Indicadores de qualidade sensíveis aos cuidados de enfermagem em lares de idosos

Translated title of the contribution: Quality indicators for sensitive care in nursing homes for older people

Telmo Aleixo, Ana Escoval, Rui Fontes, César Fonseca

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Abstract

The population is aging not only in Portugal but also worldwide. Nursing homes provide their users with services according to their needs. Thus, these institutions must be equipped with specialized human resources in health care, such as Nursing. Objective: To identify a sensitive nursing care set of quality indicators. Methodology: The research was carried out via EBSCO (CINAHL Plus with Full Text, MEDLINE with Full Text, British Nursing Index). Scientific articles published in full text (28-01-2009) between 1998/01/01 and 2008/12/31 were searched for. We used the PI[C]O method and selected twelve articles from a total of one hundred and thirty eight. Results: In this literature review, in the international context fourteen quality care indicators in nursing homes were identified and we selected a set of assessment tools to evaluate quality. Conclusion: Nurses make an important contribution to improving quality in the organizations described. The results show that the continuing introduction of these professionals has a direct impact on reducing the use of health services (emergency and hospital days), reducing the number of falls, on the prevalence of the number of pressure ulcers and on increasing functioning and pain management.
Translated title of the contributionQuality indicators for sensitive care in nursing homes for older people
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)141-149
Number of pages9
JournalReferência
Volume2011
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2011

Keywords

  • Health care
  • Nursing homes
  • Outcomes
  • Quality indicators

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