Publications

• Research Article
  Demand for Nursing Care from Elderly People Hospitalised at an Intensive Care Unit
  Author(s): Mariusz Wysokinski, Wieslaw Fidecki, Elzbieta Kowalska, Robert Slusarz, Irena Wronska, Kornelia Kedziora-Kornatowska and Lilla WalasMariusz Wysokinski, Wieslaw Fidecki, Elzbieta Kowalska, Robert Slusarz, Irena Wronska, Kornelia Kedziora-Kornatowska and Lilla Walas
  
  Background: The work aimed at assessing the demand for nursing care from elderly patients at ICUs, based on the TISS-28 scale. Objective: The research was based on the patients’ classification method employing the TISS-28 scale. Methods: The investigation involved 100 assessment sheets of elderly patients staying at a randomly selected ICU in Lublin from February to April 2010. Results: Data analysis proved elderly patients’ TISS-28 scores were highest for basic activities- 9.31 (SD-2.14), however, lower scores were reported for respiratory therapy 3.45 (SD-1.89). A general TISS-28 assessment for the whole research cohort was 23.64. This means that patients should be provided with nursing care level of one nurse per two patients per shift. Conclusions: .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000105

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