
doi: 10.1111/jonm.12972
pmid: 32026529
To identify evidence of good practice interventions aimed at reducing unfinished nursing care in the hospital context.Unfinished nursing care is a common problem related to nursing practice, essentially due to time scarcity. There is not much research on how to deal with it and on how to develop good practices that can mitigate the unfinished nursing care.This study is an integrative review of the literature. After searching databases, we selected seven articles that met the inclusion criteria.To mitigate unfinished nursing care, the following good practices were identified: adequacy of human resources, nurse-to-patient ratio and workload distribution; improvement of the working environment with increased teamwork; and effective communication among all health professionals.An adequate number of nurses can ensure the timely provision of care and mitigate unfinished nursing care. Efficient communication between the multi-professional team, as well as recognition of professional merit, personal and organisational accountability, also contributes to mitigate unfinished nursing care.Health organisations should staff their units adequately and ensure a well-balanced workload distribution, and promote healthy work environments that foster personal accountability, adequate communication between all professionals and recognition of professional merit.
Health Personnel, Workforce, Humans, Nursing Care, Workload
Health Personnel, Workforce, Humans, Nursing Care, Workload
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 16 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Top 10% | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Top 10% |
