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Table 4 Individual usage of activity codes and variation in percentage

From: How do school nurses spend their time? A quantitative time study within Norwegian school health services

Activity *

Number of nurses using the activity code**

Number of nurses not using the activity code**

Min % ***

Max%***

SD%

Administrative tasks

104

0

6. 7

43. 5

7. 6

Consultation

104

0

1. 6

42. 3

8. 4

Collaboration school

103

1

0. 0

19. 4

3. 0

Breaks

102

2

0. 0

13. 2

2. 5

Meetings

101

3

0. 0

43. 3

6. 9

Collaboration guardians

100

4

0. 0

19. 0

3. 9

Collaboration health

99

5

0. 0

13. 6

3. 2

Travel and parking

94

10

0. 0

11. 3

2. 2

Preparation/planning

92

12

0. 0

21. 6

4. 0

Courses and studies

76

28

0. 0

42. 8

8. 1

Vaccination

76

28

0. 0

23. 5

4. 9

School environment

70

34

0. 0

12. 5

2. 6

Waiting and delays

56

48

0. 0

5. 7

1. 0

Technical problems

47

57

0. 0

3. 8

0. 7

Universal teaching

45

59

0. 0

15. 5

2. 8

Individual planning

30

74

0. 0

12. 9

1. 9

Group with pupils

22

82

0. 0

17. 8

2. 1

Group with guardians

13

91

0. 0

15. 3

2. 2

  1. *Age-determined consultations are not included as they occur only at some stages
  2. **Number of school nurses using the specific activity code or not using the code at all during the period of registration
  3. ***Min % represents the school nurses who registered the lowest percentage of usage for this specific activity code. The maximum percentage represents the school nurse that used this code the most. The individual percentages of total school nurse time used during the 10-day period were calculated