QUALITY OF NURSING CARE: DIFFERENCES IN HOSPITALS FROM PORTUGAL AND FROM TURKEY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v25i0.73262

Keywords:

Quality of Health Care, Quality, Access and Evaluation of Health Care, Professional Practice, Nursing Care, Administration of Health Services.

Abstract

Objective: to analyze nurses’ perception about the activities that contribute to the quality of Nursing care in Portuguese and Turkish hospital services.
Method: a multicenter, quantitative and cross-sectional study, carried out in a hospital in each country, involving 211 nurses from each setting. The Scale of Perception of Nursing Activities That Contribute to Nursing Care Quality was used. The study was conducted from August 2017 to March 2018.
Results: it was verified that the Portuguese nurses obtained higher means in all the domains, except in the activities related to continuity of care, to the records system and to the knowledge of the institutional policies. The findings indicate aspects that require investment.
Conclusion: the nurses’ perceptions, even in different countries, demonstrate a specific
professional profile that reinforces the usefulness of conceptualization in this knowledge area as a contribution to the well-being and promotion of the health of individuals.

Author Biographies

Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira da Silva Martins

Ph.D., Enfermeira, Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Porto, Portuga

Letícia de Lima Trindade, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Ph.D, Enfermeira, Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade do Estado de Santa Cataria e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brasil. 

Aysun Türe Yilmaz

Ph.D., Enfermeira, Professor, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Management, Eskisehir/ Turkey.

Nilufer Demirsoy

Ph.D., Enfermeira, Professor, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Management, Eskisehir/ Turkey.

António Carlos Lopes Vilela

Doutor, Enfermeiro, Professor Adjunto da Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Porto, Portugal Unidade de Formação & Gestão em Enfermagem. 

Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro

Ph.D., Enfermeira, Doutora, Professora Adjunta na Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

Carla Marina Gomes Pereira

Mestre. Enfermeira. Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal. 

Published

2020-11-25

How to Cite

Martins, M. M. F. P. da S., Trindade, L. de L., Yilmaz, A. T., Demirsoy, N., Vilela, A. C. L., Ribeiro, O. M. P. L., & Pereira, C. M. G. (2020). QUALITY OF NURSING CARE: DIFFERENCES IN HOSPITALS FROM PORTUGAL AND FROM TURKEY. Cogitare Enfermagem, 25. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v25i0.73262

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Research