Patient‐related complexity of care: a challenge or overwhelming burden for nurses – a qualitative study

Patient-related complexity of nursing care in acute care hospitals has increased in recent years, in part due to shorter hospital stays and the increase in multimorbid patients. However, little research has been conducted on how nurses experience complex nursing care situations.The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of how nurses experience complex nursing care situations in Swiss acute care hospitals.This qualitative study...