Nursing Audit and the quality of the assistance to the health: a revision of literature

Abstract

In order to guarantee the quality of the given services, health institutions have been worried in using the auditorship. This study it had as objective to identify in the national production articles on nursing auditorship, published in the period of 2001 the 2008 analyzing the contribution of these in the improvement of the quality of the assistance and in the performance of the paper of the nurse in this area. This is review of literature contends national scientific articles of the thematic auditorship of nursing. “The data had been grouped in categories: “Auditorship of nursing and the quality of the assistance”, “the paper of the notations of nursing for the auditorship” and “attributions of the nurse auditor”. The analysis of articles showed that the nursing auditorship would facilitate to the evaluation of the quality of the assistance offered to the patient/customer offering conditions for its improvement. It was observed that the nursing register represent one of objects of inquiry in the auditorship and that the nurse is the professional of nursing qualified for the auditor function. In view of that the nursing passes for a curricular reform, understands that is moment for reflection on the responsibility that the education institutions have in forming and launching in the work market, professionals to play the function of auditor in the health and nursing services.