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Laura Vargas Acauan1, Juana Macias Seda2, Sandra Cristina de Souza Borges Silva1
1Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Anna Nery School of Nursing. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Objective:
To know the performance of nursing professionals in accredited outpatient radiology and diagnostic imaging services.
Methods:
Exploratory, qualitative study, conducted in January 2019, through interview with 21 coordinators in three outpatient imaging services in the Southeast region of Brazil. A textual corpus was formed and processed by a software and the data was analyzed using Reinert's method.
Results:
After the organization of the content, two thematic blocks were elaborated: nursing assignments when assisting imaging exams, with three classes with similar content; and nursing and patient safety in radiology, with two classes with similar content.
Conclusion:
Nursing had a relevant role in quality management, developing actions to mitigate risks and damages, recording and managing adverse events and acting in educational processes, focusing on the quality of care and of images from the perspective of patient safety.
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