Pinto, JoanaSá, LuísAmaral, AntónioAmado, João2024-04-162024-04-162024-03-210874-0283http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/44629Background: Ambulatory surgery has increased significantly in recent years. Literature is scarce re-garding the quality of care in this setting, particularly regarding nursing-sensitive quality indicators.Objective: To develop a nursing-sensitive quality indicators profile in ambulatory surgery.Methodology: The modified e-Delphi methodology was used to find consensus on the best indicators. Online questionnaires were used in two rounds.Results: A panel of 27 experts evaluated 58 nursing-sensitive quality indicators in ambulatory surgery, including structure, process, and outcome indicators. Forty-five indicators were validated.Conclusion: This study highlights nurses’ role in perioperative care and may support the development of tools to assess the quality of nursing care in ambulatory surgery.engPerioperative nursingNursing careQuality indicatorsHealth careDelphi techniqueEnfermagem perioperatóriaCuidados de enfermagemIndicadores de qualidade em assistência à saúdeTécnica Delfosjournal article10.12707/RVI23.63.3122385208111508