Errors of Omission: How Missed Nursing Care Imperils Patients

What is missed nursing care? Simply put, missed nursing care is standard required nursing care that is left undone-- errors of omission. Missed nursing care has critical implications for patient safety and quality of care and this book, Errors of Omission: How Missed Nursing Care Imperils Patients, is the first of its kind to take a holistic look at the subject. Errors of Omission: How Missed Nursing Care Imperils Patients is a comprehensive review of the most current research, exploring the how and why of missed nursing care and giving nurses strategies you can use to decrease missed nursing care. In Errors of Omission, you will learn critical information about: •The level and type of missed nursing care •Reasons for missed nursing care •Cognitive factors (e.g. morale distress, compassion fatigue, biases) that lead to missed care •Reports from international studies in such countries as Italy, Turkey, Iceland, Australia, and South Korea •How patients are affected (patient reports of missed nursing care and how that is linked to patient outcomes) •The impact of missed nursing care on nursing staff teamwork, job satisfaction, and turnover •The impact missed nursing care has on staffing levels, culture, and organizational leadership •How to use technological strategies and teamwork interventions to reduce the instances of missed nursing care •And much more! Nurses who care for patients in any care setting, as well as educators, students, and administrators will find Errors of Omission: How Missed Nursing Care Imperils Patients to be an invaluable resource in understanding how missed nursing care impacts patients and learning how to prevent it.