title: [What nurses say about observation].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to characterize what faculty and clinical nurses understand about Observation at their professional activities. Eleven nurses were interviewed, and the data were joined in categories in order to be analyzed. It was possible to realize that they regard it with extreme importance at their professional activities, as an essential instrument of nursing care administration, assessment, planning interventions and evaluating results.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem e Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Goiás.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Brasil
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires