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Table 2 Categories and subcategories related to the nurses’ perspectives on the consequences of missed nursing care

From: Explaining the consequences of missed nursing care from the perspective of nurses: a qualitative descriptive study in Iran

Theme

Categories

Subcategories

Consequences of missed nursing care

Nurse-related consequences

Moral distress

Job dissatisfaction

Patient-related consequences

Decreased quality of nursing care

Adverse events

Patient dissatisfaction

Organization-related consequences

Absenteeism

Intention to leave and subsequent turnover

Decreased hospital credit

Increased hospital costs