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7987918 
Technical Report 
Nursing Care Hour Standards Study. Part I. Section A. Patient Classification System Model Development 
Sherrod, SM; Rauch, TM; Twist, PA 
1981 
182 
182 
English 
"The intent of the study was to develop an improved patient classification system which would provide a better staffing mix based on quantified direct nursing care requirements for critical care, medical/surgical, obstetric, psychiatric, neonatal, and pediatric inpatient clinical services. The study was conducted in four phases over a period of four years ending in February 1981. Phase One addressed the development of the direct nursing care activities tasking document; Phase Two established the minimal essential mean tasking time for each direct nursing care activity; in Phase Three nursing activities frequency rate survey provided the documentation of the patients' need for direct care; and Phase Four addressed the development and testing of a multidimensional factor-evaluation designed patient classification system for critical care, medical/surgical, obstetric, psychiatric, neonatal, and pediatrics. (Author)" 
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