Indicators are tools that permit to define parameters that will be used to make comparisons between a result and its expected value, as well as to add a value of judgement in this regard. The purpose of this study is to describe the experience of a group of nurses in the development of a computerized system to manage nursing care indicators at Hospital São Paulo. Four stages were used to implement the indicator management system: developing a nursing care indicator handbook; performing a manually registered pilot test; developing the computerized system; and performing the pilot test of the computerized system in eleven units at the hospital.

This study reports the experience of creating a project based on videoconferencing technology to discuss topics related to nursing management in university hospitals in the country. The study describes the Telemedicine University Network of the Science and Technology Ministry in partnership with the Ministry of Education, authors of projects that subsidize the infrastructure for videoconferencing, aiming at offering relevant experiences among teaching hospitals. The nursing professionals in the Sao Paulo Hospital have used the telemedicine resources in the last 2 years, to discuss administrative issues and human and technical aspects of nursing in the hospital. This initiative has been showing good results regarding the regular involvement and assiduity of nurses and users. Keywords: Health management; Hospitals, university; Telemedicine; Videoconferencing RESUMOO presente estudo relata a experiência da criação de um projeto baseado em tecnologia de videoconferência para discussão de temas relacionados à gestão de enfermagem em hospitais universitários do País. Descreve a Rede Universitária de Telemedicina do Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia em parceria com o Ministério da Educação, como autores de projetos que subsidiam infraestrutura para a realização de videoconferências, com vistas a oferecer intercâmbio de experiências relevantes entre os hospitais de ensino. Profissionais da Diretoria de Enfermagem do Hospital São Paulo vêm utilizando recursos de telemedicina a cerca de 2 anos, a fim de discutir aspectos administrativos, humanos e técnicos da enfermagem hospitalar. Esta iniciativa vem apresentando bons resultados em relação à participação e assiduidade dos enfermeiros usuários. Descritores: Gestão em saúde; Hospitais universitários; Telemedicina; Videoconferência RESUMENO presente estudio relata la experiencia de la creación de un proyecto basado en tecnología de videoconferencia, con la finalidad posibilitar la discusión de temas relacionados con la gestión de enfermería en hospitales universitarios del país. El estudio describe la Red Universitaria de Telemedicina del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología en sociedad con el Ministerio de la Educación, que son los autores de proyectos que subsidian la infraestructura para la realización de videoconferencias, con el objetivo de ofrecer intercambio de experiencias relevantes entre los hospitales de enseñanza. Los profesionales de la Dirección de Enfermería del Hospital Sao Paulo vienen utilizando recursos de telemedicina desde hace 2 años, con la finalidad de discutir aspectos administrativos, humanos y técnicos de la enfermería hospitalaria. Esta iniciativa viene presentando buenos resultados en relación a la participación y asiduidad de los enfermeros usuarios.

Objective: Evaluate the Hospital Nursing Service Management Model from the perspective of nurses from hospitals managed by social health organization, considering the type and dimensions of the model. Methods: This is an exploratory, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach; census population. The evaluation was conducted in 15 hospitals based on the Index of Professional Nursing Governance, including the descriptive analysis of the k-means method and multiple linear regression to score the instrument. Data collection was performed online, stored in REDCap®. Results: Of 1,523 invited, 680 (44.6%) accepted and 518 (34.1%) completed the questionnaire. With a general average of 184.3 points, 12 hospitals indicated shared; and 3 (20%), traditional governance (average of 165.7 points). Conclusion: Managers presented a lower perception of shared governance with professionals without a management function. The type of function and time of activity at the institution influenced the results. The present model is hybrid, in the transition process from the traditional to corporate.

The aims of this descriptive study were to determine the academic profile of nurses in a university hospital, assess their level of knowledge about magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and verify whether this knowledge was acquired during their undergraduate or graduate education. Ninety randomly selected nurses working in inpatient wards and outpatient units of a university hospital participated in the study. Data were collected through a questionnaire completed by the participants between August and October 2009. Most nurses were females who have received specialized education. The participants had a limited knowledge about MRI, which was restricted to the procedures to prepare patients for MRI examination and MRI contraindications. Most of the nurses acquired information about MRI during the professional practice. The majority of nurses showed interest to know more about the MRI examination, especially regarding the exam environment, conditions and contraindications, in order to prevent accidents.

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