Self-assessment of Rationing and Quality of Nursing Care

Abstract

Background: Nursing care rationing has been a widespread problem in everyday nursing practice for many years.

Purpose: The aim of this research study was to assess the prevalence of care rationing among nurses working in Poland.

Methods: The study was conducted among a population of 1310 nurses. To examine the dependencies between the sociodemographics and unfinished nursing care, the Polish adaptation of the Perceived Implicit Rationing of Nursing Care questionnaire and an investigator-developed questionnaire were used.

Results: The mean level of missed care was 1.16 (SD = 0.7). The significant predictors of care rationing were associated with the quality of patient care (βstd = -.43, P < .001) and general work satisfaction (βstd = -.15, P < .001).

Conclusions: Job satisfaction and the quality of nursing care should be constantly monitored as these factors are significantly associated with the levels of care rationing.