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			<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">eg</journal-id>
			<journal-title-group>
				<journal-title>Enfermería Global</journal-title>
				<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Enferm. glob.</abbrev-journal-title>
			</journal-title-group>
			<issn pub-type="epub">1695-6141</issn>
			<publisher>
				<publisher-name>Universidad de Murcia</publisher-name>
			</publisher>
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			<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.6018/eglobal.17.1.283981</article-id>
			<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">00014</article-id>
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					<subject>Originales</subject>
				</subj-group>
			</article-categories>
			<title-group>
				<article-title>Perspectiva de las enfermeras brasileñas sobre el impacto de la Acreditación Hospitalaria</article-title>
				<trans-title-group xml:lang="en">
					<trans-title>Brazilian Nurses' Perspective on the Impact of Hospital Accreditation</trans-title>
				</trans-title-group>
				<trans-title-group xml:lang="pt">
					<trans-title>Perspectiva dos Enfermeiros Brasileiros sobre o Impacto da Acreditação Hospitalar</trans-title>
				</trans-title-group>
			</title-group>
			<contrib-group>
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
					<name>
						<surname>Gabriel</surname>
						<given-names>Carmen Silvia</given-names>
					</name>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>1</sup></xref>
				</contrib>
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
					<name>
						<surname>Bogarin</surname>
						<given-names>Denise Franzé</given-names>
					</name>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
				</contrib>
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
					<name>
						<surname>Mikael</surname>
						<given-names>Sabrina</given-names>
					</name>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
				</contrib>
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
					<name>
						<surname>Cummings</surname>
						<given-names>Greta</given-names>
					</name>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref>
				</contrib>
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
					<name>
						<surname>Bernardes</surname>
						<given-names>Andrea</given-names>
					</name>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
				</contrib>
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
					<name>
						<surname>Gutierrez</surname>
						<given-names>Larissa</given-names>
					</name>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
				</contrib>
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
					<name>
						<surname>Caldana</surname>
						<given-names>Graziela</given-names>
					</name>
					<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
				</contrib>
			</contrib-group>
			<aff id="aff1">
				<label>1 </label>
				<institution content-type="original">Escuela de Enfermería de Ribeirão Preto.Universidad de São Paulo. Brasil. E-mail: cgabriel@eerp.usp.br</institution>
				<institution content-type="orgdiv1">Escuela de Enfermería de Ribeirão Preto</institution>
				<institution content-type="orgname">Universidad de São Paulo</institution>
				<country country="BR">Brasil</country>
			</aff>
			<aff id="aff2">
				<label>2 </label>
				<institution content-type="original">Facultad de Enfermería. Universidad de Alberta, Edmonton, Canadá. </institution>
				<institution content-type="orgdiv1">Facultad de Enfermería</institution>
				<institution content-type="orgname">Universidad de Alberta</institution>
				<addr-line>
					<named-content content-type="city">Edmonton</named-content>
				</addr-line>
				<country country="CA">Canadá</country>
			</aff>
			<aff id="aff3">
				<label>1 </label>
				<institution content-type="original">Escuela de Enfermería de Ribeirão Preto.Universidad de São Paulo. Brasil. E-mail: cgabriel@eerp.usp.br</institution>
				<institution content-type="orgdiv1">Escuela de Enfermería de Ribeirão Preto</institution>
				<institution content-type="orgname">Universidad de São Paulo</institution>
				<country country="BR">Brasil</country>
				<email>cgabriel@eerp.usp.br</email>
			</aff>
			<pub-date pub-type="epub">
				<day>01</day>
				<month>01</month>
				<year>2018</year>
			</pub-date>
			<volume>17</volume>
			<issue>49</issue>
			<fpage>381</fpage>
			<lpage>394</lpage>
			<history>
				<date date-type="received">
					<day>23</day>
					<month>02</month>
					<year>2017</year>
				</date>
				<date date-type="accepted">
					<day>30</day>
					<month>04</month>
					<year>2017</year>
				</date>
			</history>
			<permissions>
				<license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/" xml:lang="es">
					<license-p>Este es un artículo publicado en acceso abierto bajo una licencia Creative Commons</license-p>
				</license>
			</permissions>
			<abstract>
				<title>RESUMEN:</title>
				<p>El estudio tuvo como <bold>objetivo</bold> identificar el impacto de los programas de acreditación hospitalaria desde la perspectiva de las enfermeras. Este es un estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, exploratorio, que tuvo lugar en hospital general privado acreditado con excelencia (Nivel III, el más alto) por la Organización Nacional de Acreditación. La recolección de datos se realizó mediante un cuestionario tipo Likert compuesto por siete escalas relacionadas con: la calidad de los resultados; El uso de los recursos humanos; la calidad de la planificación estratégica; Gestión de la Calidad; El uso de datos relacionados con la satisfacción del paciente; Participación del personal; Y los beneficios de la acreditación. Los resultados muestran que las enfermeras se dieron cuenta de las mejoras resultantes del proceso de acreditación en las siguientes áreas: planificación estratégica de la calidad; Gestión de la Calidad; Utilización de los datos relacionados con la satisfacción del paciente y la participación del personal con la calidad del hospital. Por el contrario, el proceso de acreditación no resultó en desarrollos en relación al tiempo dado a las enfermeras para preparar y probar mejoras de la calidad y también para el uso de los recursos humanos, especialmente en lo que se refiere a las recompensas y estrategias de reconocimiento. Llegamos a la conclusión de que las enfermeras tienen un papel clave en la consecución del proceso de acreditación y, por tanto, las recompensas y las estrategias de reconocimiento precisan ser mejor desarrolladas y puestas en práctica y las enfermeras necesitan tener tiempo suficiente para realizar actividades relacionadas con el proceso de acreditación<bold>.</bold></p>
			</abstract>
			<trans-abstract xml:lang="en">
				<title>ABSTRACT:</title>
				<p>This study aimed to identify the impact of hospital accreditation programs from the nurses' perspective. This quantitative, descriptive, exploratory study was performed in a private general hospital. This institution is accredited with Excellence (Level III, the highest) by the Brazilian National Accreditation Organization. Data collection was conducted using a Likert-type questionnaire consisting of seven scales related to: quality results; human resources utilization; strategic quality planning; quality management; use of data related to patient satisfaction; staff involvement; and benefits of accreditation. The results show that nurses perceived improvements as outcome of the accreditation process in the following areas: strategic quality planning; quality management; use of data related to patient satisfaction; and staff involvement with hospital quality. Inversely, the accreditation process have not result in developments in relation to the time given to nurses to plan for and test quality improvements, and also in relation to human resources utilization, especially concerning rewards and recognition strategies. We concluded that nurses have a key role in accomplishment of the accreditation process and therefore rewards and recognition strategies need to be better developed and implemented, and nurses need to be given adequate time for performing activities related to the accreditation process.</p>
			</trans-abstract>
			<trans-abstract xml:lang="pt">
				<title>RESUMO:</title>
				<p>O estudo <bold>objetivou</bold> identificar o impacto dos programas de acreditação hospitalar do ponto de vista dos enfermeiros. Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, descritivo, exploratório, realizado em hospital geral privado credenciado com Excelência (Nível III, o mais alto) pela Organização Nacional de Acreditação. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de um questionário de tipo Likert composto por sete escalas relacionadas a: Resultados de qualidade; Utilização de recursos humanos; Planejamento estratégico de qualidade; Gestão da Qualidade; Uso de dados relacionados à satisfação do paciente; Envolvimento do pessoal; E os benefícios da acreditação. Os resultados mostram que os enfermeiros perceberam melhorias como resultado do processo de acreditação nas seguintes àreas: Planejamento estratégico de qualidade; Gestão da Qualidade; uso de dados relacionados à satisfação do paciente e envolvimento do pessoal com qualidade hospitalar. Inversamente, o processo de acreditação não resultou em desenvolvimentos em relação ao tempo dado aos enfermeiros para planejar e testar melhorias de qualidade, e também em relação à utilização de recursos humanos, especialmente no que se refere a recompensas e estratégias de reconhecimento. Concluímos que os enfermeiros têm um papel fundamental na realização do processo de acreditação e, portanto, as recompensas e as estratégias de reconhecimento precisam ser melhor desenvolvidas e implementadas e os enfermeiros precisam ter tempo suficiente para realizar atividades relacionadas ao processo de acreditação.</p>
			</trans-abstract>
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				<title><bold>Palabras clave</bold>:</title>
				<kwd>Acreditación</kwd>
				<kwd>Garantía de la Calidad de Atención de Salud</kwd>
				<kwd>Enfermería</kwd>
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				<title><bold>Keywords</bold>:</title>
				<kwd>Accreditation</kwd>
				<kwd>Quality Assurance Health Care</kwd>
				<kwd>Nursing</kwd>
			</kwd-group>
			<kwd-group xml:lang="pt">
				<title><bold>Palavras-chave</bold>:</title>
				<kwd>Acreditação</kwd>
				<kwd>Garantia da Qualidade dos Cuidados de Saúde</kwd>
				<kwd>Enfermagem</kwd>
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			<title>INTRODUCCIÓN</title>
			<p>Las transformaciones de los procesos sociales, económicos y productivos que acompañan a la globalización y los consiguientes aumentos en la competencia de la asistencia hospitalaria demandan cambios en las organizaciones de salud. Como resultado, estas organizaciones comenzaron a revisar sus modelos de gestión con el objetivo de mejorar la calidad de los servicios que brindan. Una de las herramientas que se han utilizado en este proceso es la implementación de programas de acreditación hospitalaria<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1"><sup>1</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>La acreditación es un proceso formal voluntario mediante el cual un organismo reconocido evalúa y reconoce las organizaciones de atención médica que cumplen con los estándares publicados predeterminados aplicables, y busca la mejora continua<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2"><sup>2</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3"><sup>3</sup></xref>. Los objetivos de la acreditación incluyen la evaluación de la calidad y la seguridad en la asistencia hospitalaria; el desarrollo de una cultura de calidad a través de la participación de profesionales en el proceso, y el logro de reconocimiento externo<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4"><sup>4</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>En Brasil, la acreditación se implementó desde los años 80, con base en los estándares de la Joint Commission International (JCI). La implementación del programa de acreditación brasileño tuvo lugar en 1999 y se denominó &quot;Organización Nacional de Acreditación&quot; (ONA, por sus siglas en portugués). Fue conducido por una organización privada sin orden económico e interés colectivo. El objetivo principal es la implementación a nivel nacional de un proceso continuo de mejora de la calidad de la atención de salud, alentando a todos los servicios de salud a alcanzar altos estándares de calidad<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5"><sup>5</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>La evaluación de la ONA se realiza considerando los estándares de un modelo para evaluar la calidad basada en Estructura, Proceso y Resultado, y proporciona tres niveles de certificación. Para llegar al primer nivel, el hospital debe cumplir con los criterios de seguridad del paciente en todas las áreas de actividad, incluidos los problemas estructurales y de servicio. El segundo nivel, además de los criterios de seguridad, tiene una gestión integrada, con procesos que se llevan a cabo de forma fluida y con una buena comunicación entre las actividades, la “excelencia en la gestión”. Cabe señalar que certificados de organización o salud son válidos por dos años. En el tercer nivel, el hospital es acreditado con excelencia. El principio de estos Programas de nivel acreditados con excelencia ya alcanzó los niveles 1 y 2 anteriormente, además de los estándares específicos de nivel 3. La institución debe demostrar una cultura organizacional de mejora continua con madurez institucional. Esta certificación es válida por tres años<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5"><sup>5</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>En Brasil, ONA y JCI son responsables de la mayoría de los procesos de acreditación en hospitales. Ambos desarrollaron una serie de estándares centrados en los procesos, pero el proceso de la JCI tiene la principal evaluación centrada en los indicadores relacionados con el proceso de atención para los pacientes y la humanización. Tiene como objetivo promover la mejora continua de la atención en las instituciones de salud, a través de estándares internacionales, metas internacionales de seguridad y cuidado del paciente con monitoreo por indicadores. La JCI está representada en Brasil por el Consorcio Brasileño de Acreditación (CBA, por sus siglas en portugués). Actualmente tiene 27 certificaciones de hospitales y ONA es responsable por 230 certificaciones<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6"><sup>6</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7"><sup>7</sup></xref>
			</p>
			<p>Desde 2013, los hospitales brasileños también utilizan la herramienta del Consejo Canadiense de Acreditación de Servicios de Salud, actualmente 25 hospitales ya tienen esta certificación<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8"><sup>8</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>El desarrollo de los países, su cultura, la educación de los profesionales, y principalmente su concienciación sobre el derecho a recibir cuidado de calidad, están directamente relacionados con el proceso de acreditación<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9"><sup>9</sup></xref>. La literatura ha presentado estudios con evidencia del impacto de los programas de acreditación en los servicios de salud<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10"><sup>10</sup></xref>, y destaca que los profesionales que asumen roles de liderazgo en estos procesos generalmente son gerentes de enfermería<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11"><sup>11</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12"><sup>12</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>El personal de enfermería es fundamental para el desarrollo de un programa de calidad en los hospitales, debido a la gran cantidad de profesionales, y su desempeño directo y permanente ayudando a los clientes internos y externos<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13"><sup>13</sup></xref>. En este sentido, los procesos de acreditación están influenciados por las acciones de los líderes de enfermería y, al mismo tiempo, tienen implicaciones importantes para el trabajo diario del equipo<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13"><sup>13</sup></xref>, específicamente, en la mejora del trabajo en equipo y de la productividad<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14"><sup>14</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>A pesar del importante crecimiento de los programas de acreditación, saber si estos programas han afectado o no la calidad de los servicios de salud se ha considerado un desafío para las agencias de certificación, los gobiernos, la sociedad y los servicios de salud<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10"><sup>10</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p><bold>OBJETIVO</bold></p>
			<p>Evaluar el impacto de los programas de acreditación de hospitales desde las perspectivas de los enfermeros.</p>
		</sec>
		<sec sec-type="methods">
			<title>MÉTODO</title>
			<p>Este trabajo fue generado a partir de un proyecto multicéntrico desarrollado por el Grupo de Investigación de Ribeirão Preto de Enfermería de la Universidad de Sao Paulo, que tiene la intención de analizar y comparar los resultados de la aplicación de la Gestión Participativa y de la Acreditación Hospitalaria en los hospitales de Brasil y Canadá desde el punto de vista de los gerentes y equipos de salud.</p>
			<p>Es un estudio exploratorio, cuantitativo, descriptivo y llevado a cabo en un hospital privado de atención terciaria general, con 85 camas, ubicado en la ciudad de Ribeirão Preto, estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Este hospital está acreditado con excelencia por ONA desde 2012.</p>
			<p>El cuestionario se aplicó a una población compuesta por todas los enfermeros gerentes(29) que trabajaban en el hospital. La elección de esta población está justificada, debido a la participación directa en la conducción de procesos y actividades que mueven la estructura organizacional, la capacidad de integrar el conocimiento técnico y administrativo y también la responsabilidad con los programas de mejorar la calidad.</p>
			<p>El criterio de inclusión fue que el enfermero debía trabajar en el hospital durante al menos doce meses y no estar ausente durante la recolección de datos.</p>
			<p>La recolección de datos fue de agosto a noviembre de 2013. Se utilizó un cuestionario adaptado de un estudio internacional<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14"><sup>14</sup></xref> que evalúa la implementación de la calidad y los resultados en las organizaciones de cuidado de la salud en el contexto de la acreditación. Este cuestionario se eligió porque el estudio anterior mostró fiabilidad y consistencia interna con un Alpha de Cronbach que excedió 0,80 para todas las escalas.</p>
			<p>El cuestionario se tradujo al portugués brasileño y se sometió a tres expertos para la evaluación de la validez y del contenido: un profesor en el área de enfermería y gestión de la salud, un enfermero que trabaja en el hospital con experiencia en gestión de calidad y un enfermero gerente.</p>
			<p>La versión final del cuestionario consistió en una sección de información sociodemográfica y una sección que incluía 45 preguntas distribuidas en siete escalas: resultados de calidad (5 ítems); utilización de recursos humanos (6 ítems); planificación de calidad estratégica (7 ítems); gestión de calidad (6 ítems); uso de datos relacionados con la satisfacción del paciente (7 ítems); participación del personal (5 ítems) y beneficios de la acreditación (9 ítems). Las respuestas se calificaron en una escala de Likert con cinco valores, que van de uno a cinco, que corresponden respectivamente a totalmente en desacuerdo; en desacuerdo; ni de acuerdo ni en desacuerdo; de acuerdo; y muy de acuerdo. Este cuestionario nos permitió evaluar el nivel de acuerdo entre los participantes con respecto al programa de acreditación, y el puntaje obtenido (1-5 puntos) se evaluó como proporcional al nivel de satisfacción de los encuestados.</p>
			<p>Los datos se analizaron usando SPSS 15.0 y un nivel de significancia de 0.05. Se realizó un análisis descriptivo para informar la información sociodemográfica de los encuestados, y los puntajes promedio se calcularon para cada escala en función del número de elementos disponibles. Para los datos sociodemográficos y las respuestas dadas a cada ítem de las siete escalas, usamos números absolutos y su respectivo porcentaje. Presentamos puntajes y derivaciones estándar para las siete escalas en la siguiente sección.</p>
			<p>El proyecto de investigación fue aprobado por el Comité de Ética en Investigación de la Facultad de Enfermería de Ribeirão Preto, Universidad de São Paulo, con número de protocolo 248.223/2013.</p>
		</sec>
		<sec sec-type="results">
			<title>RESULTADOS</title>
			<p>Los 29 encuestados respondieron el cuestionario (100%). La edad predominante era entre 30-45 años (51,7%) y la mayoría de los sujetos eran mujeres (69%). El 41.4% de los participantes había trabajado entre 3-4 años en la institución.</p>
			<p>En todas las escalas, el puntaje promedio fue de 3.5 puntos o más, clasificando las mejoras percibidas de los programas de acreditación como satisfactorias para todos los dominios, considerando una escala de 0 a 5 para calcular el promedio. La escala de utilización de recursos humanos, que consiste en preguntas sobre recompensas, reconocimiento, educación y capacitación, tuvo la media más baja (3.5). La escala de Beneficios de la acreditación tuvo la media más alta (4,15) y su valor de desviación estándar fue de 1,04.</p>
			<p>El cien por ciento de los participantes estuvo de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que E<italic>l hospital alienta a los enfermeros a mantener registros de problemas de calidad a través de la documentación,</italic> que tuvo el mayor porcentaje de acuerdo general (de acuerdo y muy de acuerdo) en el cuestionario. Muestra que la institución está preocupada y adoptó el uso de indicadores para la garantía de calidad; también alienta a los empleados a notificar eventos adversos y planes de estudio, por ejemplo a través de los informes.</p>
			<p>Por el contrario, el acuerdo de porcentaje total más bajo (20,7%) fue para el ítem <italic>Los enfermeros tienen tiempo suficiente para planificar y probar las mejoras de calidad</italic>. Consulte la <xref ref-type="table" rid="t1">Tabla 1</xref> para ver los resultados de las respuestas para todas las escalas y elementos de la encuesta.</p>
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					<label>Tabla 1.</label>
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						<title>Distribución de puntaje por ítem de las escalas según la perspectiva de los enfermeros sobre el impacto de la acreditación hospitalaria. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil, 2013.</title>
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								<th align="justify"> </th>
								<th align="justify" colspan="2">Totalmente en desacuerdo </th>
								<th align="justify" colspan="2">En desacuerdo </th>
								<th align="justify" colspan="2">Ni de acuerdo ni en desacuerdo </th>
								<th align="justify" colspan="2">De acuerdo </th>
								<th align="justify" colspan="2">Totalmente de acuerdo </th>
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								<th align="justify">Resultados de calidad</th>
								<th align="justify">N</th>
								<th align="justify">%</th>
								<th align="justify">N</th>
								<th align="justify">%</th>
								<th align="justify">N</th>
								<th align="justify">%</th>
								<th align="justify">N</th>
								<th align="justify">%</th>
								<th align="justify">N</th>
								<th align="justify">%</th>
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								<td align="left">La satisfacción del cliente</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">22</td>
								<td align="justify">75,9</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Servicios proporcionados por la administración</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">20</td>
								<td align="justify">69,0</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Calidad de la atención brindada a los pacientes</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">3</td>
								<td align="justify">10,3</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">19</td>
								<td align="justify">65,5</td>
								<td align="justify">4</td>
								<td align="justify">13,8</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Apoyo clínico</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">11</td>
								<td align="justify">37,9</td>
								<td align="justify">11</td>
								<td align="justify">37,9</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Restricciones financieras</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">17</td>
								<td align="justify">58,6</td>
								<td align="justify">9</td>
								<td align="justify">31,0</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="justify"><bold>Planificación de calidad estratégica</bold></td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Tiempo para planear y testar</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">10</td>
								<td align="justify">34,5</td>
								<td align="justify">11</td>
								<td align="justify">37,9</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Objetivos específicos</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">22</td>
								<td align="justify">75,9</td>
								<td align="justify">4</td>
								<td align="justify">13,8</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Las metas son conocidas</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">20</td>
								<td align="justify">69,0</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Participación</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">20</td>
								<td align="justify">69,0</td>
								<td align="justify">7</td>
								<td align="justify">24,1</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Coordinadores y supervisores</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">3</td>
								<td align="justify">10,3</td>
								<td align="justify">15</td>
								<td align="justify">51,7</td>
								<td align="justify">9</td>
								<td align="justify">31,0</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Expectativas de los pacientes</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">4</td>
								<td align="justify">13,8</td>
								<td align="justify">18</td>
								<td align="justify">62,1</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Papel de los enfermeros</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">17</td>
								<td align="justify">58,6</td>
								<td align="justify">9</td>
								<td align="justify">31,0</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="justify"><bold>Utilización de recursos humanos</bold></td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Educación y capacitación sobre cómo identificar y actuar sobre las oportunidades de mejora de la calidad</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">4</td>
								<td align="justify">13,8</td>
								<td align="justify">7</td>
								<td align="justify">24,1</td>
								<td align="justify">16</td>
								<td align="justify">55,2</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Educación continua y entrenamiento en métodos que apoyan la mejoría de la calidad.</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">7</td>
								<td align="justify">24,1</td>
								<td align="justify">14</td>
								<td align="justify">48,3</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Educación y capacitación para mejorar las habilidades y el rendimiento</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
								<td align="justify">10</td>
								<td align="justify">34,5</td>
								<td align="justify">9</td>
								<td align="justify">31,0</td>
								<td align="justify">4</td>
								<td align="justify">13,8</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Premios y reconocimientos</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
								<td align="justify">7</td>
								<td align="justify">24,1</td>
								<td align="justify">8</td>
								<td align="justify">27,6</td>
								<td align="justify">4</td>
								<td align="justify">13,8</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Cooperación interdepartamental</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
								<td align="justify">8</td>
								<td align="justify">27,6</td>
								<td align="justify">11</td>
								<td align="justify">37,9</td>
								<td align="justify">3</td>
								<td align="justify">10,3</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Sugerencias para la gestión</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
								<td align="justify">15</td>
								<td align="justify">51,7</td>
								<td align="justify">7</td>
								<td align="justify">24,1</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="justify"><bold>Gestión de la calidad</bold></td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Equipamientos y suministros</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">3</td>
								<td align="justify">10,3</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">19</td>
								<td align="justify">65,5</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Políticas efectivas</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">19</td>
								<td align="justify">65,5</td>
								<td align="justify">8</td>
								<td align="justify">27,6</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Nuevos servicios</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">21</td>
								<td align="justify">72,4</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Servicios completamente testados</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">4</td>
								<td align="justify">13,8</td>
								<td align="justify">10</td>
								<td align="justify">34,5</td>
								<td align="justify">11</td>
								<td align="justify">37,9</td>
								<td align="justify">3</td>
								<td align="justify">10,3</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Seguro de calidad</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">18</td>
								<td align="justify">62,1</td>
								<td align="justify">8</td>
								<td align="justify">27,6</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Registros de problemas</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">22</td>
								<td align="justify">75,9</td>
								<td align="justify">7</td>
								<td align="justify">24,1</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="justify"><bold>Uso de datos relacionados con la satisfacción del paciente</bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Expectativas actuales</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
								<td align="justify">17</td>
								<td align="justify">5,6</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Expectativas futuras</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">3</td>
								<td align="justify">10,3</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
								<td align="justify">16</td>
								<td align="justify">55,2</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Quejas de pacientes</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">20</td>
								<td align="justify">69,0</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Evitar que los mismos problemas vuelvan a ocurrir</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">4</td>
								<td align="justify">13,8</td>
								<td align="justify">20</td>
								<td align="justify">69,0</td>
								<td align="justify">4</td>
								<td align="justify">13,8</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Datos de pacientes para mejorar los servicios</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">20</td>
