Abstract in Portuguese:

O presente estudo teve como objetivo identificar a opinião e a experiencia dos enfermeiros (docentes e assistenciais) da UFSC relativos à Teoría e processo de enfermagem de Horta c comparar a opinião atual dos docentes sobre o ensino do processo de enfermagem com a de 1979. Os dados foram colhidos por meio de questionários. Evidenciou-se que a Teoria das necessidades humanas básicas de Horta é a mais utilizada no: atual ensino e prática dos enfermeiros da UFSC.

Abstract in English:

The purposes of the present study were to: a) assess the nurses' opinions and experience (about) with Horta's theory and nursing process, and b) compare the current faculty's opinions about nursing process teaching with the faculty's opinions gathered in 1979. The sample consisted of 49 nursing faculty members and 43 nurses who worked at an hospital. The data were collected through a questionnaire. The findings showed that the Theory of Basic Human Needs proposed by Horta was the model most used in the nursing education and practice settings at the Federal University of Santa Catarina.