Dosage of nursing interventions
The mean of total nursing hours over the mean length
of stay (3.84 ± 1.08 days) was 30 hours; the majority
of patients (55.1%) received 20–30 nursing hours in
total during their hospitalization. The average total
nursing hours per day (NHPD) was 7.78; 93.3% of
the patients received nursing care for 7–9 hours every
day.