								<td align="justify">69,0</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Satisfacción del paciente comunicada al personal del hospital</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">4</td>
								<td align="justify">13,8</td>
								<td align="justify">18</td>
								<td align="justify">62,1</td>
								<td align="justify">5</td>
								<td align="justify">17,2</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Proyectar nuevos servicios</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
								<td align="justify">15</td>
								<td align="justify">51,7</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="justify"><bold>Participación del personal</bold></td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
								<td align="justify"> </td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Los cambios fueron implementados</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">7</td>
								<td align="justify">24,1</td>
								<td align="justify">15</td>
								<td align="justify">51,7</td>
								<td align="justify">7</td>
								<td align="justify">24,1</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Participación en la implementación</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
								<td align="justify">16</td>
								<td align="justify">55,2</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Aprendido de las recomendaciones</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">22</td>
								<td align="justify">75,9</td>
								<td align="justify">6</td>
								<td align="justify">20,7</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Implementar cambios importantes</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">20</td>
								<td align="justify">69,0</td>
								<td align="justify">7</td>
								<td align="justify">24,1</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Participar de los cambios</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">19</td>
								<td align="justify">65,5</td>
								<td align="justify">8</td>
								<td align="justify">27,6</td>
							</tr>
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								<td align="justify"> </td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="justify"><bold>Beneficios de la acreditación</bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Atención al paciente</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">14</td>
								<td align="justify">48,3</td>
								<td align="justify">14</td>
								<td align="justify">48,3</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Motivación del personal y fomentación del trabajo en equipo</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">3</td>
								<td align="justify">10,3</td>
								<td align="justify">15</td>
								<td align="justify">51,7</td>
								<td align="justify">8</td>
								<td align="justify">27,6</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Valores compartidos</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">18</td>
								<td align="justify">62,1</td>
								<td align="justify">7</td>
								<td align="justify">24,1</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Recursos internos</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">3</td>
								<td align="justify">10,3</td>
								<td align="justify">14</td>
								<td align="justify">48,3</td>
								<td align="justify">10</td>
								<td align="justify">34,5</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Necesidades de la población</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">15</td>
								<td align="justify">51,7</td>
								<td align="justify">10</td>
								<td align="justify">34,5</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Mejor respuesta a los socios</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">3</td>
								<td align="justify">10,3</td>
								<td align="justify">15</td>
								<td align="justify">51,7</td>
								<td align="justify">9</td>
								<td align="justify">31,0</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Colaboración con los socios en el sistema de atención médica</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">4</td>
								<td align="justify">13,8</td>
								<td align="justify">16</td>
								<td align="justify">55,2</td>
								<td align="justify">8</td>
								<td align="justify">27,6</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Implementar cambios</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">14</td>
								<td align="justify">48,3</td>
								<td align="justify">14</td>
								<td align="justify">48,3</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td align="left">Más receptivo</td>
								<td align="justify">1</td>
								<td align="justify">3,4</td>
								<td align="justify">2</td>
								<td align="justify">6,9</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">-</td>
								<td align="justify">16</td>
								<td align="justify">55,2</td>
								<td align="justify">10</td>
								<td align="justify">34,5</td>
							</tr>
						</tbody>
					</table>
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			</p>
			<p>
				<table-wrap id="t1b">
					<label>Tabla 1. Cont.</label>
					<caption>
						<title>Distribución de puntaje por ítem de las escalas según la perspectiva de los enfermeros sobre el impacto de la acreditación hospitalaria. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil, 2013.</title>
					</caption>
						<graphic xlink:href="tabla1-gt1b.jpg"/>
					</table-wrap>
				</p>
				<p>
				<table-wrap id="t1c">
					<label>Tabla 1. Cont.</label>
					<caption>
						<title>Distribución de puntaje por ítem de las escalas según la perspectiva de los enfermeros sobre el impacto de la acreditación hospitalaria. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil, 2013.</title>
					</caption>
						<graphic xlink:href="tabla1-gt1c.jpg"/>
					</table-wrap>
				</p>
			<p>En relación con la escala de <bold>Resultados de Calidad</bold>, el 93,1% de los enfermeros estuvo de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que <italic>durante el último año, el hospital había mostrado mejoras mensurables en la satisfacción del cliente</italic>; sin embargo, solo el 55.1% de los enfermeros estuvo de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que, <italic>el hospital ha demostrado mejoras constantes y mensurables en la calidad de los servicios prestados por los departamentos de apoyo clínico como laboratorio, farmacia y radiología.</italic></p>
			<p>Con respecto a la escala de <bold>Planificación Estratégica de la Calidad</bold>, el porcentaje más alto que estaba de acuerdo (93.1%) fue la participación de los enfermeros en el desarrollo de planes para mejorar la calidad. Sin embargo, el 41.4% estuvo en desacuerdo o muy en desacuerdo y el 37.9% no estuvo de acuerdo ni en desacuerdo en que <italic>a los enfermeros se les da el tiempo adecuado para planear y testar las mejoras de la calidad</italic>. Sin embargo, el 89.6% estuvo de acuerdo en que <italic>los enfermeros cumplen un papel crucial en el establecimiento de prioridades para mejorar la calidad</italic>.</p>
			<p>La escala sobre la <bold>Utilización de los Recursos Humanos</bold> mostró la media más baja (3,5), y las opiniones de los enfermeros variaron ampliamente en relación con las recompensas y el reconocimiento. Un total de 41.4% estuvieron de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo; 24.1% no estuvieron de acuerdo ni en desacuerdo y 34.4% estuvieron en desacuerdo o muy en desacuerdo con la afirmación de que los <italic>enfermeros son recompensados y reconocidos (por ejemplo, financieramente y/o de otra manera</italic>) <italic>por mejorar la calidad</italic>. El 75.8% de los participantes estuvieron de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que <italic>el hospital tiene un sistema efectivo para que los enfermeros hagan sugerencias a la gerencia sobre cómo mejorar la calidad</italic>. Con respecto a la educación y la capacitación, dentro de la misma escala, el 62.1% estuvieron de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que los enfermeros reciban educación y capacitación sobre cómo identificar y aprovechar las oportunidades de mejora de la calidad en base a las recomendaciones de las encuestas de acreditación. El 69% estuvo de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que <italic>los enfermeros reciban educación continua y capacitación en métodos que respalden la mejoría de la calidad</italic>.</p>
			<p>Con respecto a la escala de <bold>Gestión de la Calidad</bold>, el 100% de los enfermeros estuvo de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo cuando se les preguntó si <italic>el hospital las apoya para mantener registros de problemas de calidad a través de la documentación</italic>. Además, el 93.1% estuvo de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que el hospital cuenta con políticas efectivas para apoyar la mejora de la calidad de la atención y los servicios. Por el contrario, el 17,2% no estuvo de acuerdo o muy en desacuerdo con que <italic>los servicios que proporciona el hospital se prueban exhaustivamente antes de su implementación.</italic></p>
			<p>Del total, el 82% de los enfermeros estuvo de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que <italic>las quejas de los pacientes se estudian para identificar patrones y aprender de ellos para evitar que vuelvan a ocurrir los mismos problemas.</italic> Además, el 89,7% también estuvo de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que <italic>el hospital utiliza datos de pacientes para mejorar los servicios en la escala</italic> 
 <bold>Uso de Datos Relacionados con la Satisfacción del Paciente</bold>.</p>
			<p>En relación con la participación del personal, el 96.6% de los participantes estuvo de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que el aprendizaje ocurrió como resultado de las recomendaciones hechas para su hospital desde la última encuesta de acreditación. Además, el 93.1% estuvo de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que estas recomendaciones fueron una oportunidad para implementar cambios importantes en el hospital y que participaron en los cambios que resultaron de las recomendaciones de acreditación.</p>
			<p>De acuerdo con la escala de <bold>Beneficios de la acreditación</bold>, el 96.6% está de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que la acreditación permite mejorar la atención del paciente, y que <italic>la acreditación es una herramienta valiosa para que el hospital implemente cambios</italic>. Además, el 79.3% estuvo de acuerdo o muy de acuerdo en que la acreditación es un estímulo para la motivación del personal y para fomentar el trabajo en equipo y la colaboración.</p>
		</sec>
		<sec sec-type="discussion">
			<title>DISCUSIÓN</title>
			<p>Los servicios de enfermería enfrentan desafíos para satisfacer las demandas de los clientes internos y externos a fin de lograr la excelencia en la calidad en el cuidado en el ámbito hospitalario. Los líderes de enfermería están en posiciones privilegiadas para cambiar el estado de calidad de los servicios de salud debido a su capacidad profesional para realizar actividades de gestión, actividades de cuidado de enfermería y prácticas educativas continuas. La educación especializada puede informar los criterios de calidad y, consecuentemente, el personal estará mejor capacitado para implementar nuevas estrategias de calidad en el cuidado de la salud, como la acreditación. En los servicios más calificados, los enfermeros pueden desarrollar programas innovadores centrados en nuevos conceptos de estructura, con el objetivo de lograr una mejor calidad a través de las mejores prácticas en el cuidado de la salud<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15"><sup>15</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16"><sup>16</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>De acuerdo con los enfermeros entrevistados en un estudio<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13"><sup>13</sup></xref>, los aspectos negativos de la acreditación estuvieron relacionados con la falta de reconocimiento y apreciación dados los desafíos impuestos durante este proceso; demandas desiguales para profesionales de enfermería en comparación con profesionales de otras categorías; poca participación del equipo multidisciplinario y la inexistencia de cohesión entre los profesionales; y la implementación de la acreditación como algo impuesto por la alta gerencia, sin despertar primero la conciencia de los profesionales. El mismo estudio resaltó los siguientes aspectos positivos: orgullo y satisfacción al ser también responsable del reconocimiento del hospital en la sociedad; posibilidad de madurez profesional; seguridad en el lugar de trabajo, establecida a través de rutinas, estandarización y organización del servicio con recursos materiales, técnicos y humanos más calificados y disponibles; clima organizacional favorable para el aprendizaje profesional a través del intercambio de experiencias y la posibilidad de mejores oportunidades en el mercado laboral.</p>
			<p>Los enfermeros desempeñan un papel fundamental en el proceso de acreditación, ya que participan activamente en la toma de decisiones, la estrategia y las operaciones. En la toma de decisiones, los enfermeros contribuyen a determinar las pautas y las condiciones favorables para que el servicio de enfermería logre los estándares de calidad. Con respecto a la estrategia, preparan al equipo de enfermería para lograr el objetivo de la acreditación. En las operaciones, los enfermeros pueden mejorar el proceso de acreditación supervisando al personal de enfermería de manera sistemática y como parte del equipo de autoevaluación de las unidades en la etapa de acreditación pre-hospitalaria. En este contexto, las acciones del equipo de enfermería involucran actividades dirigidas a las dimensiones de cuidado, gestión, enseñanza e investigación<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14"><sup>14</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>Las mejoras en la calidad resultantes de la acreditación se reflejarán principalmente en la atención prestada a los pacientes, que se realiza no solo por los miembros del personal de enfermería, sino también por un equipo multidisciplinario. Incluir otras categorías profesionales en el proceso de acreditación puede agregar diversidad de perspectivas, prácticas y métodos, con la provisión de un cuidado de la salud más completo y calificado como resultado<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13"><sup>13</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>Los enfermeros son considerados los profesionales más idóneos para liderar los procesos de mejora de la calidad en las instituciones de salud, debido a su proximidad con los usuarios, el compromiso institucional y su papel como facilitadores en el equipo multidisciplinario de salud, lo que permite el liderazgo<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17"><sup>17</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>Por lo tanto, el desarrollo del liderazgo debe ser enfatizado durante el proceso educativo profesional de los enfermeros. En un estudio reciente, realizado en 14 hospitales acreditados por ONA y Joint Commission International (JCI), en São Paulo, se descubrió que el liderazgo es la competencia más importante y recurrente en gerentes de enfermería en la visión de sus gerentes<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17"><sup>17</sup></xref>. Sin embargo, durante la educación de enfermería, muy a menudo los aspectos técnicos son más valorados que los gerenciales. Sin embargo, la práctica profesional requiere el aprendizaje de los aspectos de gestión, por ejemplo, cuando se requiere que los enfermeros tomen decisiones que puedan afectar la calidad institucional y el resultado.</p>
			<p>Un aspecto muy interesante sobre la remuneración profesional fue identificado e incluido en la escala de Utilización de Recursos Humanos, ya que asocia el salario con la evaluación del desempeño de los profesionales individualmente o en grupos. Esto agrega valor a la práctica profesional y contribuye al compromiso profesional para proporcionar asistencia cualificada.</p>
