Increasing value-adding patient care by applying a modified TCAB program.

Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate a development process aimed at increasing registered nurses' (RNs) working time use in value-adding patient care by applying a modified Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) program at inpatient units of two tertiary hospitals. Design/methodology/approach Basic data for the development process were collected on RNs' working time use via external observation in 2011 (RNs = 113). Nursing work was redesigned and implemented by 12 multi-professional teams during 2012-2013.

Improving the quality of registered nurses' working time use data.

Aims And Objectives: To examine the advantages and disadvantages of external observation and self-reporting methods in investigating registered nurses' working time use in order to improve the quality of working time use data.

Background: External observation and self-reporting methods are the most widely used approaches for studying nurses' working time use in observational work sampling studies, but there is scarce information of the data collection procedures and results in the same research context and in the same study.

Design: A cross-sectional quantitative study with a structured data collection instrument developed for this study.

Nurses' working time use - how value adding it is?

Aim: To investigate registered nurses' (RN) and licensed practical nurses' (LPN) working time use in adult inpatient units.

Background: There is only scarce information about value-adding patient care. Nursing care can be divided into three major categories: value-adding care (direct care, indirect care, patient documentation), necessary activities (indirect work, unit-related work) and non-value-adding work (personal time, miscellaneous work).