Quality management in nursing assistance at clinical surgery unit

Abstract

Aim: to identify the facilities and difficulties that nurses encounter in management of quality in nursing assistance at clinical surgery unit. Method: descriptive and qualitative research performed at a University Hospital in South Brazil, from July to September 2013. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and evaluated according to Minayo thematic analysis. Results: two thematic categories were emerged: facilities in quality management at clinical surgery unit, composed by the topics professional experience, interaction with teamwork and integration with the workplace; and difficulties in quality management at clinical surgery unit through themes that pointed to work overload, the insufficient number of nursing staff, physical structure and insufficiency of material resources. Conclusion: the study will contribute with the nurses, because identifies facilitating and hindering factors in management of quality in nursing assistance, enabling strategies in search for effective care and health excellence

Keywords

• enfermagem
• gestão de qualidade
• cuidados de enfermagem
• enfermagem perioperatória
• pesquisa qualitativa