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

Table 3

Effect of clinical supervision on the dimensions and items of nursing care quality in service A (n = 382). Lisbon, Portugal, 2022.

Dimensions and items	X^2KW	P value
Prevention of complications
: properly positioned side protection grids	4.444	0.035
: call bell within safe reach of the patient	4.462	0.035
: use of scales in accordance with the patient’s situation	4.137	0.042
: evidence of the 9 rights of safe medication preparation and administration/galenical	8.644	0.003
: catheter insertion sites without inflammatory signs	7.170	0.007
: properly secured and cleaned catheters	6.629	0.010
: evidence of drainage system optimization	3.222	0.073
Comfort and well-being for self-care
CWS10: motion limiting systems properly placed, cleaned, and adapted	3.281	0.070
CWS16: evidence of correct use of dressings/bandages and wound/ostomy collection devices	10.545	0.001
Functional readaptation
FR6: evidence of information about critical social indicators and community resources	10.629	0.001
FR7: evidence of information about community resources to meet anticipated hospital discharge needs related to the current situation of disease	15.596	<0.001
FR8: evidence of information to the patient/significant person about the therapeutic plan	3.401	0.065
FR9: evidence of information related to the use of supporting medical devices	5.207	0.022
Organization of care
OC4: planning according to the activated therapeutic attitudes	7.829	0.005
OC5: planning and execution of intervention “monitor vital signs” at least twice a day	8.661	0.003
OC6: pain assessment every 8/8 hours	14.757	<0.001
OC10: consistent justification of the interventions marked as “not executed”	5.660	0.017

Source: research data, 2022.