Effect of YES NO
insufficient RANKING
staffing
f PERCENTAG f PERCENTAGE
E
Insufficient 17 100% 0 0% 2
staffing is the
reason of
overload?
Workload 17 100% 0 0% 2
affects the
time of nurses
to attend to
their personal
needs?
Willing to help 17 100% 0 0% 2
other nurse
when needed
while you’re in-
charge?
Nurses spend 14 82% 3 18% 4
more time to
connect and to
interact with
their patients’
needs?
Insufficient 8 47% 9 53% 5
staffing leads
to error and
harm to
patients?
Insufficient 7 41% 10 59% 6
staffing leads
to higher costs
of care
problems?
High workload 6 35% 11 65% 7.5
makes it more
difficult to
nurses to
follow rules?
Find 6 35% 11 65% 7.5
inadequacy of
time in doing
your own
task?
Insufficient 5 29% 12 71% 9
staffing can
increase
nurses’
failure?

 
The table reveals the effects of insufficient staffing causes workload and affect nurses
performance. Out of 17 respondents they are answered YES, statement 1 “ staffing is the reason of
overload”, Statement 2 “ Workload affects the time of nurses to attend to their personal needs” and
Statement 3 “ Willing to help other nurse when needed while you’re in-charge “ has the highest
percentage of 100%. The statement 4 “Insufficient staffing leads to higher costs of care problems” the
total percentage of 82%. The statement 6 “Insufficient staffing leads to error and harm to patients” has
the total percentage of 47% who answered YES. Insufficient staffing leads to higher costs of care
problems has the total percentage of 41% of those who answered YES. High workload makes it more
difficult to nurses to follow rules and Find inadequacy of time in doing your own task has the same total
percentage of 35% who answered YES. Furthermore, the highest percentage of those who answered
NO is Insufficient staffing can increase nurses’ failure having the percentage of 71%.

This table implies that majority of the respondents says it can be concluded that, insufficient staffing
is the reason of overload and affect nurses performance.