OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to understand the relevance of nurses' notes on the growth and development of children aged 0 to 5 years attending a primary healthcare unit in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais. METHODS: A phenomenological approach was used to conduct the study. Data were collected through unstructured interviews with 9 registered nurses. RESULTS: Nurses' notes were the main category emerging from the data. Nurses' notes were described as legal documentation, as a fundamental instrument to facilitate the follow-up of child's health by a multidisciplinary healthcare team, and as an essential element to assess the health of the community. CONCLUSION: Despite nurses valuing nurses' notes as a legal documentation and relevant for child's care, some of the nurses' notes continue to be incomplete and meaningless records.
Nursing records; Child care; Child health; Pediatric nursing; Child development