The present study has as objective to describe the methodologies for development of systems of information in health and the nursing, reflecting on aspects theoretical and practical based ofthis proposal. In this perspective, it focuses, criticaly, the hard and soft vision of the information system, the alternative methodologies and the necessities of new approaches in the system of information in nursing. It concludes emphasizing the necessity of if developing information systems that are extracted of the necessities of the practical of nursing and with the participation of these professionals
Information system; nursing; methodology