Assessment of the quality of nursing records in the intensive care unit of a university hospital
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https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v17.14058Keywords:
Registros de enfermagem, Unidades de cuidados intensivos, Indicadores de qualidade em assistência à saúdeAbstract
Objective: to evaluate nursing records using the Quality of Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes instrument in a general adult intensive care unit of a university hospital. Methods: cross-sectional, observational, and documentary study with a sample defined for a finite population. Records were analyzed through the observation of physical charts of patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit, using the Quality of Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes instrument, which assesses the quality of nursing records based on the stages of the Nursing Process and assigns scores according to their completeness. Results: a total of 121 paper-based records were analyzed, without the use of an electronic system. The average completeness score was 1.03 (on a scale from 0 to 2). The least complete domain was nursing diagnoses as a process, with an average score of 0.27. Conclusion: records showed 44.92% completeness, reinforcing the importance of documentation quality and the implementation of the Nursing Process.
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