Postoperative visit as a strategy for assessment of nursing care quality in intraoperative

Abstract

Objective: evaluating the quality of nursing care provided to patients during the perioperative period. Method: a field research, quantitative descriptive conducted with 25 patients hospitalized in the surgical wards of the Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, in the postoperative period from July to October 2012. Data were obtained from interviews and contained in the instrument of postoperative visit physical examination, designed to evaluating the nursing care during the perioperative period. The data analysis was conducted by simple descriptive statistics. Results: one patient had two adverse events related to surgical positioning and duration of surgery; the care provided met the expectations of the patients. Conclusion: the instrument of postoperative visit was effective in assessing the quality of nursing care during the perioperative period.