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Factors Contributing to Rationed Nursing Care in the Slovak Republic—A Secondary Analysis of Quantitative Data

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  • Dominika Kalánková

    (Department of Nursing, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia)

  • Daniela Bartoníčková

    (Department of Nursing, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Palacký University in Olomouc, 775 15 Olomouc, Czech Republic)

  • Ewelina Kolarczyk

    (Department of Gerontology and Geriatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland)

  • Katarína Žiaková

    (Department of Nursing, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia)

  • Agnieszka Młynarska

    (Department of Gerontology and Geriatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland)

Abstract

Rationed nursing care is a significant problem in healthcare facilities worldwide. Awareness of contributing factors to rationed care might support the development and implementation of strategies for reducing this phenomenon from clinical practice. The study examined the association between selected hospital, unit, and staff variables and the prevalence of rationed nursing care. Secondary analysis of cross-sectional data collected between December 2017 and July 2018 from 895 registered nurses in seven acute care hospitals in the Slovak Republic was performed. Data were collected using the questionnaire Perceived Implicit Rationing of Nursing and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics in the statistical program SPSS 25.0. Statistically significant associations were found between rationed nursing care and unit type, education, shift type, nurses’ experience in the current unit, overtime hours, missed shifts, intention to leave the position, perceived staff adequacy, quality of patient care, and job satisfaction. Differences in rating rationed nursing care, quality of patient care, and job satisfaction were identified based on hospital type. Together with top hospital management, nurse managers should develop targeted interventions focusing on mitigating rationed nursing care from the clinical practice with a focus placed on university hospitals. Quality and safe care might be ensured through constant monitoring of the quality of patient care and job satisfaction of nurses as these factors significantly predicted the estimates of rationed nursing care.

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  • Dominika Kalánková & Daniela Bartoníčková & Ewelina Kolarczyk & Katarína Žiaková & Agnieszka Młynarska, 2022. "Factors Contributing to Rationed Nursing Care in the Slovak Republic—A Secondary Analysis of Quantitative Data," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-12, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:2:p:702-:d:720532
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