Accessibility and content of electronic information about specialization courses in nursing administration

Abstract

The objective of this descriptive study was to analyze the accessibility and the content of the information about Specialization Courses in Nursing Administration available on the websites of federal universities in Brazil. From September 2008 to April 2009, evaluations were performed on a total 19 courses that were available on the websites of the universities, regarding the level of access to information and the design of the curricula, in terms of the structure of the knowledge about Nursing Administration: Ideological and Theoretical Bases, Intervention Methods, and Resource Administration Practices. Results showed that, though we are currently in the era of the knowledge society, the electronic access to the teaching programs remain below the expectations in terms of the concepts of information and browsability. In terms of the design of the courses, it was observed that most are many times longer than the what s legally established as a minimum load of hours, and that there has been an appreciation towards studying the Ideological and Theoretical Bases in detriment to the Practices of Human Resources.