Self-assessment of Rationing and Quality of Nursing Care

Background: Nursing care rationing has been a widespread problem in everyday nursing practice for many years. Purpose: The aim of this research study was to assess the prevalence of care rationing among nurses working in Poland. Methods: The study was conducted among a population of 1310 nurses. To examine the dependencies between the sociodemographics and unfinished nursing care, the Polish adaptation of the Perceived Implicit Rationing of Nursing Care questionnaire and an investigator-developed questionnaire were used. Results: The mean level of missed care was 1.16 (SD = 0.7). The significant predictors of care rationing were associated with the quality of patient care (βstd = −.43, P
Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research