TableĀ 3

Tasks not carried out due to lack of time

During your last day of work, which of the following activities were necessary but left due to lack of time?YesActual shift work*
(n (%))Day
(n (%))
Rotating
(n (%))
Night
(n (%))
p Value
Do or update nursing care plans219 (34.5)48 (32.9)155 (37.8)15 (21.1)0.021
Health education201 (31.7)48 (32.9)128 (31.2)23 (32.4)0.927
Oral hygiene163 (25.7)36 (24.7)105 (25.6)21 (29.6)0.728
Prepare the patient and his family for discharge125 (19.7)27 (18.5)82 (20)16 (22.5)0.782
Speak and confront the patient118 (18.6)29 (19.9)77 (18,8)12 (16.9)0.871
Plan patient care98 (15.4)17 (11.6)70 (17.1)11 (15.5)0.300
Proper registration of nursing care81 (12.8)20 (13.7)56 (13.7)4 (5.6)0.161
Skin care66 (10.4)10 (6.8)46 (11.2)9 (12.7)0.263
Frequent changing of patient position64 (10.1)12 (8.2)45 (11)7 (9.9)0.637
Patient adequate monitoring45 (7.1)9 (6.2)30 (7.3)6 (8.5)0.815
Administer medication on time35 (5.5)9 (6.2)22 (5.4)4 (5.6)0.937
Treatments and techniques7 (1.1)1 (0.7)6 (1.5)0 (0)0.474
Pain management4 (0.6)2 (1.4)2 (0.5)0 (0)0.399
  • *There were eight cases with missing values in the shift work.