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 Research Article
												Demand for Nursing Care from Elderly People Hospitalised at an Intensive Care Unit 						
Author(s): Mariusz  Wysokinski, Wieslaw  Fidecki, Elzbieta  Kowalska, Robert  Slusarz, Irena  Wronska, Kornelia  Kedziora-Kornatowska and Lilla  WalasMariusz  Wysokinski, Wieslaw  Fidecki, Elzbieta  Kowalska, Robert  Slusarz, Irena  Wronska, Kornelia  Kedziora-Kornatowska and Lilla  Walas             
						
												
				 Background: The work aimed at assessing the demand for nursing care from elderly patients at ICUs, based on the TISS-28 scale.
Objective: The research was based on the patients’ classification method employing the TISS-28 scale.
Methods: The investigation involved 100 assessment sheets of elderly patients staying at a randomly selected ICU in Lublin from February to April 2010.
Results: Data analysis proved elderly patients’ TISS-28 scores were highest for basic activities- 9.31 (SD-2.14), however, lower scores were reported for respiratory therapy 3.45 (SD-1.89). A general TISS-28 assessment for the whole research cohort was 23.64. This means that patients should be provided with nursing care level of one nurse per two patients per shift.
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												DOI:
												 10.4172/2167-1168.1000105 
																	  
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