Economic recession in Greece and effects on quality nursing care

Are data on missed nursing care useful for nursing leaders? The RN4CAST@IT cross‐sectional study

“…The evidence thus far reveals that Italy has nurse concerning PTNR compared with other European countries. What is of particular concern is that unlike other countries such as Greece, where there is one of the highest PTNR worldwide with substantial effects identified (Aiken et al., 2012) resulting from substantial under resourcing due to ongoing fiscal measures to address economic crisis (Timmins, Parissopoulos, Plakas, & Fouka, 2017); Italy has the third largest economy in Europe and the 8th largest GDP in the world (Giardi, 2019). As such, one would expect a nursing workforce that is comparable with similar or lesser economies such as Norway (average 5.4 PTNR, Aiken et al., 2012) which has almost double the PTNR found reported in Italy.…”

Prevalence of Compassion Fatigue, Burn-Out and Compassion Satisfaction Among Maternity and Gynecology Care Providers in Greece

“…Greece is a country with a high prevalence of Ceasarean Section deliveries (22) and with shrinking health care funding due to a prolonged period of austerity (23). Public Maternal Hospitals are sub-optimally staffed, low in recourses while proper and close monitoring of women in labour in one to one ratio is impossible and therefore many doctors resort to CSs (24).…”

Cuidados de enfermagem omissos em oncologia: explorar o problema de um contexto português

“…The growing concern with missed nursing care (MNC) has transformed this phenomenon into a strong indicator of health care quality (Kalisch et al, 2009;Santos, 2018). The factors contributing to the occurrence of incidents that influence patient safety and the omission of nursing care may cause physical and emotional harm to the patient and family and damage the reputation and economy of healthcare services, for which reaon they must be controlled (Despacho n.º 1400-A/2015).…”

“…The in-depth characterization of MNC is essential to understand why it occurs and develop strategies to minimize it (Amaral, 2014). Santos (2018) found the following MNC: "comfort/talk with patients", "develop or update care plans", "teach/counsel patients and family", "adequately document nursing care", "oral hygiene", and "adequate patient surveillance" as MNC. Therefore, based on these results, this study aims to identify the reasons for MNC perceived by nurses of an oncology hospital.…”