Adequability of citopathological samples of women attended in a gynecological nursing service

Introduction: Cervical cancer is a serious public health problem, with a high morbidity and mortality rate, being the third most frequent tumor, and the fourth cause of death in women due to cancer in Brazil. Objective: To evaluate the suitability of the cytopathological samples of women attending the gynecological nursing service. Methods: This is a descriptive, documental and retrospective study, data were collected using results of cytopathological exams dating from 2017. The information was analyzed and launched in a virtual questionnaire created for this purpose, which generated data that were allocated in tables. Results: 200 cytopathological examination results were analyzed, where the predominant age group was 40 to 54 years, with a percentage of 38.5%, with 100% satisfactory results, 99% of neoplastic cells absent, 99 cases of infections were identified, of these 60.7% of unknown causes and 198 (99%) were the number of exams without adequacy recorded in the book, besides that no conduct was adopted. FINAL Considerations: It is considered that the objective of the study was partially achieved, the team is assertive and have ability in the cytopathological collection process, obtaining satisfactory smears for analysis, but it was observed that there is little commitment in the adequate recording of the results in the cytopathological book.