Proportion of time and average time per work task category
| Work task categories | Percentage of total observed time* | No of task events |
| N=12645 min (95% CI) | N=9588 | |
| Direct care | 28.6 (26.4 to 30.8) | 1192 |
| Indirect care | 25.7 (24.4 to 26.9) | 2248 |
| Professional communication | 24.2 (22.9 to 25.4) | 3204 |
| Documentation | 13.3 (12.2 to 14.4) | 929 |
| Social activities | 5.7 (4.8 to 6.6) | 537 |
| Combined medication tasks | 5.0 (4.4 to 5.6) | 500 |
| In transit | 3.2 (2.7 to 3.6) | 589 |
| Discharge summary documentation | 2.7 (2.1 to 3.3) | 116 |
| Administrative tasks | 2.3 (1.5 to 3.0) | 118 |
| Supervision/education | 1.7 (1.9 to 2.4) | 61 |
| Searching for x-ray/scan | 0.3 (0.2-0.4) | 41 |
| Answering pager | 0.1 (0.1 to 0.2) | 21 |
| Searching for medical record | 0.1 (0.1 to 0.2) | 32 |
↵* Percentages do not add to 100, as some tasks were undertaken at the same time (multitasking).