OBJECTIVE: To develop an instrument to measure the time spent by nursing staff in interventions performed in diagnostic imaging centers. METHODS: Cross-sectional study conducted in private general hospital, according to these steps: A) Identification of nursing activities through literature review and field observation. B) Crossed-mapping of the activities identified in nursing interventions, according to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). C) Validation of interventions. D) Pilot-test with instrument's utilization, with work-sampling technique. RESULTS: Were validated by the judges 92 nursing activities corresponding to 32 interventions NIC.. These interventions were most frequent: Assistance in exams, Documentation, Case Management, follow-up by telephone, care in the admission and exchange of information on health care. CONCLUSION: The instrument proposed for measurement of job's nursing time, based on nursing interventions on CDI, was validated and is available for use.
Nursing; Nursing staff; Workload; Radiology department, hospital; Nursing administration research
