Table 3. Proportion of nurse-reported unmet nursing care and adverse events across hospitals (n = 168).
Variable | Mean (SD) | Range | Nurses (%) n = 10,184 |
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Unmet nursing care | |||
Develop or update nursing care plans | 41.0 (13.0) | 8.0–74.0 | |
Comfort/talk with patients | 40.0 (10.0) | 7.0–69.0 | |
Back rubs and skin care | 30.0 (13.0) | 0.0–69.0 | |
Teach patients or family | 29.0 (11.0) | 0.0–67.0 | |
Adequately document nursing care | 22.0 (9.0) | 0.0–42.0 | |
Oral hygiene | 20.0 (10.0) | 0.0–66.0 | |
Prepare patients and families for discharge | 12.0 (6.0) | 0.0–26.0 | |
Unmet nursing care needs composite* | 1.9 (0.5) | 0.2–3.5 | |
Adverse events | |||
Patient received wrong medication or dose† | 15.0 (8.0) | 0.0–64.0 | |
Never | 3815 (38.1) | ||
Rarely | 4714 (47.1) | ||
Occasionally | 1390 (13.9) | ||
Frequently | 92 (0.9) | ||
Nosocomial infections† | 31.0 (12.0) | 0.0–59.0 | |
Never | 2439 (24.7) | ||
Rarely | 4053 (41.0) | ||
Occasionally | 2766 (28.0) | ||
Frequently | 617 (6.3) | ||
Patient falls with injury† | 20.0 (10.0) | 0.0–55.0 | |
Never | 4602 (46.0) | ||
Rarely | 3467 (34.7) | ||
Occasionally | 1679 (16.8) | ||
Frequently | 252 (2.5) |
The distribution of each unmet care needs is based on the proportion of nurses reporting leaving the care need(s) undone.
The unmet nursing care needs composite was derived from the aggregate average sum of unmet nursing care needs.
Proportion of nurses who reported occasionally or frequently about medication errors, nosocomial infections and patient falls. Nurses may not add to n = 10,184 because of missing data.