The objective of this study was to know the opinions about the significance, felt by the students of the Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, at the end of the theoretical part of the course of administration applied to nursing practice. Therefore the opinion of 30 students at 8th semester of the Nursing School has been colected. The results demonstrated that the students understood, the administration applied to nursing practice, as an instrument for the nurses work and to increase the quality of assistance, as well as for the development of the nursing staff and, the administrative functions as a role which has to be developped in the nursing professional practice.
Administration applied to nursing practice