Nursing workload on the day of discharge from the intensive care unit is associated with readmission.

Purpose: To verify whether there is an association between the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) on the day of discharge from the intensive care unit and readmission..

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort study of all patients admitted to the intensive care unit of Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, Brazil, who were discharged to the ward from October 2018 to December 2019.