Relationship of Nursing Unit with Missed Nursing Care at the Aceh Government Hospital, Indonesia

Background: One of the important roles of a nurse is to provide safe nursing care to patients without missing anything. This is because unsafe treatment is one of the most important sources of morbidity and mortality in health services globally. This study aimed to identify the relationship of nursing unit with missed nursing care at the Aceh Government Hospital, Indonesia.

Methods: This study used a cross-sectional research design. Data were collected using Missed Nursing Care instrument. Data analysis was performed using the Chi-square test and multinomial logistic regression with 95% confidence level. The number of samples was as many as 196 respondents selected by purposive sampling technique.

Results: The result showed a significant relationship between shift work (p=0,000), number of working hours (p=0,000), and nurse-patient ratio (p=0,000) with missed nursing care. The ratio of nurses and patients (≥ 7 patients) is the most dominant factor related to missed nursing care in the high category (p = 0.000 with odds ratio = 85.110).

Conclusion: The results of this study concluded that to prevent missed nursing care from occurring in the hospital, an ideal nurse-patient ratio with shift arrangements and standard working hours is required.