Clarinda Takito

CÁLCULO DE PESSOAL DE ENFERMAGEM: COMPETENCIA DA ENFERMEIRA

The authors analyse the problem faced by the Nursing Service of a hospital when budgeting nursing personnel for patient care. They refer that the hospitals, at first, may use prestablished calculation in the literature, but they emphasize that later on, the estimatis must be corrected by their observation of the daily number of hours of care required by the patient in that particular situation and other local factors which interfere with nursing assistance.

Cálculo de pessoal de enfermagem: competência da enfermeira

The authors analyze the problem faced by administration of the Nursing sector of a hospital, in terms of number of personnel. They emphasize that, if estimating formulae are used, these points must be considered: quality of assistance intended, assistance needed by the patients and characteristics of the Institution. Each hospital may use pre-establised formulae, in a first phase, but, depending on the percentage of care requerid by the patients and the general changes that may interfere with the assistance, this calculation must be remade. The purpose of this work, in a modest way, is to provide data, making use of real examples, sothat nurses are able to discuss with the administration or other sectors that may interfere with the Nursing area-about the estimating of the Nursing personel, which is their attribution

Universidade aberta e sua aplicabilidade na Enfermagem

The article covers aspects of a educational system, called Open University, which began in England in 1963. Its structure, organization and evaluation are presented, as well as some attempts to implement the methodology in Brazil. The authors suggest that the idea behind the Open University - dissemination of knowledge - should be incorporated by nurses, in order to encourage them towards continuing education, and indicate some organizations through which such programs could be known and extended throughout the country.