Missed nursing care: a concept analysis.

Beatrice J Kalisch; Gay L Landstrom; Ada Sue Hinshaw

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Missed nursing care: a concept analysis.

July 8, 2009

Kalisch BJ, Landstrom GL, Hinshaw AS. J Adv Nurs. 2009;65(7):1509-17.

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The authors analyze the concept that missed nursing care is an error of omission, identify root causes, and discuss the consequences of failures.

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