Research Article

Clinical Supervision in Improving the Quality of Nursing Care: Empowerment of Medical-Surgical Hospitalization Teams

Table 1

Chart 1: nursing care practice quality audit record. Lisbon, Portugal, 2022.

Prevention of complications (PC)Comfort and well-beingfor self-care (CB)

: evidence of hand sanitation according to the 5 moments recommended by the Portuguese Directorate General of Health (_)CWS1: airway permeability (_)
: properly positioned side protection grids (_)CWS2: properly prepared and sanitized secretion suction systems (_)
: readable ID bracelet (_)CWS3: properly applied oxygen delivery systems (_)
: call bell within safe reach of the patient (_)CWS4: evidence of explanation of procedures prior to execution (_)
: evidence of ensuring patient privacy when providing care (_)CWS5: evidence that the patient is treated the way and by the name he or she likes to be called (_)
: properly sanitized patient’s unit (_)CWS6: evidence that the nurse introduces himself/herself to the patient before beginning the care process (_)
: use of scales in accordance with the patient’s situation (_)CWS7: evidence that the patient is comfortable and pain free (_)
: duly completed checklists (_)CWS8: evidence of the use of appropriate clothing according to the patient’s clinical situation (_)
: evidence of the 9 rights of safe medication preparation and administration/galenical(_)CWS9: patient safely positioned in bed or chair and in accordance with clinical situation (_)
CWS10: motion limiting systems properly placed, cleaned, and adapted (_)
: infusion systems, taps, and tubes without evidence of clotted blood, and plugged and identified with date of replacement (_)CWS11: evidence of clean and combed hair (_)
: catheter insertion sites without inflammatory signs (_)CWS12: evidence of clean and properly sanitized eyes and mouth (_)
: properly secured and cleaned catheters (_)CWS13: evidence of properly clean hands and nails (_)
: evidence of drainage system optimization (_)CWS14: evidence that the patient eats the provided food (_)
CWS15: evidence of feeding tube optimization (_)
CWS16: evidence of correct use of dressings/bandages and wound/ostomy collection devices (_)
CWS17: evidence of help in going to the toilet when requested (_)

Functional readaptation (FR)Organization of care (OC)

FR1: evidence of safe discharge planning (_)OC1: initial assessment with physical examination (_)
FR2: evidence of patient and significant person involvement in safe discharge (_)OC2: nursing diagnoses appropriate to the patient’s health situation (_)
FR3: evidence of conducting teachings (_)OC3: planning of interventions according to the elaborated diagnoses (_)
FR4: evidence of a completed discharge/transfer note according to the care plan (_)OC4: planning of interventions according to the activated therapeutic attitudes (_)
FR5: evidence of delivery of hospital discharge support leaflets (_)OC5: planning and execution of intervention “monitor vital signs” at least twice a day (_)
FR6: evidence of information about critical social indicators and community resources (_)OC6: pain assessment every 8/8 hours
FR7: evidence of information about community resources to meet anticipated hospital discharge needs related to the current situation of disease (_)OC7: execution of the evidenced interventions (_)
OC8: evidence of objective parameters resulting from “monitor” type interventions (_)
FR8: evidence of information to the patient/significant person about the therapeutic plan (_)OC9: evidence of objective parameters resulting from “ watch” type interventions (_)
FR9: evidence of information related to the use of supporting medical devicesOC10: consistent justification of the interventions marked as “not executed” (_)
OC11: variation of diagnosis status as a result of variations in health condition (_)
OC12: appropriateness of planned interventions given the variation in nursing diagnosis (_)