title: [Nurses' knowledge about Nursing Care Systematization: from theory to practice].
abstract: The objective of this study is to analyze the knowledge that nurses from a large hospital in Recife, Pernambuco, have about Nursing Care Systematization (NCS). This is a descriptive, exploratory, quantitative study. The study population consisted of 107 clinical nurses, with a sample of 73 (68%). Data collection was performed in June 2008, using a semi-structured questionnaire that was filled out by the subjects. We found that 50 (69%) nurses had no knowledge about NCS, especially about nursing diagnoses. We identified the absence of forms in most hospitalization units. The nurses gave several justifications for their not working with NCS, including work overload and the scarcity of forms. We concluded that there is a need for more incentives by the institution and through policies, so as to permit nurses a greater autonomy in their practice.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil. elisama 1975@gmail.com
authors.forename: Elisama Gomes Correia
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Viviane Carla
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Giselda Bezerra Correia
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: Tânia Maria Rocha
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Guimarães
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis