OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the bibliographic production on nursing process for the last 10 years in Brazil. METHODS: This bibliographic study used a mixed methods approach. Data were collected from April to May 2008 in the CAPES journals. RESULTS: Seventy-seven publications were evaluated. There was an increase in publications on nursing process after 2004. The Latin American Journal of Nursing published the greatest number of papers (n = 32, 41.55%). Quantitative studies were the most common types of research design. The point of views of the authors of these papers regarding the nursing process varied. CONCLUSION: Systematic nursing care, caring, and nursing intervention were used as synonyms of the nursing process in Brazil. The bibliographic productions in Brazil were focused mainly on nursing diagnosis, which is one of the steps of the nursing process.
Nursing; Nursing process; Nursing assistance
