Table 5 Unfinished nursing care occurrence in the study using the intensive care unit omitted nursing care instrument [53]

Mobilization every two hours

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Mouth care for intubated patients

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Document treatments and procedures

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Timely medication administration

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Address new prescriptions, consultations

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Treatment and adverse effects surveillance

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Venous and arterial catheters care and maintenance

•

Medication-related independent double-check

•

Haemodynamic and physiologic parameters surveillance

•

Draw labs following prescription

Communicate preoccupations to the medical team

Neurological signs evaluation

Pain assessment (patient unable to communicate)

Provide respiratory care (e.g. aspiration of secretions)

Sedation adjustment based on prescription (e.g. RASS scale)

Respond quickly to alarms indicating potential instability

Pain assessment (patient able to communicate)

Ensure asepsis in treatments or procedures

Intervene rapidly to glucose levels (e.g. IV insulin therapy)

Cardiac monitoring surveillance

Flag the presence of signs or symptoms of infection

Titrate intravenous perfusions for haemodynamic targets