What impact does nursing care left undone have on patient outcomes? Review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2018, Pages 2248-2259

  Recio Saucedo, Alejandra ^a   Dall'Ora, Chiara ^a   Maruotti, Antonello ^a,b   Ball, Jane ^a   Briggs, Jim ^c   Meredith, Paul ^d   Redfern, Oliver C ^c   Kovacs, Caroline ^c   Prytherch, David ^c   Smith, Gary B ^e   Griffiths, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care left undone; missed care; nurse staff; patient outcomes; safe staffing levels; unfinished care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85045679769     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14058     Document Type: Review

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