This study was aimed at contributing to the cost management of the admission process of nursing technicians by mapping and measuring the direct cost of the main activities in this process. The exploratory, retrospective, documental study on the modality of case study was carried out at the Educational Support Service of the University of São Paulo's Hospital Universitário. The admission process was divided into five sub-processes: planning, recruiting, selection, hiring and admission training. Results showed that the direct total cost of the admission process was R$ 6,359.90, and that, within the sub-processes, selection was the one that consumed most resources - R$ 3,416.40, amounting to 53.72% of the total. Each hired candidate cost R$ 635.99.
Nursing administration research; Personnel selection; Nursing staff; Costs and cost analysis
