title: Measuring Unfinished Nursing Care: What to Consider When Choosing and Scoring Surveys.
abstract: Unfinished nursing care is common in the inpatient setting and is associated with negative patient outcomes. This indicator is being assessed with increasing frequency to determine the quality of nursing services. Measurement bias was identified in this comparison of unfinished care surveys. Potential sources of bias should be considered when selecting and scoring unfinished nursing care surveys for quality assessment.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin (Dr Jones); School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Dr Gemeinhardt); Harris Health System, Houston, Texas (Dr Thompson); and School of Nursing, Texas Woman's University at Denton (Dr Hamilton).
authors.forename: Terry L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Gretchen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gemeinhardt
authors.forename: Julia A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Patti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D057566:Self Report; D013997:Time Factors