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The aim of the present study was to develop a comprehensive understanding of the concept ‘workload’ within the nursing profession in order to arrive at a clear definition of nursing workload based on the evidence in existing literature.

Nursing workload is a common term used in the health literature, but often without specification of its exact meaning. Concept clarification is needed to delineate the meaning of the term ‘nursing workload’.

A concept analysis was conducted using Walker and Avant's method to clarify the defining attributes of nursing workload. As the subject matter was nursing focused, only one database was searched, the Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). Articles that did not use ‘workload’ in the title or abstract were excluded. A model case, contrary case, related case and empirical referents were constructed to clarify the concept and to …