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Table 2 Time documentation after intervention

From: Patient-care time allocation by nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the intensive care unit

 

Critical care

(% change)

E/M

(% change)

Procedure (% change)

Zero charge

Portion of patient-care time

(% change)

Unaccounted-for time

CVICU-1

49%

8%

2%

28%

87%

13%

 

(1%)

(3%)

(0)

 

(33%)

 

NICU-1

62%

10%

7%

8%

87%

13%

 

(6%)

(-3%)

(1%)

 

(12%)

 

NICU-2

43%

13%

2%

19%

77%

23%

 

a

a

a

 

a

 

CVICU-2

48%

8%

2%

27%

85%

15%

 

(-2%)

(2%)

(0)

 

(28%)

 

SICU

41%

19%

5%

24%

89%

11%

 

(21%)

(3%)

(2%)

 

(50%)

 

MICU-1

28%

2%

18%

40%

88%

12%

 

(19%)

(1%)

(8%)

 

(68%)

 

MICU-2

41%

7%

2%

20%

70%

30%

 

(3%)

(3%)

(1%)

 

(27%)

 

Total

47%

10%

6%

21%

84%

16%

 

(7%)

(1%)

(2%)

 

(31%)

 
  1. aData not available. Unaccounted-for time after the intervention represented duties not related to patient care, such as meals, conferences, and meetings. CVICU, cardiovascular ICU; MICU, medical ICU; NICU, neurosciences ICU; SICU, surgical ICU.
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