Nursing notes from the perspective of nursing assistants

Abstract

Aims: to identify the perception of nursing assistants working in a mixed unit about nursing notes. Method: qualitative study in a mixed unit of urgency and emergency in the south of Brazil. The technique of Bardin content analysis was employed for data analysis. Results: after the analysis, the following category emerged: nursing notes: communication among the nursing staff and its technical and legal aspects. As well as the subcategories: nursing notes as communication links among the multidisciplinary team, legal and scientific aspects of nursing notes, technical aspects related to the nursing annotation. Final considerations: it was concluded that there is awareness of the importance of nursing notes. However, this practice faces challenges that hinder effective records, mainly when the written formalization of the work is forgotten.