en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="line-height:2;"><strong>Background</strong>: Missed nursing care, defined as care that is either omitted or delayed, poses significant risks to patient safety. This study aims to compare patients&rsquo; and nurses&rsquo; perspectives on missed nursing care in medical-surgical wards of hospitals affiliated with Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in Tabriz City, Iran, in 2024. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: This research was a descriptive-comparative cross-sectional study. A total of 167 nurses and 164 hospitalized patients were recruited using proportionate-to-size random sampling and stratified convenience sampling, respectively. Data collection tools included demographic questionnaires and the missed nursing care survey (MISSCARE survey). Data were analyzed using an independent t-test, the Pearson correlation coefficient, and a one-way analysis of variance in SPSS software, version 21. A significance level of &le;0.05 was considered for all statistical analyses.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: The mean score of missed nursing care from the nurses&rsquo; perspective was 1.92&plusmn;0.52, and from the patients&#39; perspective, 2.32&plusmn;0.47. From the nurses&rsquo; perspective, the most frequently missed care was monitoring patients&rsquo; eating and oral care. From the patients&rsquo; perspective, the missing care was supervision of bathing and daily skin care. There was a significant difference between nurses&rsquo; and patients&rsquo; perspectives on the extent of missed care (P<0.001), with patients reporting a higher mean level of missed care. There was a significant borderline relationship between the extent of missed care and the item of &ldquo;interest in the nursing profession.&rdquo;<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: There are significant differences between patients&rsquo; and nurses&rsquo; perspectives on the extent of missed nursing care. Although nurses consistently ensured timely monitoring of fluid intake and medication administration, they paid less attention to patients&rsquo; hygiene. This finding suggests that nurses prioritize more visible tasks over patient-centered care. To improve the quality of nursing care, it is essential to incorporate both patients&rsquo; and nurses&rsquo; viewpoints regarding missed nursing care.</span></span></span></div> Nurses’ perspective, Patients’ perspective, Delayed care, Missed nursing care, Quality of health care 59 70 http://jccnc.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-945-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mahsa Khalkhali m.khalkhali7699@gmail.com 100319475328460014276 0009-0004-5531-475X No Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Faranak Jabbarzadeh Tabrizi jabbarzadehf@tbzmed.ac.ir 100319475328460014277 100319475328460014277 Yes Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Alehe Seyyed Rasooli aleheseyedrasooli@yahoo.com 100319475328460014278 100319475328460014278 No Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Parvin Sarbakhsh p.sarbakhsh@gmail.com 100319475328460014279 100319475328460014279 No Health and Environmental Research Center, Tabriz University of medical sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Mohammad Khajehgoodari dr.goodari@gmail.com. 100319475328460014280 100319475328460014280 No Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.