NURSING AND INTERNATIONAL SAFETY GOALS: HEMODIALYSIS ASSESSMENT

Authors

  • Letícia Lima Aguiar Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Maria Vilani Cavalcante Guedes Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Roberta Meneses Oliveira Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Ilse Maria Tigre de Arruda Leitão Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Viviane Peixoto dos Santos Pennafort Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • Ariane Alves Barros Universidade Estadual do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v22i3.45609

Keywords:

Nursing, Patient Safety, Nephrology Nursing, Hospital Hemodialysis Units.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to describe the nursing care offered at a hemodialysis hospital service based on international patient safety goals. A descriptive study was conducted at the hemodialysis service of a Brazilian public hospital, reference in care for acute and chronic kidney patients, between August and October, 2013. Twenty-five nursing professionals participated in the study. Data were collected through interviews, observation and a checklist based on the safety goals of the Joint Commission International. The goals found to be in conformity were: improving effective communication; reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections; and reducing the risk of patient harm resulting from falls. The remaining goals, namely: identifying patients correctly; improving the safety of high-alert medications; and ensuring safe surgery, deserve attention from the researched team and the assessed institution. The research found a need for the implementation of protocols in the service aimed at patient and team safety.

Author Biographies

Letícia Lima Aguiar, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Enfermeira. Mestre em Cuidados Clínicos em Enfermagem e Saúde. Especialista em Enfermagem em Nefrologia.

Maria Vilani Cavalcante Guedes, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Enfermeira. Professora do Programa de Pós- Graduação em Cuidados Clínicos em Enfermagem e Saúde (PPCCLIS). Professora Efetiva do Curso de Graduação da Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Roberta Meneses Oliveira, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Enfermeira. Doutora do Programa de Pós-Graduação de Cuidados Clínicos em Enfermagem e Saúde (PPCCLIS) da Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Ilse Maria Tigre de Arruda Leitão, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Enfermeira. Professora Efetiva da Universidade Estadual do Ceará. Doutoranda do Programa de Saúde Coletiva (PPSC).

Viviane Peixoto dos Santos Pennafort, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Enfermeira. Doutora do Programa de Pós-Graduação de Cuidados Clínicos em Enfermagem e Saúde (PPCCLIS) da Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Ariane Alves Barros, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Enfermeira. Mestre em Cuidados Clínicos em Enfermagem e Saúde (PPCCLIS).

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Published

2017-08-29

How to Cite

Aguiar, L. L., Guedes, M. V. C., Oliveira, R. M., Leitão, I. M. T. de A., dos Santos Pennafort, V. P., & Barros, A. A. (2017). NURSING AND INTERNATIONAL SAFETY GOALS: HEMODIALYSIS ASSESSMENT. Cogitare Enfermagem, 22(3). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v22i3.45609

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2017)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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