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Table 3 Map of the UNC antecedences investigated to date in available literature

From: Antecedents of unfinished nursing care: a systematic review of the literature

Unit level

- Staff levels, as staff adequacy perceived by nurses, patient-to-nurse ratio and hour-per-patient day

- Workloads

- Non-nursing tasks

- Case mix

- Shift

- Overtime

- Work environment

- Delivery Care system (team model)

- Ward, unit

- Location of the hospital/facility

Nurse level

- Age

- Gender

- Professional experience

- Education

- Absenteeism

- Part time/full time

- Professional satisfaction

- Personal accountability

- Country of origin

Patient level

- Clinical instability

  1. Abbreviation: UNC Unfinished Nursing Care