Leadership in hospital nursing: Perception of managing nurses

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Rafael
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Belarmino, Adriano da Costa, Pinho, Cleiton Machado, Bastos, Patrícia de Oliveira, Cavalcante, Antonia Abigail do Nascimento, Alves , Larissa Cunha
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i9.17890
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/17890
• topic: Liderazgo; Enfermería; Precaución; Manejo de la salud; Equipo de salud.; Leadership; Nursing; Care; Health Management; Health team.; Liderança; Enfermagem; Cuidado; Gestão em saúde; Equipe de saúde.

Introduction: Leadership in nursing is currently shown as an essential element for the development of management in health teams. Objective: to know the nurses' perception of leadership as an instrument in their work process. Method: This is a descriptive and qualitative research carried out in a high complexity hospital in Ceará. The study participants were ten nurse managers who work in the coordination of care services. Semi-structured interviews with a script were used to collect information carried out in June 2017 and the testimonies were submitted to Bardin's content analysis. Results: Four categories emerged: Leadership and interpersonal relationships at work; Weaknesses and potentials faced by the manager; Factors that motivate employees in the workplace; Weakness in academic management training. The results indicate that it is characteristic of nurses to play the role of leader, being essential in the organization of the service, in which powerful listening skills, dialogue and participatory management are essential. Final considerations: The leadership of nursing in services is important so that there is cooperation of the organization's employees to achieve goals and reach the quality of patient care.