Health Care

Nursing Audit

A detailed review and evaluation of selected clinical records by qualified professional personnel for evaluating quality of nursing care.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A detailed review and evaluation of selected clinical records by qualified professional personnel for evaluating quality of nursing care.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Audit, Nursing
  • Audits, Nursing
  • Nursing Audits

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

to evaluate quality of nursing care; do not confuse with NURSING ASSESSMENT (to evaluate nursing problems of patient to plan care)

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History Note

68

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Previous Indexing

  • Nursing Service, Hospital (1966-1967)

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NLM Classification

WY 100.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nursing Audit. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009731. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009731
  2. Nursing Audit. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70373395