DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING ACTIVITIES MEASUREMENT METHOD WITH ULTRASOUND POSITIONING

−Investigative report in acute care ward of Showa University Hospital−

Abstract

The ultrasound positioning technology used makes it possible to collect the data of the nursing activities consecutively for one week in the respiratory disease center of the Showa University Hospital.
The total of 142 person-day and 1,464 person-hour of nursing traffic line data were collected. The nursing activities were visualized in motion picture, and the room-to-room movement patterns were visualized in network models. Analysis of the data clarified the length of stay according to place, the length of traffic line of each nursing staff. According to the nurses’ attributes, the resultant data showed the characteristic nursing activities.