Educating nurses on prioritization: insights from a mixed-methods study on unfinished nursing care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several factors increasing or minimizing the occurrence of Unfinished Nursing Care (UNC) have been documented to date. However, evidence available suggests a sort of stability in the decision-making patterns influencing the occurrence of UNC indicating the need to deepen the underlying criteria also to inform changes in nursing education.

Methods

A sequential, explanatory, mixed-methods study design was performed including a cross-sectional survey and a qualitative descriptive study. The quantitative phase consisted of a national survey involving 15 hospitals, 110 units, and 1,977 nurses invited to complete the Unfinished Nursing Care Survey (from 1 'never' to 5 'always unfinished'). A subsequent qualitative phase involved three focus groups with nurses identified

SUBMITTER: Bassi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12211134 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature