Care quality and safety in long-term aged care settings: a systematic review and narrative analysis of missed care measurements.
Wang X, Rihari‐Thomas J, Bail K, et al. Care quality and safety in long‐term aged care settings: a systematic review and narrative analysis of missed care measurements. J Adv Nurs. 2024;Epub Aug 2. doi:10.1111/jan.16358.
Missed nursing care can lead to lower quality of care and threaten patient safety. This systematic review including 24 articles evaluated methods for measuring missed nursing care in long-term aged care (LTAC) settings. The authors concluded that existing tools are inconsistently applied and lack strong methodologic verification; additional research to develop standardized, validated tools is needed.