Objectives
To know the opinion of nurses report on the realization of nursing report at hospital discharge.
Methods
A sociological study - exploratory and cross-sectional incidental in a convenience sample of 400 nurses in the hospitals of the Region of Murcia (Spain), by applying a questionnaire.
Results
Significant associations between the variable unit of work and writing of the paper (p= 0.000) and continuing education about it (p= 0.027) was obtained. The same applies to the health center variable (p= 0.001) and higher academic education (p = 0.049).
Conclusions
The nurses say they are not prepared either theoretically or methodologically, to tackle the writing of the Nursing report at hospital discharge.
Nursing process; Nursing administration research; Medical records; Continuity of patient care