Register of nursing evaluacion in intensive care: collective subject’s speech

Abstract

Aim: to understand the perceptions of nurses about the records of the nursing process in a intensive care unit. Method: descriptive qualitative study, developed with nine nurses in a public hospital located in a county in southern Brazil. Data were collected through semi-structured interview script and the analysis was performed through the Collective Subject Discourse. Results: they showed the use of only parts of the nursing process, its strengths and weaknesses. The practicality and quickness to implement the records are considered positive aspects and the failure of other evaluation criteria, and the shallowness of information, such as negative. Final remarks: incomplete utilization of nursing process remains a difficulty for nurses. There is need for proposals that allow nurses to apply new approaches in practice, helping to qualify the records, promoting patient safety