			<p>El reconocimiento y la recompensa son factores importantes para determinar la influencia de la satisfacción, el rendimiento y las limitaciones de los enfermeros<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18"><sup>18</sup></xref>. Es importante analizar el poder de los enfermeros individualmente y de la enfermería como categoría profesional. La razón es que al observar los efectos de los programas de calificación en los profesionales, numerosos estudios destacan los efectos negativos de la acreditación para los enfermeros, como el estrés y la hipertensión arterial<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19"><sup>19</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20"><sup>20</sup></xref>, corroborando con otro estudio que informa que el proceso de obtención la acreditación se consideró una experiencia estresante que precisó mucho tiempo y una gran inversión de recursos<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21"><sup>21</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>Un estudio realizado con 28 enfermeros de cuidados críticos, de siete hospitales en Taiwán, mostró que la mayoría de ellos cree que la acreditación tuvo un fuerte impacto en el comportamiento gerencial de los hospitales, lo que influyó en su situación laboral. Tres conceptos surgieron de los hallazgos de este estudio: demandas continuamente cambiantes de preparaciones, estrategias de afrontamiento organizacional y causas de estrés para los enfermeros. Todos los enfermeros informaron que su carga de trabajo se volvió demasiado alta durante la acreditación hospitalaria<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20"><sup>20</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>En relación con la escala Gestión de la calidad, observamos que el hospital anima a los enfermeros a mantener registros de los problemas de calidad a través de la documentación. El registro de enfermería es una de las formas de demostrar el trabajo realizado por el personal de enfermería, y también es un indicador importante de la calidad del cuidado de enfermería. Los informes incorrectos, especialmente la falta de periodicidad y la continuidad de su ejecución, impiden cualquier tipo de evaluación y acreditación, por lo que es imposible desarrollar indicadores y ejecutar procesos judiciales e investigaciones que puedan proteger legalmente al profesional y las instituciones<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22"><sup>22</sup></xref>.</p>
			<p>La disposición de un hospital para obtener la acreditación es una señal de que esta institución está comprometida con la calidad de la atención médica, ya que para lograr este objetivo es necesario realizar varios cambios y mejoras. Los estándares y protocolos están establecidos y deben ser cumplidos por todos los profesionales involucrados en el proceso.</p>
			<p>Con la implementación de la acreditación, todos los procesos desarrollados por el personal de enfermería se estandarizaron, lo que es muy beneficioso para los profesionales, ya que se adquiere y se debe cumplir un estándar de calidad, además de ser monitoreado junto con otros profesionales del equipo de atención médica.</p>
			<p>La implementación de la acreditación requiere formación continua, lo que a su vez impacta en las mejoras en la atención de enfermería. Estas son percibidas por los clientes, que notan los cambios que se realizan con respecto a la calidad de la atención que se les brinda. Todo esto es importante para que el proceso de mejora sea continuo y efectivo en la reducción de errores y que los pacientes tengan un servicio de calidad más allá de lo que esperan.</p>
		</sec>
		<sec sec-type="conclusions">
			<title>CONCLUSIÓN</title>
			<p>La mayoría de los enfermeros encuestados coincidieron en que el proceso de acreditación trajo mejoras a la institución, lo que demuestra el compromiso del hospital con la calidad, especialmente sobre la planificación estratégica de calidad, gestión de calidad, uso de datos relacionados con la satisfacción del paciente, participación del personal y beneficios de la acreditación. Sin embargo, los participantes informaron de la necesidad de mejoras en relación con las estrategias de reconocimiento y recompensas. También identificaron la importancia de tener más tiempo para dedicar a las actividades de acreditación.</p>
			<p>Los enfermeros encuestados demostraron su participación en el proceso de acreditación del hospital y la comprensión del concepto. En esta perspectiva, el reconocimiento de la importancia y la necesidad de programas de gestión de calidad son aspectos centrales para las continuas mejoras requeridas por la acreditación hospitalaria.</p>
			<p>Los enfermeros desempeñan un papel importante en el proceso de evaluación y pueden, junto con el equipo de atención médica, brindar atención de calidad y un conocimiento profundo, teniendo en cuenta los criterios y estándares propuestos para la acreditación. Por lo tanto, es importante que las estrategias para evaluar la calidad se aborden en cursos de enfermería.</p>
			<p>Las limitaciones del estudio están relacionadas con la muestra cuantitativa, que era pequeña. A pesar de que los enfermeros fueron elegidos intencionalmente, los otros profesionales que integran el equipo de enfermería en Brasil podrían haber sido incluidos. Los estudios con un mayor número de participantes y otros profesionales del equipo de enfermería proporcionarán resultados más representativos para el fenómeno estudiado</p>
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				<article-title>Brazilian Nurses' Perspective on the Impact of Hospital Accreditation</article-title> 
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				<title>ABSTRACT:</title>
				<p>This study aimed to identify the impact of hospital accreditation programs from the nurses' perspective. This quantitative, descriptive, exploratory study was performed in a private general hospital. This institution is accredited with Excellence (Level III, the highest) by the Brazilian National Accreditation Organization. Data collection was conducted using a Likert-type questionnaire consisting of seven scales related to: quality results; human resources utilization; strategic quality planning; quality management; use of data related to patient satisfaction; staff involvement; and benefits of accreditation. The results show that nurses perceived improvements as outcome of the accreditation process in the following areas: strategic quality planning; quality management; use of data related to patient satisfaction; and staff involvement with hospital quality. Inversely, the accreditation process have not result in developments in relation to the time given to nurses to plan for and test quality improvements, and also in relation to human resources utilization, especially concerning rewards and recognition strategies. We concluded that nurses have a key role in accomplishment of the accreditation process and therefore rewards and recognition strategies need to be better developed and implemented, and nurses need to be given adequate time for performing activities related to the accreditation process.</p>
			</abstract>
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				<title><bold>Keywords</bold>:</title>
				<kwd>Accreditation</kwd>
				<kwd>Quality Assurance Health Care</kwd>
				<kwd>Nursing</kwd>
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				<title>INTRODUCTION</title>
				<p>The social, economic and productive process transformations that come with globalization and the consequent increases in healthcare competition demand changes in healthcare organizations. As a result, these organizations started reviewing their management models aiming to improve the quality of services they provide. One of the tools that have been used in this process is the implementation of programs for healthcare accreditation<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1"><sup>1</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>Accreditation is a voluntary formal process by which a recognized body evaluate and recognize healthcare organizations that meet applicable pre-determined published standards, and seek continuous improvement<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2"><sup>2</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3"><sup>3</sup></xref><sup>)</sup> 
 <sub>.</sub> The goals of accreditation include assessment of quality and safety in healthcare; development of a culture of quality through the participation of professionals in the process; and attainment of external recognition<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4"><sup>4</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>In Brazil, accreditation has been implemented since 80´s, based in the Joint Commission International (JCI) standards. The implementation of the Brazilian accreditation program took place in 1999 and it was named “National Accreditation Organization” (ONA, per its acronym in Portuguese). It was conducted by a private organization without economic order and collective interest. The main purpose is the implementation at the national level of an ongoing process of improving health care quality, encouraging all health services to reach high quality standards<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5"><sup>5</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>ONA’s evaluation is done considering the standards of a model for assessing quality that is based on Structure, Process and Outcome, and provides three levels of certification. To reach the first level, the hospital must be in accordance with the criteria for patient safety in all areas of activity, including structural and service issues. The second level has, in addition to the criteria of safety, integrated management, with processes taking place fluidly and good communication between activities. is the &quot;excellence in management&quot;. It should be noted that, an organization or health both certifications are valid for two years. In the third level, the hospital becomes accredited with excellence. The principle of these level Programs accredited with excellence already reached the levels 1 and 2 previously, in addition to the specific standards of level 3. The institution must already demonstrate an organizational culture of continuous improvement with institutional maturity. This certification is valid for three years<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5"><sup>5</sup></xref><sup>)</sup> 
 <sub>.</sub></p> <p>In Brazil ONA and JCI are responsible for the majority of accreditation processes in hospitals. Both developed a number of standards focused in processes, but the JCI process has the main evaluation focused on indicators related to the care process for patients and humanization. Aims to promote the continuous improvement of care in health institutions, through international standards, international goals of patient safety and care with monitoring by indicators. JCI is represented in Brazil by the Brazilian Accreditation Consortium (CBA, per its acronym in Portuguese). Currently it has 27 hospitals certifications and ONA is responsible for 230 certifications<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6"><sup>6</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7"><sup>7</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>Since 2013, Brazilian hospitals also using the tool of Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation, currently 25 hospitals have this certification already<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8"><sup>8</sup></xref> .</p>
				<p>The development of countries, their culture, the education of professionals, and mainly its population awareness about the right to receive quality care, are directly related to the accreditation process<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9"><sup>9</sup></xref><sub>.</sub> Literature has presented studies with evidence of the impact of accreditation programs in healthcare services<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10"><sup>10</sup></xref><sub>,</sub> and highlight that professionals who take leadership roles in these processes are generally nursing managers<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11"><sup>11</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12"><sup>12</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>Nursing staff is critical to the development of a quality program in hospitals, due to the substantial number of professionals, and their direct and permanent performance assisting internal and external customers<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13"><sup>13</sup></xref><sub>.</sub> In this sense, accreditation processes are influenced by the actions of nursing leaders and, at the same time, have important implications for the day-to-day work of the team<sup>(13 )</sup> ,specifically, improved team work and productivity<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14"><sup>14</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>Despite the significant growth of accreditation programs, knowing whether and how these programs have affected the quality of healthcare services has been considered a challenge to certification agencies, governments, society and healthcare services<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10"><sup>10</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p><bold>OBJECTIVE</bold></p>
				<p>To evaluate the impact of hospital accreditation programs from the perspectives of nurses.</p>
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			<sec sec-type="methods">
				<title>METHOD</title>
				<p>This paper was generated from a multicenter project developed by the Research Group from Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing at University of São Paulo, which intends to analyze and compare the results of the implementation of Participatory Management and the Hospital Accreditation in Brazilian and Canadian Hospitals in the view of the managers and health teams.</p>
				<p> It is a quantitative, descriptive, exploratory study and conducted in a private general tertiary care hospital, 85 beds, located in the city of Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo, Brazil. This hospital is accredited with excellence by ONA since 2012. </p>
				<p>The questionnaire was applied to a population composed by all the nurse managers (29) who worked in the hospital. The choice of this population is justified, due to the direct involvement in the conduction of processes and activities that move the organizational structure, capacity to integrate the technical and administrative knowledge and also the responsibility with the programs of quality improvement.</p>
				<p>As an inclusion criteria, nurse had to be working at the hospital for at least twelve months, and not be on scheduled leave during data collection. </p>
				<p>Data collection occurred from august to november, 2013 . It was used a questionnaire adapted from an international study<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14"><sup>14</sup></xref> which evaluate quality implementation and outcomes in health-care organizations in the context of accreditation.This questionnaire was chosen because previous study showed reliability and internal consistency with a Cronbach Alpha that exceeded 0.80 for all scales. </p>
				<p>The questionnaire was translated into Brazilian Portuguese, and submitted for face and content validity evaluation to three experts: one professor in the area of ​​ nursing and healthcare management, a nurse working in hospital setting with experience in quality management, and a nurse manager. </p>
