Resumen

JARA C, Patricia  y  VALENZUELA S, Sandra. THE USE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH TOOLS IN BUILDING AND DESIGNING INDICATORS OF NURSING PRACTICE. Cienc. enferm. [online]. 2009, vol.15, n.3, pp. 9-13. ISSN 0717-9553.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-95532009000300002.

The need to develop Nursing Practice Indicators to asses the added value of the nurses participation who can relate to management and quality of care in providing health services, led to a research proposal which allowed a closer description of nursing practice and then a specific indicators outlining of this. This article aims to describe the Nursing Practice indicators'delineation process in Intensive Care Units, using qualitative approaches.

Palabras llave : Indicators; Nursing Practice; Qualitative Research.