Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Strategies to prevent missed nursing care : an international qualitative study based upon a positive deviance approach
Authors: Longhini, Jessica
Papastavrou, Evridiki
Efstathiou, Georgios
Andreou, Panayiota
Stemmer, Renate
Ströhm, Christina
Schubert, Maria
de Wolf-Linder, Susanne
Palese, Alvisa
et. al: No
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.13176
Published in: Journal of Nursing Management
Volume(Issue): 29
Issue: 3
Page(s): 572
Pages to: 583
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Wiley
ISSN: 0966-0429
1365-2834
Language: English
Subjects: Head nurse; Missed nursing care; Nursing care management; Patient safety; Safety management
Subject (DDC): 610.73: Nursing
Abstract: Aim To identify the strategies to prevent missed nursing care (MNC) that can be implemented by nurse managers/directors on a daily basis. Background Only few recommendations have been established to date aiming at supporting nurse managers/ directors in preventing MNC. However, several strategies are implemented on a daily basis, suggesting that a body of tacit, practical and wise knowledge is already in place. Method(s) An international qualitative descriptive study based on the positive deviance approach conducted in 2019−2020 and reported according to the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research. A purposeful sample of 35 nurse managers/directors working in hospitals in Cyprus, Italy, Germany and Switzerland was involved. Codes were extracted from each country, and a thematic analysis was performed at the transnational level to identify strategies and interventions preformed to prevent MNC. Results Eight strategies and 22 interventions, mainly with preventive intent and designed at the hospital level, affecting both the processes and the structural dimensions, have been reported as effective in preventing MNC. Conclusion Nurse leaders are involved daily in implementing strategies to minimise MNC at the nursing and at the hospital system levels, integrated with each other. Implications for Nursing Management Preventing MNC should be a core value of the entire hospital, and not merely a nursing issue. Therefore, complex interventions at the system level are required.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20801
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit: Institute of Nursing (IPF)
Published as part of the ZHAW project: Strengthening knowledge and competencies of Nurse Managers for a Safe care environment
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Longhini, J., Papastavrou, E., Efstathiou, G., Andreou, P., Stemmer, R., Ströhm, C., Schubert, M., de Wolf-Linder, S., & Palese, A. (2020). Strategies to prevent missed nursing care : an international qualitative study based upon a positive deviance approach. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(3), 572–583. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13176
Longhini, J. et al. (2020) ‘Strategies to prevent missed nursing care : an international qualitative study based upon a positive deviance approach’, Journal of Nursing Management, 29(3), pp. 572–583. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13176.
J. Longhini et al., “Strategies to prevent missed nursing care : an international qualitative study based upon a positive deviance approach,” Journal of Nursing Management, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 572–583, 2020, doi: 10.1111/jonm.13176.
LONGHINI, Jessica, Evridiki PAPASTAVROU, Georgios EFSTATHIOU, Panayiota ANDREOU, Renate STEMMER, Christina STRÖHM, Maria SCHUBERT, Susanne DE WOLF-LINDER und Alvisa PALESE, 2020. Strategies to prevent missed nursing care : an international qualitative study based upon a positive deviance approach. Journal of Nursing Management. 2020. Bd. 29, Nr. 3, S. 572–583. DOI 10.1111/jonm.13176
Longhini, Jessica, Evridiki Papastavrou, Georgios Efstathiou, Panayiota Andreou, Renate Stemmer, Christina Ströhm, Maria Schubert, Susanne de Wolf-Linder, and Alvisa Palese. 2020. “Strategies to Prevent Missed Nursing Care : An International Qualitative Study Based upon a Positive Deviance Approach.” Journal of Nursing Management 29 (3): 572–83. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13176.
Longhini, Jessica, et al. “Strategies to Prevent Missed Nursing Care : An International Qualitative Study Based upon a Positive Deviance Approach.” Journal of Nursing Management, vol. 29, no. 3, 2020, pp. 572–83, https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13176.


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