Mean nursing care index and proportion of babies with adequate nursing care delivered
| Mean (SD) nursing care index | Proportion of babies with adequate nursing care delivered (NCI≥80%) | |||
| Overall | Nursing/clinical tasks | Documentation tasks | n/N (%) | |
| Shift of observation | ||||
| Weekday day | 61.9 (57.4–66.3) | 63.6 (59.4–67.9) | 57.5 (49.9–65.2) | 9/59 (15.3) |
| Weekday night | 58.5 (53.6–63.4) | 58.1 (52.4–63.9) | 59.3 (54.4–64.2) | 6/54 (11.1) |
| Weekend day | 62.9 (58.1–67.7) | 64.1 (58.9–69.4) | 59.9 (53.9–65.9) | 7/50 (14.0) |
| Weekend night | 58.2 (52.9–63.5) | 59.6 (54.0–65.3) | 54.5 (48.2–60.7) | 9/53 (17.0) |
| Neonatal care category | ||||
| A (severe illness) | 63.3 (58.8–67.8) | 61.2 (56.3–66.0) | 67.8 (62.4–73.2) | 16/69 (23.2) |
| B (moderate severity) | 60.0 (55.8–64.3) | 61.6 (56.8–66.3) | 55.6 (50.6–60.7) | 12/75 (16.0) |
| C (stable) | 57.9 (54.2–61.7) | 61.5 (57.6–65.3) | 50.4 (45.1–55.6) | 3/72 (4.2) |
| Baby:nurse ratio | ||||
| 1–3 babies/nurse | 72.9 (69.8–75.9) | 73.7 (70.2–77.3) | 71.3 (67.4–75.1) | 27/84 (32.1) |
| 4–11 babies/nurse | 61.1 (57.3–64.9) | 62.1 (58.1–66.1) | 59.1 (52.8–65.3) | 3/50 (6.0) |
| ≥12 babies/nurse | 47.0 (43.9–50.1) | 48.4 (44.9–51.8) | 43.0 (38.5–47.4) | 1/81 (1.2) |
| Sector | ||||
| Mission | 64.8 (61.5–68.0) | 65.2 (61.6–68.9) | 64.0 (59.7–68.2) | 9/72 (12.5) |
| Private | 73.9 (71.2–76.6) | 74.6 (71.2–78.0) | 72.7 (69.8–75.7) | 22/72 (30.6) |
| Public | 42.4 (40.0–44.8) | 44.4 (41.3–47.4) | 36.6 (31.8–41.5) | 0/72 (0.0) |
NCI, nursing care index.