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. 2024 May 7;24:592. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11054-4

Table 1.

Examples of meaning unit, condensed meaning unit, and codes

Meaning unit Condensed meaning unit Codes
There is a problem with the demand for nurses from other units. There is no control over the work of these nurses and usually, the care by the temporary workforce isn’t done properly. Lack of control over the work of nurses coming from other units and consequently the reduced quality of nursing care.

- Lack of control over the work of temporary nurses

- Doing lower quality of care by temporary nursing staff

Sometimes the unit is so crowded that we’ve to delegate some work to the nurses of the next shift. If a lot of care is left to them, their workload will be increased.

An overcrowded unit forces the nurse to delegate care to the nurses of the next shift.

Increased workload of the next shift nurses because of assigning a large number of cares to them.

- Mandatory delegation of care to the next shift nurses due to the overcrowded unit

- High workload of the shift due to the number of cares delegated by the previous shift