Missed nursing care in newborn units: a cross-sectional direct observational study.

David GatharaGeorge SeremGeorgina A V MurphyAlfred ObengoEdna TallamDebra JacksonSharon BrownieMike English

Published in: BMJ quality & safety (2019)

A significant proportion of nursing care is missed with potentially serious effects on patient safety and outcomes in this LMIC setting. Given that nurses caring for fewer babies on average performed more of the expected tasks, addressing nursing is key to ensuring delivery of essential aspects of care as part of improving quality and safety.

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