RESUMEN
The interest of the authors in developing this study was based on the fact that the continued education courses offered at a teaching hospital, located in the southern region of Brazil, always happened in an empirical way, without first carrying out a diagnosis which permits the development of a program related to the needs of the clientele. The quanti-qualitative study, composed by both open and multiple choices questions, was applied to 70% of the nursing staff, from the period of November of 1998 to January of 1999. Analysis of the data allowed the authors to identify the necessary steps for the implementation of a Continued Education Service.
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Educación Continua en Enfermería , Brasil , Educación Continua en Enfermería/organización & administración , Hospitales de EnseñanzaRESUMEN
The present study aims to be a contribution to the Nursing student and the nurse's daily use of the Nursing process; the investigation method used was qualitative, applying semi-structured research tools; the data obtained were confronted with theoretical references and were put together in themes. The results show that the Nursing students and the nurses recognize the true value of the Nursing process, although they are not so sure about its practical use, and for them the Nursing schools should have the responsibility of promoting discussions in order to establish the theoretical references that would support the Nursing process. In other words, the schools should define one or more Nursing Theories and/or Conceptual References and its following methodologic definitions to be used on teaching the Nursing process.