title: Quality of nursing documentation before and after the Hospital Accreditation in a university hospital.
abstract: to analyze the quality of nursing documentation by comparing the periods before and after the preparation for the hospital accreditation, using the Quality of Nursing Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes - Brazilian version (Q-DIO- Brazilian version).
  
  
  
  observational study of interventions conducted in a university hospital. Nursing documentation of 112 medical records for the period before and 112 for the period after the hospital accreditation were compared using the Q-DIO instrument - Brazilian version. Data were statistically analyzed.
  
  
  
  there was a significant improvement in the quality of nursing documentation. When the total score of the instrument was evaluated, a significant improvement was observed in 24 out of the 29 items (82.8%).
  
  
  
  there was commitment to the shift of culture by means of the interventions carried out, which resulted in the conquest of the quality seal ensured by the Joint Commission International.
authors.affiliation: MSc, RN, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aline Tsuma Gaedke
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.affiliation: Doctoral student, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos Barragan da
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: PhD, Adjunct Professor, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Miriam de Abreu
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Almeida
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D001938:Brazil; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000592:standards*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009737:Nursing Records