Indicadores de qualidade aplicados na assistência de enfermagem em cuidados paliativos: Revisão integrativa da literatura

Abstract

Objective: To identify in the literature quality indicators in nursing care in palliative care. Method: Integrative literature review in three databases with the keywords Nursing, palliative, indicator, palliative care, nurse care, quality indicator, palliative care, nursing care, palliative care, palliative assistance, quality indicators, hospice care, comfort care, nursing care, health care, quality indicators, with final sample of 7 articles. Results: Among the articles found there was a focus on the direction of indicators for multiprofessional care, however, most of the indicators found applied to nursing care and were divided into physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects. Conclusion: A small number of references were found in the databases regarding the indicators in palliative care requiring further studies in this area. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]