Prevalence, patterns and predictors of nursing care left undone in European hospitals: results from the multicountry cross-sectional RN4CAST study.

Dietmar Ausserhofer; Britta Zander; Reinhard Busse; Maria Schubert; Sabina De Geest; Anne Marie Rafferty; Jane E Ball; Anne Scott; Juha Kinnunen; Maud Heinen; Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne; Teresa Moreno-Casbas; Maria Kózka; Rikard Lindqvist; Marianna Diomidous; Luk Bruyneel; Walter Sermeus; Linda H Aiken; René Schwendimann; RN4Cast Consortium

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Prevalence, patterns and predictors of nursing care left undone in European hospitals: results from the multicountry cross-sectional RN4CAST study.

January 22, 2014

Ausserhofer D, Zander B, Busse R, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(2):126-35.

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Nurses are frequently forced to prioritize tasks during busy shifts, leading to some nursing care being left undone. In this multinational European study, nurses most frequently omitted time-intensive but critical practices such as talking with, educating, and providing comfort for patients.

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