Presenteeism Among Nurses in Switzerland and Portugal and Its Impact on Patient Safety and Quality of Care: Protocol for a Qualitative Study

Filipa Pereira   ^{1, 2} , BSc, MSc ;   Ana Isabel Querido   ^{3, 4, 5} , MHN, MSc, PhD ;   Marion Bieri   ¹ , BSc, MSc ;   Henk Verloo   ^{1, 6, 7} , RN, PhD ;   Carlos António Laranjeira   ^{3, 4, 8} , MHN, MSc, PhD

¹ School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais/Wallis, Sion, Switzerland

² Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

³ School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

⁴ ciTechCare - Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology, Leiria, Portugal

⁵ CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Leiria, Portugal

⁶ Department of Nursing Sciences, Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland

⁷ Service of Old Age Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

⁸ Research in Education and Community Intervention, Viseu, Portugal