ICU Nurses' Perspectives on a Nursing Workload Dashboard

Nurses' Perspectives on the Implementation of a Nursing Workload Dashboard in the Intensive Care Unit

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07173218

Enrollment

Registered

2025-09-15

Start date

2025-10-01

Completion date

2026-02-01

Last updated

2025-09-15

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Conditions

Nursing Workload

Keywords

Acceptance, Appropriateness, Feasibility, Nursing workload, Dashboard, Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Brief summary

Increasing patient complexity, staffing shortages, and administrative burdens have intensified nurses' workloads, contributing to burnout and reduced job satisfaction. These challenges were particularly evident in the intensive care units (ICU) during the COVID-19 outbreak. With the growing healthcare demand in front of us, it is essential to understand and manage perceived workload effectively to maintain high-quality care and promote staff well-being. A real-time overview of nursing workload may facilitate the identification of patients requiring additional support and enable more effective distribution of workload among nurses during shifts. A dashboard has therefore been developed for use in the ICU to provide an overview of the patients at the unit and their corresponding nursing workload. To assess whether this dashboard is fit for purpose, this study aims to evaluate nurses' perspectives on its implementation, focusing on acceptance, adoptability, appropriateness, and fidelity. Additionally, the model for the calculation of the nursing workload will be assessed in terms of its alignment with ICU nurses' perceived workload and its potential for automation with artificial intelligence (AI).

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Inclusion criteria

* An ICU nurse within the Erasmus Medical Center * Informed-consent is signed by the ICU nurse before the interview and survey

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Implementation outcomes acceptance, adoptability, appropriateness and fidelity	1 and 3 months after implementation	The mean scores and standard deviations of the 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = undecided, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree) closed-ended questions of the survey on the nurses' perspectives will be calculated.

Outcome results