Nursing Audit is an exercise to find out whether good nursing practices are followed.ī. According to Elison “Nursing audit refers to assessment of the quality of clinical nursing”.Ī. Medical audit – the systematic, critical analysis of the quality of medical care, including the procedures for diagnosis and treatment, the use of resources, and the resulting outcome and quality of life for the patient.ġ. Nursing audit – (a) it is the assessment of the quality of nursing care, (b) uses a record as an aid in evaluating the quality of patient care.Ĥ. Audit – a systematic and critical examination to examine or verify.ģ. Quality – a judgement of what constitutes good or bad.Ģ. Do we know our deficiencies? Are we ready to admit our deficiencies to our peers? Are we taking steps to remedy them? Only by such self regulation we can retain our identity with the health professional as nature partners.ġ. We nurses easily use the words “Quality Nursing” but have we defined what we mean by “Quality?”. The world trend of professional accountability to an enlightened public can no longer be ignored by nursing. Prepared By: Binil.V, MSc.N, manipal College of Nursing, ManipalUniversity
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