				<p>The final version of the questionnaire consisted of a sociodemographic information section and a section that included 45 questions distributed in seven scales: quality results (5 items); human resources utilization (6 items); strategic quality planning (7 items); quality management (6 items); use of data related to patient satisfaction (7 items); staff involvement (5 items) and benefits of accreditation (9 items). The responses were rated on a Likert scale with five values, ranging from one to five, corresponding respectively to strongly disagree; disagree; neither agree nor disagree; agree; and strongly agree. This questionnaire allowed us to assess the level of agreement among participants regarding the accreditation program, and the score obtained (1-5 points) was assessed as proportional to the level of satisfaction of respondents.</p>
				<p>Data were analyzed using SPSS 15.0 and a 0.05 significance level. Descriptive analysis was done to report sociodemographic information of respondents, and mean scores were computed for every scale based on the number of available items. For sociodemographic data and responses given to each item of the seven scales, we used absolute numbers and their respective percent. We present scores and standard derivations for the seven scales in the next section. </p>
				<p>The research project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, protocol number 248.223/2013.</p>
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			<sec sec-type="results">
				<title>RESULTS</title>
				<p>All the 29 respondents answered the questionnaire (100%). The predominant age was between 30-45 years (51.7%), and most subjects were female (69%). 41.4% of participants had worked between 3-4 years in the institution.</p>
				<p>In all scales, the mean score was 3.5 points or greater, ranking perceived improvements of accreditation programs as satisfying for all domains, considering a scale from 0 to 5 for calculating the average. The Human Resources Utilization scale, which consist of questions regarding rewards, recognition, education and training had the lowest mean (3.5). The Benefits of Accreditation scale had the highest mean (4.15), and its standard deviation value ​​was 1.04. </p>
				<p>One hundred percent of participants agreed or strongly agreed that <italic>The hospital encourages nurses to keep records of quality problems through documentation</italic>, which had the highest overall percent agreement (agree and strongly agree) in the questionnaire. It shows that the institution is concerned and adopted the use of indicators for quality assurance; also, encourages employees to notify through the Adverse Event reports and study plans, for example.</p>
				<p>Conversely, the lowest (20.7%) overall percent agreement was for the item <italic>Nurses are given adequate time to plan for and test quality improvements</italic>. See <xref ref-type="table" rid="t2">Table 1</xref> for the results of responses for all scales and items in the survey.</p>
				<p>
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						<label>Table 1</label>
						<caption>
							<title>Score distribution per item of the scales according to the nurses’ perspective on the impact of hospital accreditation. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil, 2013. </title>
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									<th align="justify" colspan="2">Strongly disagree </th>
									<th align="justify" colspan="2">Disagree </th>
									<th align="justify" colspan="2">Neither agree nor disagree </th>
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								</tr>
								<tr>
									<th align="justify">Quality results</th>
									<th align="justify">N</th>
									<th align="justify">%</th>
									<th align="justify">N</th>
									<th align="justify">%</th>
									<th align="justify">N</th>
									<th align="justify">%</th>
									<th align="justify">N</th>
									<th align="justify">%</th>
									<th align="justify">N</th>
									<th align="justify">%</th>
								</tr>
							</thead>
							<tbody>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Customer satisfaction</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">22</td>
									<td align="justify">75.9</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Services provided by the administration</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Quality of care provided to patients</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">19</td>
									<td align="justify">65.5</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Clinical support</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">11</td>
									<td align="justify">37.9</td>
									<td align="justify">11</td>
									<td align="justify">37.9</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Financial constraints</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">17</td>
									<td align="justify">58,6</td>
									<td align="justify">9</td>
									<td align="justify">31.0</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"><bold>Strategic quality planning</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Time to plan and test</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
									<td align="justify">11</td>
									<td align="justify">37.9</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Specific goals</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">22</td>
									<td align="justify">75.9</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Goals are known</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Involvement</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Coordinators and supervisors</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">9</td>
									<td align="justify">31.0</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Patients expectations</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">18</td>
									<td align="justify">62.1</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Nurses role</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">17</td>
									<td align="justify">58.6</td>
									<td align="justify">9</td>
									<td align="justify">31.0</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"> 
 
 <bold>Human resources utilization</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Education and training in how to identify and act on quality improvement opportunities</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
									<td align="justify">16</td>
									<td align="justify">55.2</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Continuous education and training in methods that support quality improvement.</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Education and training to improve skills and performance</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
									<td align="justify">9</td>
									<td align="justify">31.0</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Rewards and recognition</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Inter-departmental cooperation</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
									<td align="justify">11</td>
									<td align="justify">37.9</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Suggestions to management</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"><bold>Quality management</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Equipment and supplies</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">19</td>
									<td align="justify">65.5</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Effective policies</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">19</td>
									<td align="justify">65.5</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">New services</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">21</td>
									<td align="justify">72.4</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Services thoroughly tested</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
									<td align="justify">11</td>
									<td align="justify">37.9</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Quality assurance</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">18</td>
									<td align="justify">62.1</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Records of problems</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">22</td>
									<td align="justify">75.9</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"><bold>Use of data related to patient satisfaction</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Current expectations</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
									<td align="justify">17</td>
									<td align="justify">58.6</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Future expectations</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
									<td align="justify">16</td>
									<td align="justify">55.2</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Patient complaints</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Prevent the same problems from recurring</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Data from patients to improve services</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Patient satisfaction communicated to hospital staff</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">18</td>
									<td align="justify">62.1</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Design new services</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"><bold>Staff involvement</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Changes were implemented</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Participation in the implementation</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
									<td align="justify">16</td>
									<td align="justify">55.2</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Learned of the recommendations</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">22</td>
									<td align="justify">75.9</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Implement important changes</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Participate in the changes</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">19</td>
									<td align="justify">65.5</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
								</tr>
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									<td align="justify"> </td>
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									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
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									<td align="justify"><bold>Benefits of accreditation</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Patient care</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Motivation of staff and encourages team work</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Values shared</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">18</td>
									<td align="justify">62.1</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Internal resources</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Populations needs</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Better respond to partners</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">9</td>
									<td align="justify">31.0</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Collaboration with partners in the health care system</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">16</td>
									<td align="justify">55.2</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Implement changes</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">More responsive</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">16</td>
									<td align="justify">55.2</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
								</tr>
							</tbody>
						</table>
					</table-wrap>
				</p>
				<p>Related to <bold>Quality Results</bold> scale 93.1% of nurses agreed or strongly agreed that <italic>over the last year, the hospital had shown measurable improvements in customer satisfaction</italic>; however, only 55.1% of nurses agreed or strongly agreed that, <italic>the hospital has shown steady, measurable improvements in the quality of services provided by clinical support departments such as laboratory, pharmacy, and radiology</italic>.</p>
				<p><bold>Concerning the Strategic Quality Planning</bold> scale the highest percent agreement (93.1%) was the involvement of nurses in developing plans for improving quality. Nonetheless, 41.4% disagreed or strongly disagreed and 37.9% neither agreed nor disagreed that <italic>nurses are given adequate time to plan for and test quality improvements</italic>. However, 89.6% agreed that <italic>nurses play a crucial role in setting priorities for improving quality</italic>.</p>
				<p>The scale about <bold>Human Resources Utilization</bold> showed the lowest mean (3.5), and nurses’ opinions varied widely in relation to rewards and recognition. A total of 41.4% agreed or strongly agreed; 24.1% neither agreed nor disagreed and 34.4% disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement <italic>nurses are rewarded and recognized (e.g. financially and/or otherwise) for improving quality</italic>. 75.8% of participants agreed or strongly agreed that <italic>the hospital has an effective system for nurses to make suggestions to management on how to improve quality</italic>. In regard to education and training, within the same scale, 62.1% agreed or strongly agreed that nurses are educated and trained on how to identify and act on opportunities for quality improvement based on recommendations from accreditation surveys. 69% agreed or strongly agreed that <italic>nurses are given continuous education and training in methods that support quality improvement</italic>.</p>
				<p>Regarding the <bold>Quality Management</bold> scale, 100% of the nurses agreed or strongly agreed when they were asked whether the hospital encourages them to keep records of quality problems through documentation. In addition, 93.1% agreed or strongly agreed that <italic>the hospital has effective policies to support improving the quality of care and services</italic>. Conversely, 17.2% disagreed or strongly disagreed that <italic>the services that the hospital provides are thoroughly tested for quality before they are implemented</italic>.</p>
				<p>From the total, 82% of the nurses agreed or strongly agreed that <italic>patients’ complaints are studied to identify patterns and learn from them to prevent the same problems from recurring.</italic> Also, 89.7% also agreed or strongly agreed that <italic>the hospital uses data from patients to improve services</italic> in the <bold>Use of Data Related to Patient Satisfaction</bold> scale.</p>
				<p><bold>Related to the Staff involvement,</bold> 96.6% percent of participants agreed or strongly agreed that learning occurred as a result of recommendations made for their hospital since the last accreditation survey. In addition, 93.1% agreed or strongly agreed that <italic>these recommendations were an opportunity to implement important changes at the hospital</italic> and that <italic>they participated in the changes that resulted from accreditation recommendations</italic>.</p>
				<p>According to the <bold>Benefits of accreditation</bold> scale<bold>,</bold> 96.6% agree or strongly agree that accreditation allows improvement of patient care, and that <italic>accreditation is a valuable tool for the hospital to implement changes</italic>. Additionally, 79.3% agreed or strongly agreed that accreditation is a stimulus for staff motivation and encouragement of teamwork and collaboration.</p>
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			<sec sec-type="discussion">
				<title>DISCUSSION</title>
