Katarina Edfeldt, Lena Nyholm, Eva Jangland, Anna-Karin Gunnarsson, Camilla Fröjd, Anna Hauffman
BACKGROUND: Missed nursing care occurs globally, and the consequences are severe for the patients when fundamental care needs are not fulfilled, nor delivered in a person-centred way. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence and cause of missed nursing care, and the relationship between registered nurses' and nursing assistants' perceptions of missed nursing care, in a surgical care context. METHODS: A quantitative study was performed using the MISSCARE survey, measuring missed nursing care and associated reasons, in three surgical wards with registered nurses and nursing assistants as the participants (n = 118), during May-November in 2022...
April 7, 2024: BMC Nursing