[Nursing practices in the attention to a chronic condition (tuberculosis): analysis of secondary sources].

Objective: To analyze nursing practiced in the treatment of tuberculosis, based on secondary data records.

Method: Descriptive study of the retrospective survey kind, conducted in Ribeirão Preto, from August to December 2013. The data of 109 electronic and clinical medical records, and a TB reporting system in the state of São Paulo for residents in the municipality monitored in the reference clinics.