Abstract

Preventable medical errors pose a substantial threat to patient safety, leading to over 400,000 deaths annually (Cathro, 2016; James, 2013; Kohn et al., 2000). Medical errors include care that is omitted or delayed, such as that resulting from missed nursing care (Kalisch et al., 2014), which may lead to adverse patient outcomes (Recio-Saucedo et al., 2017). Decades of literature support the role of professional nurses in keeping patients safe (Kowalski & Anthony, 2017). However, nurses must function within complex work environments that may include physical, emotional, lateral, and family/patient violence, and unpredictable job demands such as inadequate staffing and long hours. The job demands result in increased nurses' levels of stress, which interferes with their ability to provide quality care and contribute to missed nursing care.

Nursing stress secondary to job demands results in missed nursing care. The application of mindfulness techniques demonstrates promising effects on stress and provides an opportunity for exploring its role in mediating the effect of job stress on missed nursing care.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 28317905; ProQuest document ID: 2533394658. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Kelly L. Nicholson, PhD, MPH, NEA-BC, NPD-BC

Sigma Membership

Mu

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Cross-Sectional

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Acute Care, Dispositional Mindfulness, Job Demands, Job Stress, Missed Nursing Care, Nurse

Advisor

Joyce Johnson

Second Advisor

Petra Goodman

Third Advisor

Nalini Jairath

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

The Catholic University of America

Degree Year

2021

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-07-06

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