- Title
- Mental health nurses perceptions of missed nursing care in acute inpatient units : a multi-method approach
- Creator
- Joseph, Bindu; Plummer, Virginia; Cross, Wendy
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/186866
- Identifier
- vital:16968
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12990
- Identifier
- ISBN:1445-8330 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Nurses have key roles in caring for hospitalized patients. Missed nursing care can lead to adverse outcomes, from minor discomfort to patient death. Mental health nurses have a significant role in advancing knowledge and practice due to missed, delayed, or unfinished nursing care. They are identifying, escalating, and managing warning signs of mental and physical health deterioration where the risk to patients is high in terms of compromised care quality and neglect and the evidence is scant. This study aimed to examine mental health nurses’ perceptions of missed nursing care in acute mental health inpatient units in an Australian regional health service. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken using a modified Kalisch Phelan MISSCARE questionnaire and a qualitative content analysis was undertaken for narrative responses. Of 70 participants, the majority were aged 30–44 years, with >5 years of experience. The results indicated that care planning, safety audits, communication, and assessment of oral intake were perceived as care most frequently missed. Factors contributing to missed care need urgent exploration to ensure timely reduction of patient risk and enhancements to safe quality care. © 2022 The Authors. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Inc
- Relation
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing Vol. 31, no. 3 (2022), p. 697-707
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2022 The Authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 3904 Specialist studies in education; 4203 Health services and systems; 4205 Nursing; Mental health; Mental health nurses; Missed care; Nurses; Unfinished nursing care
- Full Text
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- Funder
- Open Access Funding provided by Federation University Australia
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