An Overview of Missed Nursing Care and Its Predictors in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Types of missed nursing care.

Items	Never missed	Rarely missed	Occasionally missed	Frequently missed	Always missed	Mean	SD
Attending interdisciplinary care conferences whenever held	369	114	77	44	0	1.66	0.96
	61.1%	18.9%	12.7%	7.3%	0%
Facilitating ambulation three times per day or as ordered	398	74	92	40	0	1.63	0.97
	65.9%	12.3%	15.2%	6.6%	0%
Turning and positioning every 2 hours	185	122	76	36	0	1.63	0.92
	61.3%	20.2%	12.6%	6%	0%
Feeding the patients when the food is still warm	418	82	66	38	0	1.54	0.92
	69.2%	13.6%	10.9%	6.3%	0%
Teaching the patients about illness, tests, and diagnostic studies	423	96	69	16	0	1.46	0.80
	70.1%	15.9%	11.4%	2.6%	0%
Providing mouth care	430	104	42	28	0	1.45	0.82
	71.2%	17.2%	7%	4.6%	0%
Offering emotional support to patients and/or family	219	94	56	16	0	1.42	0.77
	72.5%	15.6%	9.3%	2.6%	0%
Assisting with toileting needs within 5 minutes of request	436	106	46	16	0	1.41	0.74
	72.2%	17.5%	7.6%	2.6%	0%
Bathing or providing skin care	454	94	32	24	0	1.38	0.76
	75.2%	15.6%	5.3%	4%	0%
Responding to call light within 5 minutes	468	84	40	12	0	1.33	0.69
	77.5%	13.9%	6.6%	2%	0%
Setting up meals for patients who feed themselves	481	72	34	18	0	1.32	0.71
	79.7%	11.9%	5.6%	3%	0%
Discharge planning and teaching	478	72	40	14	0	1.32	0.70
	79.1%	11.9%	6.6%	2.3%	0%
Fully documenting all necessary data	482	84	24	14	0	1.29	0.65
	79.8%	13.9%	4%	2.3%	0%
Responding to PRN medication requests within 15 minutes	496	66	22	20	0	1.28	0.69
	82.1%	10.9%	3.6%	3.3%	0%
Conducting focused reassessments according to patients’ condition	484	80	24	12	0	1.28	0.65
	80.1%	13.2%	4.6%	2%	0%
Providing skin/wound care	244	39	12	7	0	1.28	0.65
	80.8%	12.9%	4%	2.3%	0%
Monitoring intake/output	490	74	28	12	0	1.27	0.64
	81.1%	12.3%	4.6%	2%	0%
Administering medications within 30 minutes before or after the scheduled time	492	140	68	16	0	1.27	0.62
	81.5%	11.6%	5.6%	1.3%	0%
Assessing the effectiveness of medications	304	66	26	8	0	1.24	0.59
	83.4%	10.9%	4.3%	1.3%	0%
Performing patient assessments each shift	510	68	12	14	0	1.22	0.59
	84.4%	11.3%	2%	2.3%	0%
Handwashing	528	50	18	8	0	1.18	0.54
	87.4%	8.3%	3%	1.3%	0%
Assessing vital signs as ordered	544	40	16	4	0	1.14	0.46
	90.1%	6.6%	2.6%	0.7%	0%
Bedside glucose monitoring as ordered	548	40	14	2	0	1.12	0.42
	90.7%	6.6%	2.3%	0.3%	0%

IV, intravenous; PRN, as necessary; SD, standard deviation.