Analysis of recorded actions planned/performed by Nursing managers in a public hospital

Abstract

Documental study performed in a public hospital of Goiás State, Brasil. The aims were identify the direction and the action focuses of the nursing managers of a hospital internment unity, and also to verify the execution percentage of the planned activities. They were analysed the nursing planning and the nursing reports in a period between 1999 and 2004. In spite of being planned, most of the nursing activities are not executed. Among the planned and the executed activities, the one that stood out was the given direction to the administrative activities. About the action focus, the stood out ones were the continued education actions when they are directed to the nursing assistance, and the normative actions when centred around the administrative activities. We concluded that the nurses execute more than they plann. We suggest the realization of some other studies that can support discussions about the results in our work environment.