title: Direct cost of development and documentation of the nursing process.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  identify the average direct cost (ADC) of the activities performed by nursing professionals in the nursing process development and documentation at the medical clinic of a teaching hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  1040 activities were observed and the ADC was calculated by multiplying the time spent by professionals by the unit cost of direct labor.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the ADC of patient admission was R$ 55.57 (SD=19.44); among the activities of patient follow-up, the assessment phase documentation had the most significant ADC (R$ 17.70 - SD=14.60); the ADC of descriptive records corresponded to R$ 1.21 (SD=1.21) and the ADC of the nursing team for shift change was R$ 54.23 (SD=28.95).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the study promotes visibility of the work performed by nursing professionals in the development of the nursing process, providing financial data to ensure consistent arguments for proper resources to its feasibility.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Orientação Profissional, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Antônio Fernandes Costa
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Curso de Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Dóris Ribeiro
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ortiz
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000191:economics*