Teaching the Nursing Process according to YouTube videos: a descriptive-exploratory study

Abstract

Objective: To identify YouTube videos on the Nursing Process as a teaching theme in the national context. Method: A descriptive-exploratory and quanti-qualitative study, carried out with YouTube videos in November 2019, in which the main data identified were posting date and total views, author, video category, participant and content. Results: Among the 23 videos in the final sample, videos were identified in the period from 2016 to 2019, with predominance of the year 2018 (10; 43.9%), nursing professionals (17; 65.3%) as participants, and definition of the Nursing Process (12, 27.2%) as the content addressed. Discussion: Ease of access, existence of video sharing websites, the importance of the Nursing Process, and the development of partnerships between teaching and health organizations enhance the construction of audiovisual tools. Conclusion: The videos explain the concept of the Nursing Process and its stages and display the content through dialogical exposition.