What do hospital doctors and nurses think wastes their time?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

With regard to limitation in national budget, the relevant authorities of healthcare and treatment throughout the globe are seeking the use of available resources in a way that no wastage of money or time-which is, of course, convertible to money-is acceptable. This study sought the opinions of hospital doctors and nurses on those activities at work that wasted their time.

Methods

A questionnaire designed to identify activities that waste time during hospital care was completed based on the review of previous studies and including hospital wastes items. The authors designed a questionnaire, which was filled out by 209 nurses and 30 doctors in the surgery wards in hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS). The items for time wasting activi

SUBMITTER: Bagheri Lankarani K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6503588 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature