Veysel TEKİN, Mustafa GÜVEN
Advances in Chronic Disease - 2025;2(2):116-129
Introduction : Conducting job analyzes of nurses is of vital importance in balancing the workload, determining task boundaries and improving the quality of health services. This study was conducted to determine the work analysis and workload of nurses. Materials and Methods: The analytical and descriptive study was conducted with 62 nurses working in the clinics of a research hospital in Turkey. Data were collected using the Introductory Information Form and the Job Analysis form. Results: In our study, in which the job description was made based on the field of service and job requirements were determined, it was determined that the workload of the nurses was high. As a result of the findings obtained from the research, the time allocated to nursing care activities took the first place by getting the most points. The time allocated to Research and Educational Activities was found to be sparse and ranked last. It was determined that the time spent by the nurses working in the intensive care units for direct care activities was higher than the nurses working in other services. In addition, it was determined that the time spent by nurses working in internal and surgical services for nursing management, paperwork, hospitalization procedures, patient coordination and education, and student guidance was higher than other units. Conclusion: In line with the result of the research; Considering that the workload negatively affects the quality of the work done, determining the workload of nurses and arranging their work environment are important steps to increase the quality of care. It is also an important factor to increase the time allocated to education and to make arrangements to balance the patient/nurse ratio . Such arrangements will support nurses to work more efficiently and provide better care to patients.
