The use of information technology is reduced in health area. Its introduction as a managementtool and decision support can change the actual kinds of planning within health organizations. The purpose of this work isto develop a system in orderto enable and processthe nursing prescription. The system named DSSPPNC- Dedsion Support System in Planning and Prescription of Nursing Care - is a computational tool that enables the information access under the form of Nursing Assistance Protocols. The results of the present work will involve sensible changes in the nursing assistential practice, with repercurssions in the type of assistance management and to care the individual hospitalized, making opportune and approaching the nurse to the patient, through raising of problems, aiming care planning and accomplishment, results valuation and supervision and control of the staff engaged to in assistance.
Patient care system; Prescription / nondrug; Computer Systems; Nursing