Care left undone during nursing shifts: Associations with workload and perceived quality of care

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-125

  Ball, Jane E ^a   Murrells, Trevor ^a   Rafferty, Anne Marie ^a   Morrow, Elizabeth ^a   Griffiths, Peter ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARE LEFT UNDONE; COMFORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING CARE PLAN; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF NURSING CARE; REGISTERED NURSE; SURGICAL WARD; TIME; WARD; WORKLOAD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84889633475     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001767     Document Type: Article

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