ABSTRACT
Objective:
to analyze nurses’ knowledge regarding the nursing process as an instrument for Nursing Care Systematization in the Human Milk Bank.
Method:
descriptive, exploratory, qualitative study carried out in the second quarter of 2015 in seven Human Milk Banks in the State of Espírito Santo. With this perspective, nine nurses working in the health service were interviewed. The data were submitted to thematic content analysis.
Results:
the nursing process can be considered an organizer of work in the context of the Human Milk Bank. Such everyday knowledge and knowledge of the applicability of the nursing process needs to be an assumption in order to support the actions of nurses in the Human Milk Banks.
Conclusion:
the analyzes indicated that the nurses’ work and activities must be based on a scientific methodology, however there is a fragmentation in the effectiveness in the steps of the nursing process. It is necessary to elaborate an instrument that enables the implementation of the Nursing Assistance Systematization, through the nursing process instrument.
DESCRIPTORS:
Nursing processes; Nursing care; Human milk bank; Breastfeeding; Professional practice