There is an aging population not only in Portugal but also worldwide. The nursing homes provide its users services\r\nadjusted to their needs. Therefore, these institutions should have specialized human resources in health care, such as\r\nNurses. However in Portugal have a low presence of these professionals in nursing homes.\r\nObjective: To identify a sensitive nursing care set of quality indicators in nursing homes.\r\nMethodology: Using the method of a PICOD question, it was made a search in EBSCO (CINAHL Plus with Full\r\nText, MEDLINE with Full Text, British Nursing Index), resulting in hundred and thirty eight articles in total. There were\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \Z \Z\Z ! \r\nResults: \"#$ \r\n % \r\n'' \r\n * # \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n # +\r\n % \r\nindicators: resources to the emergency room; number of days of hospitalization; total days of hospitalization in\r\nadvanced recovery units; number of medical procedures; sensory function; presence of urinary catheters; loss of\r\nfunction and activities of daily living; controlled use of drugs; use of nine or more different drugs; nutrition; control of\r\ninfection; pressure ulcers prevalence; pain control; prevalence of falls.\r\nConclusion: The nursing provide an important contribution in improving quality in the nursing homes. The results\r\nseems to show that the introduction of these professionals has direct impact in reducing of the use of health services\r\n(emergency and hospital days), reducing the falls, better pain management, in prevalence of the number of pressure\r\nulcers and increased functionality. This set of results has obtained from an international research and so, gives the\r\nopportunity to various nursing homes or students in very countries monitoring these indicators, to explore them with\r\nthe aim to verify its applicability and adapt them to the local needs
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