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

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-135

  Ausserhofer, Dietmar ^a   Zander, Britta ^b   Busse, Reinhard ^b   Schubert, Maria ^c   Geest, Sabina De ^a,d   Rafferty, Anne Marie ^e   Ball, Jane ^e   Scott, Anne ^f   Kinnunen, Juha ^g   Heinen, Maud ^h   Sjetne, Ingeborg Stromseng ⁱ   Moreno Casbas, Teresa ^j   Kózka, Maria ^k   Lindqvist, Rikard ^l   Diomidous, Marianna ^m   Bruyneel, Luk ^d   Sermeus, Walter ^d   Aiken, Linda H ⁿ   Schwendimann, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^j INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^k JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^l Med Cent   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING CARE; NURSING CARE PLAN; NURSING EDUCATION; OPEN HEART SURGERY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; WALKING;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; WALKING;

EID: 84892608808     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002318     Document Type: Article

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