Nursing audits in health organizations: narrative literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Serra, Daniela Margarida Portela
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Costa, Inês Anastácio, Godinho, Sónia Filipa Fernandes, Henriques, Maria Fernanda, Gouveia, Maria José
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/gestaoedesenvolvimento.2022.11388

Background: In the current days there is still a negative and punitive stigma about audits performed to health organizations. From the financial areas to the organizational areas, even reaching to the actual act of providing nursing care, the influence that these evaluative acts have is transversal, being important to identify their contents. Objective: identify the benefits from audits in nursing care and analyze the influence of nursing audits in the management of health organizations. Methodology: Narrative revision of the literature, done by recommendation of PRISMA. A search was done through the B-On and EBSCOhost search engines, being identified 2894 articles which, after a selection process and verification of eligibility, 10 significant articles were included for current revision. Results: The included articles analysis shows the distinct influences of audits, be it in the nurse perception about the audits, in the registries, in the care quality and in the omission of health care costs. They also tackle the importance of having a auditor nurse. Conclusion: Audits promote quality of care given, team awareness on checking processes, satisfaction, safety, and rights of patients of health care. They have a preponderant role in cost management and reduction of waste in organizations, both of which are essential to maintain their sustainability.