Missed nursing care in Australia: Exploring the contributing factors

Nurses are increasingly ending their shifts with outstanding tasks and missing vital aspects of patient care. Research has indicated that this could have a detrimental effect on both nurse and patient outcomes. The connection between inadequate staffing levels and missed nursing care is well documented in the research. However, other contributing factors leading to missed nursing care remain uncertain. This scoping review seeks to identify the contributing factors to missed nursing care in an Australian context.
Source: Collegian - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research