The frequency and reasons for missed nursing care in Australian perioperative nurses: A national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe Australian perioperative nurses' reported frequency and reasons for missed nursing care in the operating room.

Design

Cross-sectional online survey conducted in March-April 2022.

Methods

A census of Australian perioperative nurses who were members of a national professional body were invited to complete a survey that focussed on their reported frequency of missed nursing care and the reasons for missed nursing care in the operating room using the MISSCare Survey OR.

Results

In all, 612 perioperative nurses completed the survey. The perioperative and intraoperative nursing care tasks reported as most frequently missed included time-intensive tasks and communication with multiple surgical team members present. The most frequently reported reasons

SUBMITTER: Gillespie BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11808437 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature