Missed nursing care and quality of care: an integrative literature review

Abstract

Introduction: The missed nursing care is designated as a failure to provide nursing care, in whole or in part, in which there are direct implications for the patient. Objective: Evaluate the causes and consequences attributed to missed nursing care, in a hospital context. Method: This is a literature integrative review through a bibliographic survey. Results: Presentation of three missed nursing care characteristics: nature of missed nursing care, factors of influence of missed nursing care and consequences of missed nursing care. Conclusions: The missed nursing care is especially pertinent when it’s responsible for conducting nursing care failure rates. It is necessary to think about these issues in a holistic way, in order to be able to guide our practice towards what is its maximum principle that will be Health gains and patient satisfaction.