Proceso de enlace de turno de enfermería y seguridad del paciente en el área de medicina interna de un hospital de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The objective of the present research was to analyze the nursing shift liaison process and patient safety in the internal medicine area of a hospital in the city of Guayaquil in the period from May 2023 to April 2024. The methodology used was descriptive, quantitative, non-experimental, prospective and transversal, with a sample of 100 observations of shift linking processes. The instrument used was the quality evaluation of the nursing shift liaison process. Results, the morning shift stood out with 50%, women with 66%, 3% with fourth level of education, 74% delivered shifts next to the patient's bed, 34% delivered between 6 to 11 patients; The general shift link was deficient in 94%, the most affected dimension was patient safety, which had a 95% deficiency, followed by nursing interventions with a 94% deficiency and a 92% deficiency in procedures and examinations. earrings. Conclusion: These results allowed us to identify inflection points in the shift liaison process that need to be addressed and corrected to improve the quality of nursing care in hospitalization care centers of the second and third level of care.