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Rev Gaucha Enferm. 1999 Jul;20(2):65-76.

[Absenteeism as a variable in human resource planning in nursing].

Revista gaucha de enfermagem

[Article in Portuguese]
I C Echer, G M Moura, A M Magalhães, R Piovesan

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  1. Escola de Enfermagem, UFRGS. [email protected]

PMID: 11998107

Abstract

The study of absenteeism in Nursing is an important item that subsizes planning and adjusting human resources, regarding the continuity of nursing labor 24 hours a day in a hospital. Absenteeism is the absence from work at moments workers should be regularly executing their duties. We identified an absenteeism rate and also characterized the kinds of absences from work among nursing personel in surgical wards of a University Hospital. This investigative study had a quantitave, qualitative and retrospective aspect. Data were obtained from January to December of 1998. Results showed 29.63% of absences on that period. This total is composed by 23.28% of predictable absences and 6.35% of non-predictable absences as an index of calculated absenteeism.

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