Rúbia Marcela Rodrigues Moraes, Ana Caroline de Lara, Eduardo Cardoso Remedio, M. A. Gaíva, Mozara Mota Gentilini, João Luca Campos de Oliveira, A. Magalhães
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ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the implementation of the Patient Classification System and the dimensioning of the nursing staff in a pediatric inpatient unit. Method: a descriptive, cross-sectional, and retrospective study, carried out at a university hospital in the Midwest of Brazil. After the implementation of the Pediatric Patient Classification System, we compiled data from the classifications of the level of care complexity (N=4,639) among patients (n=608) admitted from January to December 2019. Descriptive statistical analysis was employed, including proprietary methodology for staff sizing. Results: there was a prevalence of intermediate care patients. According to the staff dimensioning, there was a surplus (+10) of mid-level workers, and the projected number of nurses (six) was compatible with the available number. Conclusion: the strategic implementation/employment of the Patient Classification System was indispensable for the pediatric nursing staffing forecast, considering that the staffing surplus found should be appreciated with caution.
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The Journal Cogitare Nursing is a publication of the Department of the Federal University of Parana Nursing, and had its first edition published in 1996. Disponível since 2015 only in the electronic version with circulation bases, directories, and national and international portals. Fully publishes articles in Portuguese and English version. It is intended to publish original research articles, review, experience report / case and free communication, health care, especially nursing. It is a magazine which adopts continuous flow system ( rolling pressure ). The evaluation process adopted is the peer review ( peer review ), consisting of two external peer reviewers designated according to the theme and the focus of the article.