Nurses' personality traits and decision-making as factors related to missed nursing care: a structural equation modeling approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Missed nursing care (MNC) has compromised the quality of care provided, and patient safety and well-being. Given that internal aspects of nurses, such as personality traits and decision-making processes, influence the provision of care, this study aims to analyze the influence of nurses' personality traits and decision-making on MNC.

Methods

Quantitative cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study. A convenience sample of 296 nurses completed a questionnaire developed for this study consisting of the European Portuguese versions of the MISSCARE Survey, the Nursing Decision-Making Instrument (NDMI-PT), and the Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI-P). Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the association between MNC, MNC-related factors, and nurses' d

SUBMITTER: Paiva ICS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12288311 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature