Dose of nursing intervention: repercussions for professional practice

This study aimed to understand the repercussions of the dose of nursing intervention for professional practice. This is a theoretical reflection study that sought to answer: what are the repercussions of the dose of nursing intervention for professional practice? To answer this question, a corpus of selected texts was considered that allowed us to understand such repercussions. The following repercussions were identified: the possibility of measuring the efficacy and effectiveness of treatments prescribed by nurses; the reduction of variability in prescribed actions; the construction of a more solid evidence base so that nurses, in different contexts, feel confident in taking responsibility for clinical outcomes in nursing; the greater replicability of actions in nursing intervention studies; the increased potential for replicability of treatments prescribed in similar situations, among others. The study's objective was achieved as it identified how the dose of nursing intervention affects professional practice, without which it is not possible to discuss the impacts of care on patients' clinical outcomes.