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Evaluation of sites about the History of the Brazilian Nursing

This is a descriptive study that intends to evaluate the sites about Brazilian Nursing History. According to a theoretical base about the impact of informatics uses for information resource and considering the fact of the people looks for trustful information but are not capable to do it alone, we decide to realize it. The questions that inspired the present investigation were: what sites about Brazilian Nursing History exists and what quality they have to learning and research activities. We utilize the Mitretek - Quality Criteria for Evaluate Health Information Technology proposal with its evaluation criteria: Credibility, Content, Disclosure, Links, Interactivity and Caveats, and its correspondent detailed criteria that help us to do the evaluation. The results show that only ten sites were in good conditions to be used by students and researchers, reason to recommend a reconstruction of sites that are focused on information about Brazilian Nursing History.

History of Nursing; Computer Literacy


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