NIH R01 · 2025
Measuring NICU Nurse Practitioner Workload in Real-time to Improve Care Quality and Patient Safety
PROJECT SUMMARY High provider workload is a threat to care quality, patient safety, and providers’ well-being and job satisfaction. Workload – which lacks a universally accepted definition - is a complex multi-dimensional construct that is affected by external task demands and environmental, organizational, and psychological factors. The importance of managing high workload is nowhere more evident than in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Critically ill neonates are highly vulnerable to iatrogenic events due to their immaturity and fragility, and high clinician workload has been directly associated with increased incidence of adverse neonatal safety outcomes. Despite the evidence and…
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