Development of a nursing-sensitive quality indicators profile in ambulatory surgery

• Author(s): Pinto, Joana ; Sá, Luís ; Amaral, António ; Amado, João
• Date: 2024
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/44629
• Origin: Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
• Subject(s): Perioperative nursing; Nursing care; Quality indicators; Health care; Delphi technique; Enfermagem perioperatória; Cuidados de enfermagem; Indicadores de qualidade em assistência à saúde; Técnica Delfos
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Veritati

Description

Background: Ambulatory surgery has increased significantly in recent years. Literature is scarce re-garding the quality of care in this setting, particularly regarding nursing-sensitive quality indicators.Objective: To develop a nursing-sensitive quality indicators profile in ambulatory surgery.Methodology: The modified e-Delphi methodology was used to find consensus on the best indicators. Online questionnaires were used in two rounds.Results: A panel of 27 experts evaluated 58 nursing-sensitive quality indicators in ambulatory surgery, including structure, process, and outcome indicators. Forty-five indicators were validated.Conclusion: This study highlights nurses’ role in perioperative care and may support the development of tools to assess the quality of nursing care in ambulatory surgery.