title: The nursing staff opinion about the continuous quality improvement program of a university hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the nursing staff opinion about the continuous quality improvement program at a University Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive study designed as a case study, analyzing the quality program at a University Hospital, with the opinion of a sample stratified by nursing team category through a self-administered questionnaire, from May to July 2012. The answers were submitted to factor analysis, having the dialectical and historical materialism as the theoretical-methodological reference.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The factor analysis grouped the variables in six factors: working conditions, approval, belongingness, tranquility, interpersonal relations, and private life. With the exception of the factor interpersonal relations, the answers revealed that workers do not have opinion about the proposed questions. Four of the six factors had a predominance of positive answers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A high percentage of respondents was not aware of the implications of a quality program. The majority believed that the program influenced positively in their working conditions and in the interpersonal relationships at work and agree with the program; however, they did not feel part of the program, and were not at ease to develop these activities. They did not acknowledge the program interfering in their personal life.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Mazzoni da
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosangela Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bohomol
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arreguy-Sena
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vitor Luiz
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Andrade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D015397:Program Evaluation; D058996:Quality Improvement; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires