Quality Assurance and Outcome in Nursing Process on Preventive Medicine and Promoting Health Activities

Abstract

Background: to evaluate nursing practice in periodic health examination. Methods: We make a retrospective evaluation of process data through 10 explicitc criteria. We selected a random sample (in evaluation process) and a institutional based sample and population universe (re-evaluation process) of both male and female patients who underwent health examination in nursing consults of a urban health center. Results: We found a substantial improvement in fulfilling degree in 8 out of criteria, although best standar only was reached in 3 criteria (blood pressure determination, somatometrics and tobacco smoking investigation). We also remark thc high proportion of risk factors, tobacco smoking (51.6%), obesity (37.6%) and dislipemia (25.5%). Conclusions: We remark thc importance of entering and developing evaluation and quality assurance methodology among common tasks of primary care teams and correct ubication of periodic health examination in nursing process.