Missed nursing care in emergency departments: a cross-sectional descriptive study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Table 3 Numerical indicators of the areas of missed nursing care in the emergency departments of selected hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences – 2020^b

The areas of missed nursing care	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	SD^a
Triage	36.11	88.89	72.39	13.21
Physiological monitoring	20.83	100	68.17	16.99
Implementing orders	25	100	65.01	14.25
Monitoring the patient’s condition	35	100	69.85	15.48
Patient communication	0	100	55.72	24.01
Infection control and environmental health	33.33	100	62.50	11.70
Making decision about patients	26.67	96.67	64.34	12.46
Registration	50	97.83	76.07	9.96
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation	20.59	100	59.15	11.65
Checking equipment and emergency trolley	25	100	80.81	15.66
Patient transfer	30	100	71.26	14.32

^aSD Standard Deviation
^bIt shows the highest average of care being performed and the lowest average of care not being performed, so the area of communication with the patient has the highest and check trolley and equipment has the lowest amount of missed care

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