Nursing audit and the quality of health care: an integrative literature review

Abstract

In recent decades, in order to guarantee the quality of the services provided, health institutions have been concerned with using auditing as a tool in their organizations on an ongoing basis. This study aimed to analyze the national scientific productions of the last 5 years, on the quality of nursing care through the audit, published in the database of Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online), Lilacs (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences). This is an integrative literature review study. In the first moment of the collection, 32 articles were identified, of which only 8 articles were selected that responded to the objective of this study. Through the analysis of the articles, it was possible to identify that the effectiveness of the nursing audit facilitates the assessment of the quality of the assistance provided to the client, offering conditions for its improvement and becomes an efficient and essential tool for holistic care.