Nursing audit is the assessment of the quality of care provided, which benefits the patient as much as the nursing team and the institution. We aimed to identify the knowledge of the nurses on the audit process. Exploratory, descriptive and quantitative study that was carried out from September to December 2007, with participation of 36 nurses of a public hospital of reference for cardiovascular illnesses, in F...
Cross-sectional and descriptive study, with quantitative approach, was also performed, whose data were collected from the Mortality Information System. From 2003 to 2008 a significant reduction in undefined causes in death certificates was found. In 2007 and 2008, most deaths from undefined causes were processed in the Death Verification Service; concentrated in the age group over 50 years of age and occurring ...
Deaths triggered in children less than one year of life are influenced by biological, cultural, demographic, socio-economic and assistance factors. This study describes the epidemiology profile of infant deaths that happened in the 6th Regional Executive Office in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, in 2008 and 2009 and assesses its avoidability according to the results of the Regional Committee for the Prevention of Infant ...
Objetivou-se analisar a proporção de óbitos por causas mal definidas investigadas quanto ao atestante, faixa etária e local de ocorrência do óbito, no âmbito da Secretaria Executiva Regional VI- Fortaleza-CE, Brasil. Estudo transversal e descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa, cujos dados foram coletados no Sistema de Informação de Mortalidade. Verificou-se de 2003 a 2008, expressiva redução das causas mal defi...
Cross-sectional and descriptive study, with quantitative approach, was also performed, whose data were collected from the Mortality Information System. From 2003 to 2008 a significant reduction in undefined causes in death certificates was found. In 2007 and 2008, most deaths from undefined causes were processed in the Death Verification Service; concentrated in the age group over 50 years of age and occurring ...
Auditoria de enfermagem é a avaliação da qualidade da assistência prestada, o que beneficia tanto paciente quanto equipe de enfermagem e instituição. Visamos identificar o conhecimento do enfermeiro sobre o processo da auditoria. Estudo exploratório, descritivo e quantitativo, realizado entre os meses de setembro e dezembro de 2007, com participação de 36 enfermeiros de hospital público de referência para doenç...
Nursing audit is the assessment of the quality of care provided, which benefits the patient as much as the nursing team and the institution. We aimed to identify the knowledge of the nurses on the audit process. Exploratory, descriptive and quantitative study that was carried out from September to December 2007, with participation of 36 nurses of a public hospital of reference for cardiovascular illnesses, in F...