				<p>Nursing services face challenges to meet the demands of internal and external customers in order to achieve excellence in quality of care in the hospital setting. Nursing leaders are in privileged positions to change the quality status of healthcare services due to their professional ability to perform management activities, nursing care activities and continuous educational practices. Specialized education can inform quality criteria, and consequently staff will be better trained to implement new strategies for quality in healthcare, such as Accreditation. In more qualified services, nurses can develop innovative programs centered on new concepts of structure, aiming to achieve better quality through best practices in healthcare<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15"><sup>15</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16"><sup>16</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>According to the nurses interviewed in a study<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13"><sup>13</sup></xref>, negative aspects of accreditation were related to the lack of recognition and appreciation given the challenges imposed during this process; uneven demands for nursing professionals in comparison with professionals from other categories; little involvement of the multidisciplinary team and inexistence of cohesion among the professionals; and implementation of accreditation as something imposed by higher management, without raising professionals’ awareness first. The same study highlighted the following positive aspects: pride and satisfaction in being also responsible for the hospital's recognition in society; possibility of professional maturity; safety in the workplace, established through routines, standardization and organization of the service with material, technical and human resources more qualified and available; organizational climate that is favorable to professional learning through exchange of experiences and possibility of better chances in the labor market.</p>
				<p>Nurses have a fundamental role in the course of accreditation process, as they actively participate in decision-making, strategy and operations. In decision-making, nurses contribute determining the guidelines and favorable conditions for the nursing service to achieve quality standards. In regard to strategy, they prepare the nursing team to achieve the goal of accreditation. In operations, nurses are able to improve the accreditation process by supervising the nursing staff in a systematic way and as part of the self-assessment team of the units in the stage of pre-hospital accreditation. In this context, the actions of the nursing team involve activities directed to the dimensions of care, management, teaching and research<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14"><sup>14</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>Improvements in quality resulting from the accreditation will be mainly reflected in the care delivered to patients, which is performed not only by members of the nursing staff, but also by a multidisciplinary team. Including other professional categories in the accreditation process can add diversity of perspectives, practices and methods, with the provision of a more comprehensive and qualified health care as a result<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13"><sup>13</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>Nurses are considered the best-suited professionals to lead the processes of quality improvements in health care institutions, due to their proximity to users, institutional commitment and their role as facilitators in the multidisciplinary health team, enabling leadership<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17"><sup>17</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>Therefore, leadership development needs to be emphasized during nurses’ professional educational process. In a recent study, conducted in 14 hospitals accredited by ONA and Joint Commission International (JCI), in São Paulo, leadership was found to be the most important and recurrent competence in nursing managers in the vision of their managers<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17"><sup>17</sup></xref><sub>.</sub> However, during nursing education, very often technical aspects are more valued than the managerial ones. Nevertheless professional practice requires the learning of management aspects, for example when nurses are required to make decisions that can affect institutional quality and outcome.</p>
				<p>A very interesting aspect about professional remuneration was identified and included in the scale Human Resources Utilization, as it associates salary with the evaluation of performance of the professionals individually or in groups. This adds value to ​​professional practice and contributes to professional commitment to providing qualified assistance.</p>
				<p>Recognition and reward are important factors to determine the influence of nurses' satisfaction, performance and limitations<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18"><sup>18</sup></xref> It is important to discuss the power of nurses individually and of nursing as a professional category. The reason is that when looking at the effects of qualification programs on the professionals, numerous studies highlight negative effects of accreditation for nurses, such as stress and high blood pressure<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19"><sup>19</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20"><sup>20</sup></xref>, corroborating with another study that reports that the process of obtaining accreditation was considered a time consuming stressful experience, and that it required a great investment of resources<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21"><sup>21</sup></xref><sup>)</sup> 
 <sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>Study conducted with 28 critical care nurses, from seven hospitals in Taiwan, showed that most of them believe that accreditation had a strong impact on managerial behavior in the hospitals, which therefore influenced their work situation. Three concepts emerged from the findings of this study: continually changing demands for preparations, organizational coping strategies and causes of stress to nurses. All nurses reported that their workload became too high during hospital accreditation<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20"><sup>20</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>In relation to the scale Quality Management, we observed that the hospital encourages nurses to maintain records of quality problems through documentation. The nursing record is one of the ways to demonstrate the work that is performed by the nursing staff, and also is an important indicator of nursing care quality. Incorrect reporting, especially lack of periodicity and continuity of its execution, prevents any type of assessment and accreditation, making it impossible to develop indicators and to execute prosecutions and investigations that can legally protect the professional and the institutions<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22"><sup>22</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>The willingness of a hospital to attain accreditation is a sign that this institution is committed to healthcare quality, since to achieve this goal is necessary to undergo several changes and improvements. Standards and protocols are established and must be met by all professionals involved in the process.</p>
				<p>With the implementation of accreditation, all processes that are developed by the nursing staff became standardized, which is very beneficial to the professionals, since a quality standard is acquired and must be met, in addition to being monitored along with other professionals in the healthcare team. </p>
				<p>Accreditation implementation requires continuing education, which in turn impact improvements in nursing care. These are perceived by customers, who notice the changes that are made in respect to the quality of care provided to them. All this is important so that the improvement process be continuous and effective in reducing errors, and enabling patients to have quality service beyond what they expect.</p>
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				<title>CONCLUSION</title>
				<p>The majority of nurses surveyed agreed that the accreditation process has brought improvements to the institution, which shows hospital commitment to quality, especially in regards to strategic quality planning, quality management, use of data related to patient satisfaction, staff involvement and benefits of accreditation. However, participants reported the need for improvements in relation to the recognition and rewards strategies. They also identified the importance of having more time to devote to accreditation activities.</p>
				<p>Nurses surveyed demonstrated involvement with the hospital accreditation process and understanding of the concept. In this perspective, recognition of the importance and the need for quality management programs are central aspects for the continuing improvements required by hospital accreditation.</p>
				<p>Nurses play an important role in the evaluation process, and can, along with the healthcare team, provide quality care, and in depth knowledge, considering the criteria and standards proposed for accreditation. Therefore, it is important that strategies for evaluating quality be addressed by undergraduate nursing courses.</p>
				<p>The limitations of the study are related to the quantitative sample, which was small. Despite the nurses were intentionally chosen, the other professionals that comprise the nursing team in Brazil could have been included. Studies with a higher number of participants and other professionals of the nursing team will provide more representative results for the studied phenomenon.</p>
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					<subject>Articles</subject>
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				<article-title>Perspectiva dos Enfermeiros Brasileiros sobre o Impacto da Acreditação Hospitalar</article-title> 
			</title-group>
			<abstract>
				<title>RESUMO:</title>
				<p>O estudo <bold>objetivou</bold> identificar o impacto dos programas de acreditação hospitalar do ponto de vista dos enfermeiros. Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, descritivo, exploratório, realizado em hospital geral privado credenciado com Excelência (Nível III, o mais alto) pela Organização Nacional de Acreditação. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de um questionário de tipo Likert composto por sete escalas relacionadas a: Resultados de qualidade; Utilização de recursos humanos; Planejamento estratégico de qualidade; Gestão da Qualidade; Uso de dados relacionados à satisfação do paciente; Envolvimento do pessoal; E os benefícios da acreditação. Os resultados mostram que os enfermeiros perceberam melhorias como resultado do processo de acreditação nas seguintes àreas: Planejamento estratégico de qualidade; Gestão da Qualidade; uso de dados relacionados à satisfação do paciente e envolvimento do pessoal com qualidade hospitalar. Inversamente, o processo de acreditação não resultou em desenvolvimentos em relação ao tempo dado aos enfermeiros para planejar e testar melhorias de qualidade, e também em relação à utilização de recursos humanos, especialmente no que se refere a recompensas e estratégias de reconhecimento. Concluímos que os enfermeiros têm um papel fundamental na realização do processo de acreditação e, portanto, as recompensas e as estratégias de reconhecimento precisam ser melhor desenvolvidas e implementadas e os enfermeiros precisam ter tempo suficiente para realizar atividades relacionadas ao processo de acreditação.</p>
			</abstract>
			<kwd-group xml:lang="pt">
				<title><bold>Palavras-chave</bold>:</title>
				<kwd>Acreditação</kwd>
				<kwd>Garantia da Qualidade dos Cuidados de Saúde</kwd>
				<kwd>Enfermagem</kwd>
			</kwd-group>
		</front-stub>
		<body>
			<sec sec-type="intro">
				<title>INTRODUÇAO</title>
				<p>As transformações do processo social, econômico e produtivo que acompanham a globalização e os conseqüentes aumentos na demanda de assistência médica nas organizações de saúde. têm levado a revisarem seus modelos de gerenciamento com o objetivo de melhorar a qualidade dos serviços que eles fornecem. Uma das ferramentas utilizadas neste processo é a implementação de programas de acreditação em saúde<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1"><sup>1</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>A acreditação é um processo formal voluntário pelo qual um órgão reconhecido avalia e reconhece as organizações de saúde que atendem aos padrões previamente determinados e buscam a melhoria contínua<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2"><sup>2</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3"><sup>3</sup></xref>. Os objetivos da acreditação incluem avaliação da qualidade e segurança nos cuidados de saúde; desenvolvimento de uma cultura de qualidade através da participação de profissionais no processo; e obtenção de reconhecimento externo<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4"><sup>4</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>No Brasil, a certificação foi implementada desde a década de 80, com base nos padrões da <italic>Joint Commission International</italic> (JCI). A implementação do programa brasileiro de acreditação ocorreu em 1999, denominada &quot;Organização Nacional de Acreditação&quot; (ONA), que consiste em uma organização privada sem fins lucrativos e de interesse coletivo. O objetivo principal é a implementação a nível nacional de um processo contínuo de melhoria da qualidade dos cuidados de saúde, incentivando todos os serviços de saúde a alcançar padrões de alta qualidade<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5"><sup>5</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>A avaliação da ONA é feita considerando os padrões de um modelo de avaliação da qualidade que se baseia em Estrutura, Processo e Resultado, e fornece três níveis de certificação. Para alcançar o primeiro nível, o hospital deve estar de acordo com os critérios de segurança do paciente em todas as áreas de atividade, incluindo questões estruturais e de serviço. O segundo nível tem, além dos critérios de segurança, gerenciamento integrado, com processos que se realizam fluentemente e boa comunicação entre atividades, portanto, se refere à &quot;excelência em gestão&quot;. As certificação de nível 1 e 2 possuem validade de dois anos. No terceiro nível, o hospital é acreditado com excelência. Para o alcance desse nível, os hospitais devem atingir os níveis 1 e 2 anteriormente, além dos padrões específicos do nível 3. Para isso, a instituição já deve demonstrar uma cultura organizacional de melhoria contínua com a maturidade institucional. Esta certificação é válida por três anos<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5"><sup>5</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>No Brasil, a ONA e a JCI são responsáveis pela maioria das acreditações nos hospitais. Ambas desenvolveram uma série de padrões focados em processos, porém, o processo da JCI tem como foco principal a avaliação por meio de indicadores relacionados ao processo de cuidados para pacientes e humanização. Esta pretende promover a melhoria contínua dos cuidados nas instituições de saúde, através de padrões e metas internacionais de segurança e cuidados do paciente com monitoramento por indicadores. A JCI está representada no Brasil pelo Consórcio Brasileiro de Acreditação (CBA). Atualmente possui 27 certificações de hospitais e a ONA é responsável por 230 certificações<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6"><sup>6</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7"><sup>7</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>Desde 2013, os hospitais brasileiros também usam a ferramenta do Conselho Canadense de Acreditação em Serviços de Saúde. Atualmente 25 hospitais já possuem essa certificação<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8"><sup>8</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>O desenvolvimento dos países, sua cultura, a qualificação dos profissionais e principalmente a conscientização da população sobre o direito de receber cuidados de qualidade estão diretamente relacionados ao processo de acreditação<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9"><sup>9</sup></xref>. A literatura apresenta estudos com evidência sobre o impacto dos programas de acreditação nos serviços de saúde<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10"><sup>10</sup></xref> e destaca que os profissionais que assumem funções de liderança nesses processos geralmente são gerentes de enfermagem<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11"><sup>11</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12"><sup>12</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>A equipe de enfermagem é fundamental para o desenvolvimento de um programa de qualidade nos hospitais, devido ao número substancial de profissionais e seu desempenho direto e permanente no atendimento de clientes internos e externos <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13"><sup>13</sup></xref>. Nesse sentido, os processos de acreditação são influenciados pelas ações dos líderes da enfermagem e, ao mesmo tempo, têm implicações importantes para o trabalho cotidiano desta equipe<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13"><sup>13</sup></xref>, especificamente, melhorando a integração entre os profissionais e a produtividade<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14"><sup>14</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>Apesar do crescimento significativo dos programas de acreditação, tem sido ainda um desafio para as organizações acreditadoras, governos, sociedade e estabelecimentos de saúde identificar como esses programas afetam a qualidade dos serviços de saúde<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10"><sup>10</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p><bold>OBJETIVO</bold></p>
