Abstract
Objective: To analyze the applicability of SAE in a large hospital in Teresina. Methods: This is an exploratory, quantitative research, carried out in a public hospital in Teresina-PI. Structured questionnaires were applied to nurses, followed by the analysis of medical records, under the approval of the Ethics Committee for Research with Human Beings at the UNIFACID University Center (2,271,299). All participants signed the Free and Informed Consent Form (ICF) and for the analysis of the medical records, the Data Use Consent Form (TCUD) was signed. The data analyzed by the SPSS program, and the linear trend test was used. Values of p <0.05 were considered significant. Results: There was a predominance of female professionals (76.7%, n=23), specialized (80%, n=24), with less than 5 years of professional experience (36.7%, n=11). These professionals showed to have knowledge about SAE (73%, n=22), however, when analyzing their filling in the medical, orthopedic and surgical medical records, they obtained a bad evaluation, showing that they did not completely fill it out (63.3%, n=19) with an emphasis on orthopedic and surgical clinics, respectively. Conclusion: It was found that SAE is still in the implementation phase in the researched hospital and occurs in a very fragmented way in all investigated sectors.