Antecedents of unfinished nursing care: a systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unfinished Nursing Care (UNC) concept, that express the condition when nurses are forced to delay or omit required nursing care, has been largely investigated as tasks left undone, missed care, and implicit rationing of nursing care. However, no summary of the available evidence regarding UNC antecedents has been published. The aim of this study is to identify and summarise antecedents of UNC as documented in primary studies to date.

Methods

A systematic review according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines was conducted. MEDLINE, CINAHL, SCOPUS, and PROSPERO databases were searched for quantitative studies reporting the relationships between antecedents and UNC published after 2004 up to 21 January 2020. The referen

SUBMITTER: Chiappinotto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9195215 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature