2021 Volume 41 Pages 567-572
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate quantitatively some of the fundamental characters of the Partnership Nursing System (PNS) as a nursing care delivery system.
Method: Using the mathematical model of Stochastic process we investigated the influence of the difference in the number of care delivery for patients at a time (the number of reception windows) on the number of patients waiting for nursing care (patients’ queue length). Furthermore, we investigated the care efficiency when an expert nurse and a beginner nurse provided nursing care together as a pair.
Results: The average number of patients waiting for nursing care increased about 10 times, depending on the traffic density as the number of reception windows decreased by half from two to one. This result showed that the PNS imposed severe burden on patients. Further, when an expert nurse and a beginner nurse provided nursing care together as a pair, the care efficiency decreased compared to the case of each nurse providing care alone.
Conclusion: The two structural characters of PNS made PNS disadvantage compared to the case where each nurse gave nursing care separately. It was suggested that for PNS to be effective, the possibility remains which the joint co-operation is necessary, accompanied by intense communication.
