Prevalence (Mean percentages and SDs) of nursing care activities left undone in European hospitals (n=488)
| BE | CH | DE | ES | FI | GR | IE | NL | NO | PL | SE | EN | 12 countries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Comfort/talk with patients | 58.7 (15.9) | 51.8 (17.1) | 81.0 (11.6) | 39.6 (10.7) | 37.2 (13.0) | 48.1 (16.7) | 68.2 (13.5) | 44.6 (12.3) | 39.1 (9.4) | 36.8 (11.0) | 44.9 (10.5) | 65.0 (7.9) | 52.6 (18.5) |
| 2. Develop or update nursing care plans/care pathways | 43.4 (11.3) | 38.3 (13.6) | 55.2 (11.3) | 46.1 (15.1) | 35.7 (13.5) | 39.8 (14.9) | 49.5 (13.4) | 37.8 (11.2) | 38.7 (11.2) | 37.6 (10.0) | 32.9 (10.6) | 46.5 (12.6) | 41.7 (13.8) |
| 3. Educating patients and families | 44.0 (12.6) | 30.9 (11.6) | 51.3 (14.0) | 48.9 (11.2) | 25.0 (11.6) | 53.7 (15.8) | 58.0 (10.5) | 25.7 (10.1) | 25.0 (6.1) | 61.0 (9.7) | 25.2 (7.4) | 52.1 (9.2) | 40.6 (17.1) |
| 4. Oral hygiene | 43.3 (12.9) | 24.1 (11.8) | 30.2 (14.3) | 47.1 (8.2) | 31.3 (14.1) | 60.6 (14.1) | 33.0 (9.1) | 23.9 (9.1) | 29.9 (10.8) | 41.5 (11.4) | 28.8 (10.2) | 28.9 (7.9) | 34.4 (14.5) |
| 5. Adequately document nursing care | 36.3 (12.5) | 19.4 (9.4) | 40.7 (13.7) | 20.9 (9.5) | 21.3 (11.0) | 37.8 (18.0) | 23.8 (9.7) | 17.9 (5.9) | 21.6 (8.2) | 19.6 (6.9) | 24.6 (9.6) | 32.9 (10.4) | 27.5 (13.2) |
| 6. Adequate patient surveillance | 28.6 (12.5) | 16.3 (10.5) | 37.7 (12.6) | 20.9 (8.9) | 27.0 (12.6) | 54.8 (12.7) | 31.2 (10.0) | 21.4 (7.4) | 26.3 (8.4) | 15.6 (5.2) | 19.9 (7.0) | 34.7 (8.4) | 27.2 (13.6) |
| 7. Planning care | 26.5 (11.8) | 19.2 (9.4) | 43.7 (12.3) | 29.5 (10.5) | 32.8 (14.7) | 42.0 (17.5) | 27.8 (9.6) | 13.7 (6.1) | 15.8 (6.3) | 38.4 (12.3) | 10.0 (4.6) | 27.8 (8.2) | 25.8 (14.9) |
| 8. Frequent changing of patient position | 31.8 (19.5) | 18.0 (11.8) | 22.4 (13.1) | 19.2 (7.6) | 19.6 (12.1) | 58.8 (21.1) | 19.0 (9.1) | 16.9 (8.6) | 23.0 (9.5) | 30.1 (10.5) | 18.4 (7.9) | 28.8 (10.5) | 24.7 (15.5) |
| 9. Skin care | 26.5 (11.8) | 16.4 (7.2) | 28.5 (14.2) | 24.8 (8.2) | 24.0 (11.3) | 57.0 (18.7) | 15.5 (6.6) | 17.8 (7.5) | 30.1 (8.3) | 20.8 (7.5) | 23.5 (8.1) | 21.1 (7.4) | 24.5 (12.8) |
| 10. Prepare patients and families for discharge | 26.6 (9.5) | 16.4 (5.9) | 23.5 (9.5) | 33.7 (9.0) | 11.9 (5.9) | 36.4 (14.5) | 28.3 (6.7) | 16.7 (7.1) | 13.6 (5.0) | 35.3 (8.4) | 15.7 (5.4) | 20.9 (7.6) | 22.4 (11.0) |
| 11. Administer medications on time | 22.6 (10.4) | 15.3 (7.9) | 20.2 (10.6) | 8.2 (5.8) | 12.6 (7.9) | 34.8 (15.2) | 18.7 (8.8) | 17.2 (6.7) | 15.5 (5.8) | 11.9 (4.6) | 23.7 (7.9) | 23.6 (8.6) | 19.4 (10.5) |
| 12. Pain management | 15.7 (8.6) | 8.3 (6.3) | 19.7 (10.1) | 4.1 (3.7) | 7.3 (5.0) | 27.2 (13.5) | 4.4 (3.5) | 11.1 (5.8) | 4.6 (3.1) | 5.4 (2.3) | 5.5 (3.2) | 7.4 (6.3) | 10.0 (9.2) |
| 13. Treatments and procedures | 12.3 (7.7) | 2.8 (3.6) | 14.2 (9.4) | 4.1 (3.1) | 9.2 (6.3) | 27.5 (20.9) | 5.7 (3.6) | 10.2 (4.7) | 7.0 (4.3) | 4.5 (2.3) | 5.4 (3.1) | 11.2 (6.3) | 9.2 (9.0) |
| 14. Composite score | 4.1 (1.1) | 2.8 (0.8) | 4.7 (0.9) | 3.5 (0.7) | 2.9 (1.0) | 5.8 (1.2) | 3.8 (0.7) | 2.8 (0.8) | 2.9 (0.7) | 3.6 (0.7) | 2.8 (0.7) | 4.0 (0.7) | 3.6 (1.2) |
The prevalence of each nursing care task left undone is based on the proportion of nurses reporting leaving the care need(s) undone. The composite was derived from the aggregated average sum of the nursing care activities left undone.
BE, Belgium; CH, Switzerland; DE, Germany; ES, Spain; FI, Finland; GR, Greece; IE, Ireland, NL, Netherlands; NO, Norway; PL, Poland; SE, Sweden; EN, England.