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NAS was used to measure the nursing workload. Data about nursing workload and nursing staff were assessed daily during November 2017. Descriptive statistics were used for the data analysis.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The majority of patients were male (61%) with a mean age of 61.9 (SD, 16.9) years and a risk of mortality of 26.2%. The mean age of the nursing staff was 41.3 (SD, 10.5) years with 10.8 (SD, 8.9) years of experience in the ICU. Almost 40% were critical care nurses, and 35.7% were registered nurses. The mean NAS (3691 measures) was 67.7 (SD, 27.7). The patient-to-nursing staff ratio varied from 0.8:1 to 1.9:1. There were exceeding nursing staff hours in relation to the nursing hours required by the patients measured by NAS in 70% of the countries.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The majority of the ICUs presented a high nursing workload and experienced nursing staff and were exceeding nursing staff hours according to the nursing workload in most countries. 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