Quality indicators: tools for the management of best practices in Health
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze how nurses recognize and use quality indicators, aimed at contributing to the management of best practices in Health. Method: Case study with a qualitative approach, conducted with twelve nurses from a hospital in southern Brazil from March to May 2016. For data collection, semi-structured interviews and focus groups were used. Data were subjected to content analysis, in the thematic modality. Results: The data showed that quality indicators are regarded as a tool for measuring health care outcomes, promoting the improvement of continuous care, assisting in the clinical decision-making and being present in discussions with the nursing team, in addition to contributing to the management of best practices in Health. Final Consideration: Quality indicator may support improvements in health services and in the nursing work, strengthening health policies.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem
2019
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672019000200360 |
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