Missed Nursing Care and Its Related Factors in Ardabil and Khalkhal Educational and Medical Centers in 2020

Missed nursing care includes all aspects of the partial and general care needed by the patient that has been forgotten or delayed. The aim of this study was to determine the missed care and its related factors in nurses of Ardabil and Khalkhal educational and medical centers in 2020.

The present study was a descriptive-analytical study performed on 414 nurses of Ardabil and Khalkhal educational centers who were selected by random sampling method. Data collection tools were questionnaire of Kalish missed nursing care and its related factors. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and t-test, Chi-square, Pearson correlation and Mann-Whitney tests.

The mean and standard deviation of total score of missed nursing care was 40.47± 9.68 and the highest mean score of missed care was assigned to "rotating the patient every 2 hours" and the highest mean score of related factors with missed care was "the unavailability of drugs when needed". Also, there was no statistically significant difference between the views of nurses working in two universities in missed nursing care and its related factors.

The findings of this study showed that status of missed nursing care was moderate, which can be improved by planning and principled management. Also, the unavailability of all the medicines needed by the patients was the main related factor in the missed nursing care. These medicines and equipment needed by the patients can be provided by managing financial resources. It seems that providing the drugs needed by patients will play a key role in reducing neglected care.