Table 1 Sample size (the number of records) needed to determine the final standard time of nursing care from patients by type of ward and hospital
Ward/bed | Sample size (number) | Ward/bed | Sample size (number) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Educational hospital | Non-educational hospital | Educational hospital | Non-educational hospital | ||
General surgery | 71 | 57 | Cardiology | 71 | 76 |
Ear, nose, and throat | 60 | 55 | Infectious diseases | 72 | 59 |
Orthopedic | 77 | 70 | Pediatric | 73 | 57 |
Brain and neurosurgery | 97 | 67 | Psychiatric | 68 | NA |
Gynecology and obstetrics | 77 | 75 | Pediatric psychiatric | 63 | NA |
Urology | 62 | 50 | Infant | 77 | 70 |
Eye surgery | 66 | NA | Post angiography | 82 | NA |
Corneal transplantation | 60 | NA | Dermatology | 66 | NA |
Open heart | 71 | NA | Burn | 56 | NA |
Oral and maxillofacial surgery | 74 | NA | Gastroenterology | 83 | NA |
Kidney transplantation | 77 | NA | Lung | 56 | NA |
Liver transplantation | 64 | NA | Rheumatology | 70 | NA |
Bone marrow transplantation | 12 | NA | Toxicology | 76 | NA |
Plastic surgery | 64 | NA | Pediatric kidney | 55 | NA |
CCU | 64 | 79 | Pediatric oncology and hematology | 64 | NA |
ICU | 78 | 54 | Pediatric surgery | 66 | NA |
NICU | 65 | 50 | Pediatric gastroenterology | 60 | NA |
Burn ICU | 77 | NA | Pediatric neurology | 72 | NA |
PICU | 87 | NA | Hematology | 54 | NA |
Non-surgery ICU | 73 | NA | Immunology | 50 | NA |
Surgery ICU | 70 | NA | Oncology | 59 | NA |
Open heart ICU | 72 | NA | Cardiovascular surgery | 85 | NA |
Neurology | 72 | 86 | Thorax surgery | 75 | NA |
General medical | 66 | 72 | Endocrinology | 64 | NA |
Nephrology | 53 | NA | – | – | – |