Introduction:

Nursing records are documents that guarantee the quality and continuity of care, improve communication and avoid errors during care.

Objective:

To describe the perception of nurses about the use of their records to guarantee continuity of care in the internal medicine service of a public hospital.

Methods:

Qualitative descriptive research, the sample was 12 nurses, the semi-structured interview was used. Results: Usefulness and importance for the health team; Limitations and ethical-legal implications; Need for standardized and computerized records.

Conclusion:

Nursing records filled with truth guarantee continuity of care because they are a source of information for health team professionals; However, there are limitations such as lack of time, work overload due to the omission of data that may incur ethical-legal implications, which is why they recognize the need for standardized and digitized formats.

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