The authors applied an instrument of patient classification to the patients of Hall B2 of the Hospital das Clínicas deMarilia, intwo distinct periods of 1999, seeking to discover the degree of dependency of the patients in relation tonursing staff. The sample consisted of 31 patients in the first period and 35 in the second. The results showed that mostof the patients had been classified as needing minimum or intermediary care in their units of admission. Some modifications of the procedures were suggested.
Nursing administration; Patient selection; Nursing services; Nurse clinicians