				<p>Avaliar o impacto do programa de acreditação hospitalar sob a perpectiva dos enfermeiros. </p>
			</sec>
			<sec>
				<title>MÉTODO</title>
				<p>Este artigo foi gerado a partir de um projeto multicêntrico desenvolvido pelo grupo de pesquisa da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, na Universidade de São Paulo, que pretende analisar e comparar os resultados da implementação da Gestão Participativa e da Acreditação Hospitalar em hospitais brasileiros e canadenses na visão dos gerentes e equipes de saúde.</p>
				<p>É um estudo quantitativo, descritivo e exploratório, realizado em um hospital geral privado, terciário, com 85 leitos, localizado na cidade de Ribeirão Preto, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Esse hospital é acreditado com excelência pela ONA desde 2012. O questionário foi aplicado a uma população composta por todos os gestores de enfermagem (N=29) que trabalhavam no hospital. A escolha desta população é justificada pelo envolvimento direto na condução de processos e atividades que movem a estrutura organizacional, a capacidade de integrar o conhecimento técnico e administrativo e também a responsabilidade com os programas de melhoria da qualidade.</p>
				<p>Como critério de inclusão, a enfermeira deveria estar trabalhando no hospital por pelo menos doze meses e não estar em licença programada durante a coleta de dados.</p>
				<p>A coleta de dados ocorreu de agosto a novembro de 2013. Foi utilizado um questionário adaptado de um estudo internacional<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14"><sup>14</sup></xref> que avalia a implementação da qualidade e os resultados nas organizações de saúde no contexto da acreditação. Este questionário foi escolhido devido à confiabilidade e consistência interna com um Alpha de Cronbach que excedeu 0,80 para todas as escalas. </p>
				<p>O questionário foi traduzido para o português brasileiro e submetido à validade de face e conteúdo por três especialistas: um professor na área de enfermagem e gerenciamento em saúde, um enfermeiro que atuava no ambiente hospitalar com experiência em gerenciamento de qualidade e um gerente de enfermagem.</p>
				<p>A versão final do questionário consistiu em uma seção com informações sociodemográficas e uma seção que incluiu 45 questões distribuídas em sete dimensões: Resultados de qualidade (5 itens); Utilização de recursos humanos (6 itens); Planejamento estratégico da qualidade (7 itens); Gestão da qualidade (6 itens); Uso de dados relacionados à satisfação do paciente (7 itens); Envolvimento do pessoal (5 itens) e Benefícios da acreditação (9 itens). As respostas foram classificadas em uma escala de Likert com cinco itens, variando de um a cinco, correspondendo, respectivamente, a discordo fortemente; discordo; não concordo nem discordo; concordo e concorda fortemente. Este questionário permitiu avaliar o nível de concordância entre os participantes em relação ao programa de acreditação e a pontuação obtida (1-5 pontos) foi avaliada como proporcional ao nível de satisfação dos entrevistados.</p>
				<p>Os dados foram analisados usando SPSS 15.0 e um nível de significância de 0,05. A análise descritiva foi feita a fim de apresentar as informações sociodemográficas dos entrevistados e os escores médios foram calculados para cada escala com base no número de itens disponíveis. Para os dados sociodemográficos e as respostas dadas para cada item das sete escalas, utilizamos números absolutos e suas respectivas porcentagens. Os escores e desvios padrão referente às sete escalas serão apresentados na próxima seção. </p>
				<p>O projeto de pesquisa foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Faculdade de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, protocolo 248.223 / 2013.</p>
			</sec>
			<sec sec-type="results">
				<title>RESULTADOS</title>
				<p>Todos os 29 respondentes responderam ao questionário (100%). A idade predominante foi de 30-45 anos (51,7%) e a maioria dos indivíduos eram do sexo feminino (69%). Dos participantes, 41,4% trabalham entre 3-4 anos na instituição.</p>
				<p>Em todas as escalas, o escore médio foi de 3,5 pontos ou mais, classificando as melhorias percebidas dos programas de acreditação como satisfatórios para todos os domínios, considerando a escala de 0 a 5. A seção de “Utilização de Recursos Humanos”, que consiste em questões relativas a recompensas, reconhecimento, educação e treinamento, apresentou o menor média (3,5). Já a seção de “Benefícios da Acreditação” apresentou a maior média (4.15) e seu valor de desvio padrão foi de 1.04.</p>
				<p>Cem por cento dos participantes concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que o hospital incentiva os enfermeiros a realizar registros de desvios de qualidade, que apresentou o percentual global mais alto de concordância (concorda e concorda fortemente) no questionário. Isso mostra que a instituição está preocupada e adotou o uso de indicadores de garantia de qualidade, e que também incentiva os funcionários a notificarem, por exemplo, os relatórios de eventos adversos e planos de estudo.</p>
				<p>Por outro lado, o menor percentual global (20,7%) foi para o item “Enfermeiros possuem tempo suficiente para planejar e testar melhorias de qualidade”. A <xref ref-type="table" rid="t3">Tabela 1</xref> apresenta os resultados das respostas para todas as escalas e itens na pesquisa.</p>
				<p>
					<table-wrap id="t3">
						<label>Tabela 1</label>
						<caption>
							<title>Distribuição da pontuação por item das escalas de acordo com a perspectiva dos enfermeiros sobre o impacto da acreditação hospitalar. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil, 2013.</title>
						</caption>
						<table>
							<colgroup>
								<col/>
								<col span="2"/>
								<col span="2"/>
								<col span="2"/>
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							</colgroup>
							<thead>
								<tr>
									<th align="justify"> </th>
									<th align="justify" colspan="2">Concordo fortemente </th>
									<th align="justify" colspan="2">Discordo </th>
									<th align="justify" colspan="2">Nem concord, nem discordo </th>
									<th align="justify" colspan="2">Concordo </th>
									<th align="justify" colspan="2">Concordo fortemente </th>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<th align="justify">Resultados da Qualidade</th>
									<th align="justify">N</th>
									<th align="justify">%</th>
									<th align="justify">N</th>
									<th align="justify">%</th>
									<th align="justify">N</th>
									<th align="justify">%</th>
									<th align="justify">N</th>
									<th align="justify">%</th>
									<th align="justify">N</th>
									<th align="justify">%</th>
								</tr>
							</thead>
							<tbody>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Satisfação do Cliente</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">22</td>
									<td align="justify">75.9</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Serviços prestados pela administração</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Qualidade do atendimento aos pacientes</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">19</td>
									<td align="justify">65.5</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Suporte clínico</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">11</td>
									<td align="justify">37.9</td>
									<td align="justify">11</td>
									<td align="justify">37.9</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Restrições financeiras</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">17</td>
									<td align="justify">58,6</td>
									<td align="justify">9</td>
									<td align="justify">31.0</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"><bold>Planejamento estratégico da qualidade</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Tempo para planejar e testar</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
									<td align="justify">11</td>
									<td align="justify">37.9</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Objetivos específicos</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">22</td>
									<td align="justify">75.9</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Os objetivos são conhecidos</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Envolvimento</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Coordenadores e supervisores</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">9</td>
									<td align="justify">31.0</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Expectativas dos pacientes</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">18</td>
									<td align="justify">62.1</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Papel dos enfermeiros</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">17</td>
									<td align="justify">58.6</td>
									<td align="justify">9</td>
									<td align="justify">31.0</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
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									<td align="justify"><bold>Utilização de Recursos Humanos</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Educação e treinamento sobre como identificar e atuar sobre oportunidades de melhoria da qualidade</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
									<td align="justify">16</td>
									<td align="justify">55.2</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Educação continuada e treinamento em métodos que apoiem a melhoria da qualidade.</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Educação e treinamento para melhorar habilidades e desempenho</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
									<td align="justify">9</td>
									<td align="justify">31.0</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Recompensas e reconhecimento</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Cooperação interdepartamental</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
									<td align="justify">11</td>
									<td align="justify">37.9</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Sugestões para o gerenciamento</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"><bold>Gestão da Qualidade</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Equipamentos e suprimentos</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">19</td>
									<td align="justify">65.5</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Políticas efetivas</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">19</td>
									<td align="justify">65.5</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Novos serviços</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">21</td>
									<td align="justify">72.4</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Avaliação criteriosa de serviços</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
									<td align="justify">11</td>
									<td align="justify">37.9</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Garantia da Qualidade</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">18</td>
									<td align="justify">62.1</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Registros de problemas</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">22</td>
									<td align="justify">75.9</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
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									<td align="justify"> </td>
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									<td align="justify"><bold>Uso de dados voltados à Segurança do Paciente</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Expectativas atuais</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
									<td align="justify">17</td>
									<td align="justify">58.6</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Expectativas futuras</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
									<td align="justify">16</td>
									<td align="justify">55.2</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Queixas dos pacientes</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Prevenção de problemas recorrentes</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Informações de pacientes que promovem melhoria nos serviços</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Satisifação do paciente comunicada a equipe</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">18</td>
									<td align="justify">62.1</td>
									<td align="justify">5</td>
									<td align="justify">17.2</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify">Desenvolvimento de novos serviços</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
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									<td align="justify"><bold>Envolvimento dos funcionários</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
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								</tr>
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									<td align="left">Mudanças implementadas</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Participação na implementação</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
									<td align="justify">16</td>
									<td align="justify">55.2</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Aprendizado com as recomendações</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">22</td>
									<td align="justify">75.9</td>
									<td align="justify">6</td>
									<td align="justify">20.7</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Implementação de mudanças importantes</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">20</td>
									<td align="justify">69.0</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Participação nas mudanças</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">19</td>
									<td align="justify">65.5</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="justify"> </td>
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									<td align="justify"><bold>Beneficios da Acreditação</bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
									<td align="justify"><bold> </bold></td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Assistência ao paciente</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Motivação da equipe e incentivo ao trabalho em equipe</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Valores compartilhados</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">18</td>
									<td align="justify">62.1</td>
									<td align="justify">7</td>
									<td align="justify">24.1</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Recursos internos</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
								</tr>
