Missed nursing care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative observational study.

Ann‐Christin von Vogelsang; Katarina E. Göransson; Ann‐Charlotte Falk; Carolin Nymark

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Missed nursing care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative observational study.

July 21, 2021

von Vogelsang A‐C, Göransson KE, Falk A‐C, et al. J Nurs Manag. 2021;29(8):2343-2352.

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Incomplete nursing care can be detrimental to care quality and patient safety. This cross-sectional survey of nurses in Sweden at one acute care hospital did not identify significant differences in missed nursing care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors posit that these results may be attributed to maintaining nurse-patient ratios, sufficient nursing skill mix, and patient mix.

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