Aim: To compare nurse work hours and nursing activities between high-staffed and low-staffed general wards to examine the effects of increased staffing on nurse workload and nursing care.
Design: A secondary analysis was conducted using cross-sectional data collected at a tertiary teaching hospital in South Korea in January 2020.
Methods: Nursing activities provided by 350 nurses were observed every 10 min during their shifts for three observation days in four high- and four low-staffed wards.