Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (Jun 2006)

Nurses' management in the clinical practice: problems and challenges in search of competence Gerenciamiento del enfermero en la práctica clínica: problemas y desafíos en la búsqueda de competencia Gerenciamento do enfermeiro na prática clínica: problemas e desafios em busca de competência

  • Maria Auxiliadora Trevizan,
  • Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes,
  • Gilberto Tadeu Shinyashiki,
  • Genevieve Gray

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692006000300022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 3
pp. 457 – 460

Abstract

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With the purpose to enable reflections concerning nurses' managerial performance in hospitalization units, three studies conducted in three different decades, in the same university hospital, were analyzed. From this analysis, it was observed that nurses' managerial practice has been mainly characterized by the accentuated compliance to pre-established norms, thus showing a reiterative praxis. Understanding the fragility of this managerial situation in terms of involvement with and commitment to clients and service givers, an alternative managerial conduct, which is based on the creative praxis, is presented to nurses.With the purpose to enable reflections concerning nurses' managerial performance in hospitalization units, three studies conducted in three different decades, in the same university hospital, were analyzed. From this analysis, it was observed that nurses' managerial practice has been mainly characterized by the accentuated compliance to pre-established norms, thus showing a reiterative praxis. Understanding the fragility of this managerial situation in terms of involvement with and commitment to clients and service givers, an alternative managerial conduct, which is based on the creative praxis, is presented to nurses.Com o propósito de possibilitar reflexão sobre o desempenho gerencial do enfermeiro na unidade de internação, os autores analisaram três estudos efetuados em décadas distintas no mesmo hospital escola. Desta análise, constataram que o exercício gerencial do enfermeiro tem-se caracterizado, sobretudo, pela vinculação acentuada a normas preestabelecidas, configurando uma práxis reiterativa. Compreendendo a fragilidade desta situação gerencial em termos de envolvimento e compromisso com os clientes e prestadores de serviços, os autores apresentam uma alternativa de conduta gerencial para o enfermeiro fundamentada na práxis criadora.

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