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[Quality in nursing]
Revista Cubana De Enfermeria
|January 1, 1995
Summary
Quality of health care definitions focus on desired health outcomes and system influences. Nursing care significantly impacts health care quality, affecting system structure, processes, and results.
Area of Science:
- Health Services Research
- Nursing Administration
Background:
- Multiple definitions of healthcare quality exist, encompassing individual and population health outcomes.
- These definitions consider patient, family, and health system influences on health outcomes.
- National healthcare quality objectives align with reviewed definitions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review definitions of healthcare quality.
- To analyze methods for evaluating healthcare quality structure, process, and results.
- To describe the role of nursing care in enhancing healthcare quality.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of healthcare quality definitions.
- Analysis of established methods for evaluating healthcare systems (structure, process, results).
- Description of nursing's influence on healthcare quality.
Main Results:
- Healthcare quality definitions converge on achieving desired health outcomes.
- Evaluation methods for structure, process, and results are crucial for health policy.
- Nursing's administrative presence and development are key to improving healthcare quality.
Conclusions:
- Nursing care is integral to achieving desired health outcomes and improving healthcare quality.
- Enhancing nursing's role at administrative levels positively impacts healthcare system structure and processes.
- The study underscores the importance of nursing in the overall quality of healthcare delivery.