Informatics on nursing research has been used in different ways, bringing opportunities and challenges in the
advancement of knowledge in nursing, despite of being little used. Given the complexity involved in knowledge
of Nursing Informatics, this article aims to describe the strategies and applications of informatics in nursing
research, the present main resources of information technology for research in health and nursing, to stimulate
the development of new studies in the area and as the research agenda establishment for consolidation
of Nursing Informatics in Brazil. It concludes with the importance of stimulating the new studies development in
the area and contributing to the incentive to consolidate the data in nursing research in Brazil since the
establishment of a national research agenda.