RESUMO
In the last decade computerized nursing records systems (CNRSs) have been implemented at many hospitals around the world. Several effects of the CNRS were expected; the improvement of the quality of medicine and nursing care, the increased efficiency and the reduction of the cost. This study focused on the effects of the CNRS on access and sharing of nursing records among various health professionals. Timely access and availability of nursing records should improve the quality of medicine and nursing care. In 2003, we conducted a survey of the effectiveness of the CNRS on access and availability of nursing records among health professionals. We found that the CNRS contributed to the multidisciplinary sharing of nursing records without increasing the overall time spent on nursing documentation at most hospitals. However, effective sharing of nursing records even among nurses through the use of the CNRS did not occur at many nursing divisions.
