The purpose of this paper was to discuss the importance of nursing records in the nursing process. Traditional nursing teaching emphasizes formal aspects of the nursing records and has been shown insufficient to check if the student is able to identify events taking place during a specific time period that must be registered. This study concludes that the methodological approach and the avaiable materials used to enhance learning of this matter are unsatisfactory and the use of video is pointed out for easier learning. The authors report an evaluation of one experience in video aided learning with a software named Sherlock! and shows the results.