Nursing care management in hospital care
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2238-104X.2021v11nespecial.57277Abstract
Objective: to understand the management of nursing care through the speech of nursing assistants. Methodology: qualitative research anchored in Grounded Theory. Twelve nursing assistants from a teaching hospital in João Pessoa, Paraíba, participated in the study. Data analysis followed the interdependent coding steps: open, axial and selective. Results: the phenomenon 'Understanding the management of nursing care in hospital care' emerged, discussed through the paradigmatic model of Strauss and Corbin, whose elements highlighted the management of care as a set of all activities developed in the daily work of nurses. Academic contributions: new perspectives on nursing care management have been brought up that can contribute to its development. Practical contributions: the study demonstrates the relevance of the managerial role played by nurses and the challenges experienced in their practice, raising the need to expand discussions on the theme and conduct new research in different contexts, which address proposals for qualifying managerial work the nurse.
Keywords: Health management. Health services management. Nursing care. Role of the nursing professional. Nursing.