Assessment of quality of nursing prescriptions in public teaching hospital

A multicenter, cross-sectional study took place from December 2009 to June 2010 and aimed to assess the quality of Nursing Prescription (NP) in two public teaching hospitals. The sample consisted of 1,307 NP and data were processed using the G-test and chi-square. The determination of the quality of...

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Published inRevista gaúcha de enfermagem Vol. 33; no. 2; p. 28
Main Authors Versa, Gelena Lucinéia Gomes da Silva, Murassaki, Ana Yassuko, da Silva, Larissa Gutierrez, Vituri, Dagmar Willamowius, de Mello, Willian Augusto, Matsuda, Laura Misue
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published Brazil 01.06.2012
Subjects
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug Prescriptions - nursing
Drug Prescriptions - standards
Female
Hospitals, Public
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing Audit
Quality Assurance, Health Care
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Summary:A multicenter, cross-sectional study took place from December 2009 to June 2010 and aimed to assess the quality of Nursing Prescription (NP) in two public teaching hospitals. The sample consisted of 1,307 NP and data were processed using the G-test and chi-square. The determination of the quality of NP was based on the classification indices reported in literature. Among the results, 1,083 (82.8%) correct and appropriate NP, 154 (11.8%) inadequate NP and 52 (3.9%) incomplete NP were found. In 18 (1.37%) patient charts, the NP was nonexistent. There was statistic signficance (alpha < 0.05) for incomplete and absent NP between the two hospitals (0.00), as well as inappropriate NP between age groups (0.03). It was concluded that, in the hospitals under study, the NP needs to be improved both in terms of quantity and quality.
ISSN:0102-6933