The effectiveness of nursing systematization in the perception of nurses

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify the effectiveness of the systematization of nursing care in patient’s health prevention, promotion, recovery and rehabilitation, in the perception of the nurses. The study is descriptive, exploratory and qualitative, based on the Theory of Social Representations, and following the guidelines for the Collective Subject Discourse. The sample was composed of 100 nurses from two hospitals in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, who answered to a survey elaborated by the researchers. The survey contained five questions for sociodemographic characterization of the participants, and one which addressed the main goal of the research. Nurses who considered the systematization to be effective have expressed central ideas in the categories: "Process"; "Document"; "Holistic"; "Yes, background"; and "Yes, lack of commitment". Those who do not consider systematization to be effective expressed their central ideas as "No, not enough staff"; "Not effective"; "No lack of knowledge"; "No, it's bureaucratic"; "No value"; "No, lack of commitment"; "No, background"; and "Cultural". Some variation was noted among the opinion of assistance nurses, from those who consider systematization as effective to those who do not. However, even those who consider the systematization effective highlight some aspects of it which need improvements, in such aspects as administrative and human resources.