Understanding missed care: Definitions, measures, conceptualizations, evidence, prevalence, and challenges

Terry Jones, Anat Drach-Zahavy, Walter Sermeus, Eileen Willis, Renata Zelenikova

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Abstract

The problem of patients not receiving the full complement of nursing services is recognized around the globe and is highly prevalent across practice settings. The phenomenon was originally associated with health-care rationing and consequently remains an emotionally charged issue within the nursing community. Multiple terms are now used interchangeably as labels for this phenomenon which we call missed care. Drawing from a robust review of the literature, we examine the concept of missed care in the context of multiple theoretical paradigms to provide readers with a deeper understanding of how missed care develops and what the outcomes are. We also will review the empirical evidence related to the translation, interpretation, and preference of related terminology. Finally, we will review the empirical evidence related to the prevalence, antecedents, and associated outcomes of missed care.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationImpacts of Rationing and Missed Nursing Care
Subtitle of host publicationChallenges and Solutions: RANCARE Action
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages9-47
Number of pages39
ISBN (Electronic)9783030710736
ISBN (Print)9783030710729
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jun 2021

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021.

Keywords

  • Care left undone
  • Failure to maintain
  • Implicitly Rationed Nursing Care
  • Missed nursing care
  • Priority Setting
  • Underuse
  • Unfinished nursing care

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nursing (all)

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