Linking patient safety, caring behaviours and professional self‐efficacy with missed nursing care among Filipino emergency room nurses: A structural equation model study

Abstract Aims To investigate the interrelationships of patient safety, caring behaviours, professional self‐efficacy and missed nursing care among emergency room nurses. Design Cross‐sectional, correlational study. Methods Filipino emergency room nurses ( n  = 345) participated via convenience sampling from September 2023 to January 2024. Four validated self‐report scales were used to collect data and were analysed using Spearman rho, covariance‐based structural equation modelling, mediation and path analyses. Results The emerging model of study variables displayed satisfactory fit indices. Patient safety directly influenced caring behaviours and professional self‐efficacy, while negatively influencing missed nursing care. Caring behaviours directly and indirectly affected professional self‐efficacy and missed nursing care, respectively. Professional self‐efficacy negatively influences missed nursing care. Finally, caring behaviours and professional self‐efficacy were significant mediators between the association of patient safety and missed nursing care. Conclusion Caring behaviours and professional self‐efficacy of emergency room nurses demonstrated mediating effects that can potentially improve patient safety practices thereby minimizing unfinished or missed nursing care. Implications for the Profession and/or Patient Care Nurses and healthcare organizations should commit to consistently maintain a workplace culture that fosters patient safety, caring behaviours and professional self‐efficacy to minimize avoidable injuries and omitting nursing care tasks. Reporting Method STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE). Patient or Public Contribution No Patient or Public Contribution.