OBJECTIVE: To compare the International Data Set - Essentials of Nursing - with the nursing data set used in data collection forms for the area of Women's Health. METHODS: This is an observational, retrospective, descriptiveand correlational study, developed from forms of data collection of interest of nursing in the health area of motherhood validated. RESULTS: In the first category, from all six present items, four were included. In the second, all can be considered as present, including the gender item, although it was not explicit, was included because of the studied area. The third category was completely covered by the forms. CONCLUSION: The forms used were considered satisfactory, serving for the purposes of documentation and analysis of the nursing work process and making possible to quantify and qualify their contribution to the quality of care provided to women in the sectors studied.
Data collection; Nursing records; Nursing informatics; Information systems
