These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Medication related nursing activities in a computerized unit dose system. A work sampling analysis.
    Author: Knoppert DC, Stroup JW, Dinel BA.
    Journal: Can J Hosp Pharm; 1984; 37(3):102-4, 107. PubMed ID: 10268246.
    Abstract:
    In planning for decentralization of Pharmacy Services a 2-month study of registered nurses was conducted using the work sampling technique. A quantitative analysis was made of the time which was spent in different medication related activities. Two floors which were thought to be representative of the hospital, a medical floor and a surgical floor, were selected. A classification of activities and a sampling form were prepared and evaluated in a 1 week pilot study. Instantaneous observations were made throughout the 24 hour day at random intervals and recorded on the sampling form. Over 9,400 observations were made. Registered nurses spent 11.39 z 0.66% (mean z SE) of their time in medication related activities.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]