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									<td align="left">Necessidades populacionais</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Melhor resposta aos parceiros</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">3</td>
									<td align="justify">10.3</td>
									<td align="justify">15</td>
									<td align="justify">51.7</td>
									<td align="justify">9</td>
									<td align="justify">31.0</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Colaboração com parceiros no sistema de saúde</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">4</td>
									<td align="justify">13.8</td>
									<td align="justify">16</td>
									<td align="justify">55.2</td>
									<td align="justify">8</td>
									<td align="justify">27.6</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Implementação de mudanças</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
									<td align="justify">14</td>
									<td align="justify">48.3</td>
								</tr>
								<tr>
									<td align="left">Responsividade</td>
									<td align="justify">1</td>
									<td align="justify">3.4</td>
									<td align="justify">2</td>
									<td align="justify">6.9</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">-</td>
									<td align="justify">16</td>
									<td align="justify">55.2</td>
									<td align="justify">10</td>
									<td align="justify">34.5</td>
								</tr>
							</tbody>
						</table>
					</table-wrap>
				</p>
				<p>Em relação à escala “Resultados da Qualidade”, 93,1% dos enfermeiros concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que no último ano, o hospital apresentou melhorias mensuráveis na satisfação do cliente; no entanto, apenas 55,1% dos enfermeiros concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que o hospital mostrou melhorias mensuráveis na qualidade dos serviços prestados por departamentos de suporte clínico, como laboratório, farmácia e radiologia.</p>
				<p>Quanto à escala “Planejamento Estratégico da Qualidade”, o maior percentual de acordo (93,1%) foi o envolvimento de enfermeiros no desenvolvimento de planos para melhorar a qualidade. No entanto, 41,4% discordaram ou discordaram fortemente e 37,9% não concordaram nem discordaram de que os enfermeiros recebem tempo suficiente para planejar e testar melhorias na qualidade. Por outro lado, 89,6% concordaram que os enfermeiros desempenham um papel crucial na definição de prioridades para melhorar a qualidade.</p>
				<p>A escala “Utilização de Recursos Humanos” mostrou uma média mais baixa (3,5), e as opiniões dos enfermeiros variaram amplamente em relação às recompensas e ao reconhecimento. Um total de 41,4% concordou ou concordou fortemente; 24,1% não concordaram nem discordaram e 34,4% discordaram ou discordaram fortemente da afirmação de que os enfermeiros são recompensados e reconhecidas (por exemplo, financeiramente e / ou de outra forma) para melhorar a qualidade. 75,8% dos participantes concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que o hospital possui um sistema efetivo para que os enfermeiros façam sugestões para o gerenciamento sobre como melhorar a qualidade. No que diz respeito à educação e treinamento, na mesma escala, 62,1% concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que os enfermeiros são educados e treinados sobre como identificar e atuar sobre oportunidades de melhoria de qualidade com base em recomendações da acreditação. 69% concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que os enfermeiros recebem educação continuada e treinamento em métodos que apoiem a melhoria da qualidade.</p>
				<p>Em relação à escala “Gestão da Qualidade”, 100% dos enfermeiros concordaram ou concordaram fortemente quando questionados se o hospital os encorajava a manter registros sobre problemas de qualidade. Além disso, 93,1% concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que o hospital possui políticas efetivas para apoiar a melhoria da qualidade dos cuidados e serviços. Por outro lado, 17,2% discordaram ou discordaram fortemente de que os serviços prestados pelo hospital são cuidadosamente testados quanto à qualidade antes de serem implementados.</p>
				<p>Do total, 82% dos enfermeiros concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que as queixas dos pacientes são estudadas para identificar padrões e aprender com eles para evitar que os mesmos problemas se repitam. Além disso, 89,7% também concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que o hospital usa dados de pacientes para melhorar os serviços na dimensão “Uso de Dados Relacionados à Satisfação do Paciente”.</p>
				<p>Em relação ao “envolvimento dos funcionários”, 96,6% dos participantes concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que a aprendizagem ocorreu como resultado das recomendações feitas para o hospital desde a última pesquisa de acreditação. Além disso, 93,1% concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que essas recomendações foram uma oportunidade para implementar mudanças importantes no hospital e que eles participaram das mudanças resultantes das recomendações de acreditação.</p>
				<p>De acordo com a dimensão “Benefícios da Acreditação”, 96,6% concordam ou concordam firmemente que a acreditação permite a melhoria do atendimento ao paciente e é uma ferramenta valiosa para o hospital implementar mudanças. Além disso, 79,3% concordaram ou concordaram fortemente que a acreditação é um estímulo para a motivação do pessoal e encorajamento do trabalho e colaboração da equipe.</p>
			</sec>
			<sec sec-type="discussion">
				<title>DISCUSSÃO</title>
				<p>Os serviços de enfermagem enfrentam desafios para atender às demandas de clientes internos e externos, a fim de alcançar a excelência na qualidade dos cuidados no ambiente hospitalar. Os líderes de enfermagem estão em posições privilegiadas para mudar o status de qualidade dos serviços de saúde devido à sua capacidade profissional de realizar atividades de gestão, atividades de cuidados de enfermagem e práticas educacionais contínuas.</p>
				<p>A educação especializada pode informar os critérios de qualidade e, consequentemente, a os funcionários serão mais capazes de implementar novas estratégias de qualidade no cuidado de saúde, como a acreditação. Nos serviços mais qualificados, os enfermeiros podem desenvolver programas inovadores voltados para novos conceitos de estrutura, com o objetivo de alcançar uma melhor qualidade através das melhores práticas em cuidados de saúde <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15"><sup>15</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16"><sup>16</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>Segundo os enfermeiros entrevistados em um estudo<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13"><sup>13</sup></xref>, os aspectos negativos da acreditação foram relacionados à falta de reconhecimento e apreciação, tendo em vista os desafios impostos durante esse processo; demandas desiguais para profissionais de enfermagem em comparação com profissionais de outras categorias; pequena participação da equipe multidisciplinar e falta de coesão entre os profissionais; e a implementação da acreditação como algo imposta pela alta administração, sem primeiro despertar a consciência dos profissionais. O mesmo estudo destacou os seguintes aspectos positivos: orgulho e satisfação para ser também responsável pelo reconhecimento do hospital na sociedade; possibilidade de maturidade profissional; segurança no local de trabalho, estabelecida através de rotinas, padronização e organização do serviço com recursos materiais, técnicos e humanos mais qualificados; clima organizacional favorável para a aprendizagem profissional através do intercâmbio de experiências e a possibilidade de melhores oportunidades no mercado de trabalho.</p>
				<p>Os enfermeiros desempenham um papel fundamental no processo de acreditação, pois participam ativamente da tomada de decisões, da estratégia e das operações. Na tomada de decisão, os enfermeiros contribuem para determinar as diretrizes e condições favoráveis para o serviço de enfermagem e alcançar os padrões de qualidade. Com relação à estratégia, preparam a equipe de enfermagem para alcançar o objetivo da acreditação. Nas operações, os enfermeiros podem melhorar o processo de acreditação supervisionando a equipe de enfermagem de forma sistemática e como parte da equipe de auto-avaliação das unidades na fase de acreditação pré-hospitalar. Neste contexto, as ações da equipe de enfermagem envolvem atividades voltadas para as dimensões do cuidado, gestão, ensino e pesquisa<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14"><sup>14</sup></xref><sub>.</sub></p>
				<p>As melhorias na qualidade resultantes da acreditação serão refletidas principalmente nos cuidados prestados aos pacientes, que é realizado não só pelos membros da equipe de enfermagem, mas também por uma equipe multidisciplinar. Incluir outras categorias profissionais no processo de credenciamento pode agregar diversidade de perspectivas, práticas e métodos, com o fornecimento de cuidados de saúde mais completos e qualificados como resultado <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13"><sup>13</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>Os enfermeiros são considerados os profissionais mais adequados para liderar os processos de melhoria da qualidade nas instituições de saúde, devido à proximidade com os usuários, o compromisso institucional e seu papel como facilitadores na equipe de saúde multidisciplinar, o que permite a liderança <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17"><sup>17</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>Portanto, o desenvolvimento da liderança deve ser enfatizado durante o processo educacional profissional dos enfermeiros. Em um estudo recente, realizado em 14 hospitais credenciados pela ONA e Joint Commission International (JCI), em São Paulo, descobriu-se que a liderança é a competência mais importante e recorrente em gerentes de enfermagem na visão de seus gerentes<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17"><sup>17</sup></xref>. No entanto, durante a educação em enfermagem, muitas vezes os aspectos técnicos são mais valorizados do que os gerenciais. No entanto, a prática profissional requer aspectos de gerenciamento de aprendizagem, por exemplo, quando os enfermeiros são obrigados a tomar decisões que possam afetar a qualidade e o resultado institucional.</p>
				<p>Um aspecto muito interessante sobre a remuneração profissional foi identificado e incluído na escala de Utilização de recursos humanos, pois associa o salário à avaliação de desempenho dos profissionais individualmente ou em grupos. Isso agrega valor à prática profissional e contribui para o compromisso profissional de fornecer assistência qualificada.</p>
				<p>O reconhecimento ea recompensa são fatores importantes para determinar a influência da satisfação, desempenho e limitações dos enfermeiros <sup>(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18"><sup>18</sup></xref>. É importante analisar o poder dos enfermeiros individualmente e de enfermagem como categoria profissional. A razão é que, ao observar os efeitos dos programas de qualificação em profissionais, numerosos estudos destacam os efeitos negativos da acreditação para enfermeiros, como estresse e hipertensão <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19"><sup>19</sup></xref><sup>)(</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20"><sup>20</sup></xref>, corroborando com outro estudo que informa que O processo de obtenção de acreditação foi considerado uma experiência estressante que exigiu muito tempo e um grande investimento de recursos <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21"><sup>21</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>Um estudo realizado com 28 enfermeiros de cuidados críticos em sete hospitais de Taiwan mostrou que a maioria deles acreditava que a acreditação teve um forte impacto no comportamento gerencial dos hospitais, o que influenciou sua situação de emprego. Três conceitos emergiram dos achados deste estudo: mudanças contínuas na demanda de preparativos, estratégias de enfrentamento organizacional e causas de estresse para enfermeiras. Todos os enfermeiros relataram que sua carga de trabalho tornou-se muito alta durante a acreditação hospitalar<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20"><sup>20</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>Em relação à escala de Gestão da Qualidade, observamos que o hospital incentiva os enfermeiros a manter registros de problemas de qualidade através da documentação. O registro de enfermagem é uma das maneiras de demonstrar o trabalho realizado pela equipe de enfermagem e também é um indicador importante da qualidade dos cuidados de enfermagem. relatórios incorretas, especialmente a falta de regularidade e continuidade da execução, evitando qualquer tipo de avaliação e acreditação, por isso é impossível desenvolver indicadores e realizar processos judiciais e investigações que podem legalmente proteger o profissional e instituições<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22"><sup>22</sup></xref>.</p>
				<p>A provisão de um hospital para obtenção de acreditação é um sinal de que esta instituição está comprometida com a qualidade dos cuidados médicos, uma vez que, para atingir esse objetivo, é necessário fazer várias mudanças e melhorias. Os padrões e protocolos são estabelecidos e devem ser atendidos por todos os profissionais envolvidos no processo.</p>
				<p>Com a implementação da acreditação, todos os processos desenvolvidos pela equipe de enfermagem foram padronizados, o que é muito benéfico para os profissionais, uma vez que é adquirido e um padrão de qualidade deve ser cumprido, além de ser monitorado junto com outros profissionais da equipe de cuidados de saúde.</p>
				<p>A implementação da acreditação requer educação contínua, o que, por sua vez, afeta as melhorias nos cuidados de enfermagem. Estes são percebidos pelos clientes, que percebem as mudanças que são feitas em relação à qualidade da atenção que lhes é oferecida. Tudo isso é importante para que o processo de melhoria seja contínuo e efetivo na redução de erros e que os pacientes tenham um serviço de qualidade além do que eles esperam.</p>
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				<p>A maioria dos enfermeiros pesquisados ​​concordou que o processo de acreditação trouxe melhorias para a instituição, o que demonstra o compromisso do hospital com a qualidade, especialmente no que se refere ao planejamento de qualidade estratégica, gerenciamento de qualidade, uso de dados relacionados. com satisfação do paciente, participação no pessoal e benefícios de acreditação. No entanto, os participantes relataram a necessidade de melhorias em relação às estratégias e recompensas de reconhecimento. Eles também identificaram a importância de ter mais tempo para se dedicar às atividades de acreditação.</p>
				<p>Os enfermeiros pesquisados demonstraram sua participação no processo de acreditação hospitalar e a compreensão do conceito. Nesta perspectiva, o reconhecimento da importância e da necessidade de programas de gestão da qualidade são aspectos centrais para as melhorias contínuas exigidas pela acreditação hospitalar.</p>
				<p>As enfermeiras desempenham um papel importante no processo de avaliação e podem, juntamente com a equipe de cuidados de saúde, fornecer cuidados de qualidade e conhecimentos aprofundados, levando em consideração os critérios e padrões propostos para a acreditação. Portanto, é importante que as estratégias de avaliação da qualidade sejam abordadas nos cursos de enfermagem.</p>
				<p>As limitações do estudo estão relacionadas à amostra quantitativa, que foi pequena. Embora os enfermeiros tenham sido escolhidos intencionalmente, os outros profissionais que formaram a equipe de enfermagem no Brasil poderiam ter sido incluídos. Estudos com maior número de participantes e outros profissionais da equipe de enfermagem fornecerão resultados mais representativos para o fenômeno estudado.</p>
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