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Background: Nursing workload and cost of nursing care are considered two important concepts of management. The art of decreasing nursing workload and the cost of nursing care requires creative ways to make
nurses use their time effectively and provide effective nursing care with less cost. Aim: The aim of the study is to determine the nursing workload and the cost of nursing care at Mansoura Emergency Hospital. Design: Crosssectional analytical design was conducted at all general surgical and all general orthopedic units at Mansoura Emergency Hospital. Methods: The data was collected from 46 nurses working at the studied units and 143 patients
already hospitalized at the studied units during the time of the study. Three types of tools were used for data collection include: Patient Assessment Sheet, Nursing Activity Observation Study Sheet, and Personal Monetary
Sheet. Results: indicates that there is a highly significant positive correlation between nursing workload and cost of nursing care. That means the highly the workload is the highly the cost of nursing care.
[Wessam A. Elsayed, Wafaa F. Sleem and Neamat M. Elsayed Nursing Workload and the Cost of Nursing Care at Mansoura Emergency Hospital] Journal of American Science 2012; 8(2):152-159]. (ISSN: 1545-1003).
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