Nursing graduates’ perception of nurses’ managerial role

Authors

  • Jadielma Clementino da Silva Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Escola de Enfermagem e Farmácia
  • Célia Alves Rozendo Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Escola de Enfermagem e Farmácia
  • Fátima Maria de Melo Brito Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Escola de Enfermagem e Farmácia
  • Teresinha de Jesus Gomes Costa Universidade Federal de Alagoas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v14i2.12565

Keywords:

Students, Nursing, Education, Management

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5216/ree.v14i2.12565

The objective of the present study was to identify and analyze the perceptions of  nursing graduates of a public university regarding the managerial role of nurses. This is a descriptive-qualitative study, the setting of which was a nursing undergraduate course of a public university located in northeastern Brazil. Data collection was performed using semi-structured interviews with 12 nursing undergraduates. Thematic analysis was the chosen technique for the data analysis, which generated three categories: nurses’ managerial role – contributing to efficient running of the service; care and management – two dichotomous practices; and teaching administration contents – too much theory and too little practice. In conclusion, the undergraduates’ perception regarding the nurses’ managerial role is based mostly on observing nurses at work rather than developing their own perceptions, and the subjects consider the role important but consider it to be disconnected from healthcare and distant from practice.

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Author Biographies

Jadielma Clementino da Silva, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Escola de Enfermagem e Farmácia

Acadêmica do curso de Graduação em Enfermagem da Escola de Enfermagem e Farmácia (ESENFAR), Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL). Maceió, AL, Brasil. E-mail: jadielma_cs@hotmail.com.

Célia Alves Rozendo, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Escola de Enfermagem e Farmácia

Enfermeira, Doutora em Enfermagem, Docente da ESENFAR, UFAL. Maceió, AL, Brasil. E-mail: celia.rozendo@gmail.com.

Fátima Maria de Melo Brito, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Escola de Enfermagem e Farmácia

Enfermeira, Especialista em Gerenciamento em Enfermagem, Educação Profissional na Área de Saúde e Ativação de Processos de Mudança na Formação Superior de Profissionais de Saúde. Docente da ESENFAR, UFAL. Maceió, AL, Brasil. E-mail: fatinhabrito@hotmail.com.

Teresinha de Jesus Gomes Costa, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Enfermeira, Mestre em Enfermagem. Docente da ESENFAR, UFAL. Maceió, AL, Brasil. E-mail: tecalegria@gmail.com.

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Published

2012-06-30

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2012)

Section

Original Article