Self-assessment of Rationing and Quality of Nursing Care.

BACKGROUND Nursing care rationing has been a widespread problem in everyday nursing practice for many years. PURPOSE The aim of this research study was to assess the prevalence of care rationing among nurses working in Poland. METHODS The study was conducted among a population of 1310 nurses. To examine the dependencies between the sociodemographics and unfinished nursing care, the Polish adaptation of the Perceived Implicit Rationing of Nursing Care questionnaire and an investigator-developed questionnaire were used. RESULTS The mean level of missed care was 1.16 (SD = 0.7). The significant predictors of care rationing were associated with the quality of patient care (βstd = -.43, P < .001) and general work satisfaction (βstd = -.15, P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Job satisfaction and the quality of nursing care should be constantly monitored as these factors are significantly associated with the levels of care rationing.