An assessment of the quality of care given to, and hygiene on patients at a teaching hospital in Namibia

An assessment was done during 1991 to evaluate the quality of care with regard to mouth hygiene rendered to patients in a teaching hospital in Namibia. The sample was drawn from nine wards. By means of a type of quota sampling, the patients were categorised as dependent, interdependent or independent. The nursing process was used as a framework for the study. From the assessment it became evident that no policies existed with regard to oral hygiene. Planning was not in every case based on assessment, and it seemed that when planning(s) were done, it was not always implemented. Record keeping was the aspect most poorly attended to.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Effect of 24-hour mandatory versus on-demand critical care specialist presence on quality of care and family and provider satisfaction in the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1103924.561072 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Jim O'Brien

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Critical Care ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Quality Of Care ◽

Teaching Hospital ◽

Provider Satisfaction ◽

On Demand ◽

Care Specialist

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A atuação do enfermeiro auditor na qualidade da assistência à saúde: revisão bibliográfica integrativa

Revista de Administração em Saúde ◽

10.23973/ras.83.293 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (83) ◽

Author(s):

Gabriela Marchiori do Carmo Azzolin

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Quality Of Care ◽

Quality Of Health Care ◽

Nursing Process ◽

Inclusion Criteria ◽

Great Relevance ◽

Role Of Nursing ◽

Selection Of

Objetivo: descrever a atuação do enfermeiro auditor na qualidade da assistência a saúde. Método: trata-se de uma revisão integrativa de artigos publicados no período de 2015 a 2020. A pesquisa e seleção dos artigos foi realizada nas bases de dados: BEDENF, LILACS e MEDLINE, por meio dos descritores “Enfermagem”, “Auditoria de enfermagem” , “Registros de enfermagem” e “ Qualidade da assistência à saúde”. Os critérios de inclusão foram artigos online gratuitos, com textos completos, publicados de 2015 a 2020, nos idiomas português e inglês. Resultados: foram selecionados 11 artigos, por cumprirem os critérios estabelecidos no estudo. Na análise dos resultados foi possível evidenciar a importância significativa da qualidade dos registros no processo de enfermagem. Conclusão: a atuação da enfermagem na auditoria tem ganhado notoriedade nos últimos anos, por ser de grande relevância para a qualidade da assistência prestada e abranger muito mais que a gestão de custos.Palavras-chave: Enfermagem; Auditoria de enfermagem; Registros de enfermagem; Qualidade da assistência à saúde. The auditor's nurse's performance in the quality of health care: integrative bibliographic review ABSTRACTObjective: to describe the role of the nurse auditor in the quality of health care. Method: this is an integrative review of articles published from 2015 to 2020. The research and selection of articles was carried out in the databases: BEDENF, LILACS and MEDLINE, using the descriptors “Nursing”, “Nursing audit "," Nursing records "and" Quality of health care ". The inclusion criteria were free online articles, with full texts, published from 2015 to 2020, in Portuguese and English. Result: 11 articles were selected, as they meet the criteria established in the study. In the analysis of the results, it was possible to highlight the significant importance of the quality of the records in the nursing process. Conclusio: the role of nursing in the audit has gained notoriety in recent years, as it is of great relevance to the quality of care provided and covers much more than cost management.Keywords: Nursing; Nursing audit; Nursing records; Quality of health care.

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Satisfaction of patients received in emergencies in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Yalgado Ouedraogo teaching hospital: comparative study before and after the introduction of free care

International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20193546 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 3259

Author(s):

Hyacinthe Zamané ◽

Sibraogo Kiemtoré ◽

Paul Dantola Kain ◽

Lydie Zounogo Ouédraogo ◽

Blandine Bonané Thiéba

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Quality Of Care ◽

Teaching Hospital ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Care Process ◽

Important Indicator ◽

Care Services ◽

Before And After ◽

Free Care

Background: The quality of care perceived by the users of health care services is an important indicator of the quality of care. The aim of this study was to assess the satisfaction of patients received in obstetric and gynecological emergencies department of Yalgado Ouedraogo Teaching Hospital before and after the introduction of free care.Methods: This was a cross-sectional investigation. Data collection was carried out from February to July 2016, covering the last three months before the start of free care and the first three months of implementation of this free policy in Burkina Faso.Results: A total of 620 patients formed the sample. The reception (p=0.0001), the waiting period (p=0.0001), respect for treatment schedules (p=0.0001), respect for intimacy (p=0.0001), communication between providers and patients (p=0.007), the comfort of the delivery room (p=0.003) and the comfort of the ward room (p=0.002) were more favorably appreciated by patients before the free treatment than during that period. Overall patient satisfaction was better before the effectiveness of free care (p=0.003).Conclusions: The realization of free care process was followed by a lower patient’s satisfaction reflecting an alteration in the quality of health care services. A situational analysis of this free health care process is necessary in order to make corrective measures. Also adequate preventive measures should be adopted before any implementation to a larger scale of this free policy.

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