Multicentre cross-sectional study to assess nursing workload in Belgian emergency departments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive workload in emergency departments (ED) negatively affects patient safety, often leading to missed critical tasks due to time constraints. The Workload Assessment of Nurses on Emergency (WANE) scale developed in Belgium offers a detailed measurement of nursing workload, but its complexity makes it hard to use in practice. Our study aims to find a simpler method for assessing nursing workload in EDs.

Methods

A multicentre cross-sectional study was performed in four Belgian EDs between September 2022 and March 2023. Nursing workload was assessed using the WANE scale in each hospital, during 4-hour time periods. The associations between WANE scores, and nurses' subjective workload assessment, number of patients, patient triage levels, post-triage destination

SUBMITTER: Ganty T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12229054 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature