Patient safety, quality of care and missed nursing care at a cardiology department during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Nurs Open
; 9(1): 385-393, 2022 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1437068
ABSTRACT
AIM:
Toâ¯evaluate missed nursing care and patient safety during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic at in-patient cardiology wards.DESIGN:
A cross-sectional design with a comparative approach.METHOD:
Registered nurses and nurse assistants at a cardiology department were invited to answer the MISSCARE Survey-Swedish version, and questions on patient safety and quality of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were compared with a reference sample.RESULTS:
A total of 43 registered nurses and nurse assistants in the COVID-19 sample and 59 in the reference sample participated. The COVID-19 sample reported significantly more overtime hours and more absence from work due to illness in comparison with the reference sample. The patient safety and quality of care were perceived significantly worse, 76.7% (N = 33) versus 94.7% (N = 54), and 85.7% (N = 36) versus 98.3% (N = 58, respectively. The COVID-19 sample reported more missed nursing care in wound care and in basic nursing.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cardiology
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COVID-19
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Nurs Open
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Nop2.1076
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