INFORMATION REGISTRY IN NURSING IN THE NURSES’ CONCEPTION

Abstract

This is an exploratory-descriptive study with the goal to know the nurses’ conception about both electronicand handbook records, and to identify positive and negative aspects concerning the use of such records in hospitals ofthe city of João Pessoa-PB. As a method for data collection it was used the semi-structured interview. The analysistechnique adopted was the discourse of the collective subject. The results showed that the benefits of electronic recordon the handbook are immense, but the satisfaction with the computerized medical record is not complete. It was evennoticed that nurses are not adapted to this technology and need more knowledge to use it. The handbook recordspresents disadvantages for contain illegible records, and possible loss of information does not allow more than oneperson to use it simultaneously. Comparing the views of nurses, the study found that they believe the electronic registrationhas an advantage if compared to the handbook, although they do not master this technology.

Keywords

• Information systems
• Medical records systems computadorized
• Nursing