Behind closed doors: Freelance nurses and the reality of unmet care needs in Italian home care setting. Insight from a phenomenological descriptive study.

Background: The term 'Missed Nursing Care' (MNC) refers to any aspect of nursing care that is not delivered, partially delivered, or delayed. MNC has significant negative consequences, including adverse patient outcomes, safety risks, and decreased job satisfaction. While extensively studied in hospitals, MNC in community healthcare settings, remains under-researched, especially in Italy.

[What nurses see? Occurrence and typology of wastes in medical and surgical wards: a cross-sectional study.].

Aim: To describe the occurrence and the typology of waste in the nurses clinical practice as well as the differences between the medical and surgical area.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a north eastern Italian hospital. Data collection, conducted on 100 nurses in September 2015, was carried out using a semi-structured questionnaire consisting of 56 items and eight dimensions (Overproduction / Underutilisation, Wait, Stocks, Process, Inefficiency and Errors, Material Transport and Information Flows, Movements, Dispersion of Knowledge).