Abstract
This study aims to validate a model to estimate the nursing workload required by trauma victims on Intensive Care Unit (ICU) discharge. This model was created in 2012 from the analysis of data from 200 trauma patients admitted to an ICU of the Hospital das Clínicas located in Sao Paulo. The model consisted of the following formula: NAS discharge = 37.171 + 0.188 (SAPS II death risk) + 0.1…