Aim: To explore whether and to what extent, nurse-patient assessment differences mediate the association between nurse-to-patient ratios and readiness for hospital discharge, and examine whether nurse-patient characteristics moderate the indirect and/or direct effect of mediation model.
Design: A cross-sectional study was carried out from March 2021 to December 2022.
Methods: A total of 523 pairs of gastrointestinal cancer patients with PICC and their nurses were recruited.