Missed nursing care is a recognized indicator of quality of care across hospital settings. The prevalence of missed perinatal nursing care was driven by inadequate staffing and other structural factors which may also contribute to nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction. National standards for registered nurse staffing in perinatal units should be budgeted for and followed to ensure safe, high-quality perinatal care. A universal measure for the perinatal context could advance understanding of perinatal missed care.
Zhong et al. (2026) studied this question.