title: [Quality management: its use in nursing].
abstract: The Quality Management has been used and it is a reality in the hospitals. Thus the authors comment about its importance for Nursing and analyse its utilization in a Nursing Service of a private hospital, with purpose to evaluate the implementation form, nurses' involvement and the Deming' Principles application. Data show that the implementation has brought good results, nurses are engaged in the process and the Deming's Principles have been utilized, adequate or inadequately.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Uberlândia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Trevizan
mesh_terms: D016304:Hospitals, Private; D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*