HIHS Critical Appraisal: Care Left Undone in Nursing Shifts Analysis

This report is a critical appraisal of the research paper titled 'Care left undone' during nursing shifts: associations with workload and perceived quality of care. The appraisal examines the study's introduction, abstract, research questions, literature review, research methods (including design, strategy, data collection, and sampling), results and discussion, ethical considerations, limitations, and conclusions. The paper investigates the impact of nursing workload on patient care in NHS hospitals, focusing on the prevalence of missed care and its relationship to nurse staffing levels and the perceived quality of care. The study utilizes a mixed-methods approach, including a cross-sectional survey design, to gather data from nurses in England. The appraisal highlights key findings, such as the association between lower nurse staffing levels and worse patient outcomes, and the importance of addressing missed care to improve the quality and safety of patient care.