NURSES’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXERCISING OF LEADERSHIP IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT

This study aimed to investigate nurses’ understanding regarding leadership, as well as the strategies used for facilitating its exercising in the hospital environment. It is research with a qualitative approach of the descriptive type, in which the case study was used as the investigative strategy....

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Main Authors: Simone Coelho Amestoy, Vânia Marli Schubert Backes, Letícia de Lima Trindade, Veridiana Corrêa Ávila, Anelise Freitas Lins de Oliveira, Camila Neves da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2014-09-01
Series:Cogitare Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v19i3.35006
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spelling doaj-62357ddd56ea4852ae85e58329a27e9d2021-01-02T04:44:47ZengUniversidade Federal do ParanáCogitare Enfermagem1414-85362176-91332014-09-01193433440http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v19i3.35006NURSES’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXERCISING OF LEADERSHIP IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTSimone Coelho AmestoyVânia Marli Schubert BackesLetícia de Lima Trindade Veridiana Corrêa ÁvilaAnelise Freitas Lins de OliveiraCamila Neves da SilvaThis study aimed to investigate nurses’ understanding regarding leadership, as well as the strategies used for facilitating its exercising in the hospital environment. It is research with a qualitative approach of the descriptive type, in which the case study was used as the investigative strategy. The participants were 25 nurses who worked in hospitals in Florianópolis, in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The information were obtained between May and December 2010, through semi-structured interviews and dialogic workshops, and were analyzed using Thematic Analysis, with two themes emerging: ‘The nurses’ understanding regarding leadership’, and ‘Strategies which facilitate the exercising of leadership’. The results indicate that leadership is a relational skill which contributes to the management of the care, the team, and the hospital environment, being strengthened by dialogue as the main strategy facilitating and strengthening the exercising of the nurse’s leadership.http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v19i3.35006NursingLeadershipHospitals
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author Simone Coelho Amestoy
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Letícia de Lima Trindade
Veridiana Corrêa Ávila
Anelise Freitas Lins de Oliveira
Camila Neves da Silva
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Vânia Marli Schubert Backes
Letícia de Lima Trindade
Veridiana Corrêa Ávila
Anelise Freitas Lins de Oliveira
Camila Neves da Silva
NURSES’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXERCISING OF LEADERSHIP IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT
Cogitare Enfermagem
Nursing
Leadership
Hospitals
author_facet Simone Coelho Amestoy
Vânia Marli Schubert Backes
Letícia de Lima Trindade
Veridiana Corrêa Ávila
Anelise Freitas Lins de Oliveira
Camila Neves da Silva
author_sort Simone Coelho Amestoy
title NURSES’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXERCISING OF LEADERSHIP IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT
title_short NURSES’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXERCISING OF LEADERSHIP IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT
title_full NURSES’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXERCISING OF LEADERSHIP IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT
title_fullStr NURSES’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXERCISING OF LEADERSHIP IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT
title_full_unstemmed NURSES’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXERCISING OF LEADERSHIP IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT
title_sort nurses’ understanding of the exercising of leadership in the hospital environment
publisher Universidade Federal do Paraná
series Cogitare Enfermagem
issn 1414-8536
2176-9133
publishDate 2014-09-01
description This study aimed to investigate nurses’ understanding regarding leadership, as well as the strategies used for facilitating its exercising in the hospital environment. It is research with a qualitative approach of the descriptive type, in which the case study was used as the investigative strategy. The participants were 25 nurses who worked in hospitals in Florianópolis, in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The information were obtained between May and December 2010, through semi-structured interviews and dialogic workshops, and were analyzed using Thematic Analysis, with two themes emerging: ‘The nurses’ understanding regarding leadership’, and ‘Strategies which facilitate the exercising of leadership’. The results indicate that leadership is a relational skill which contributes to the management of the care, the team, and the hospital environment, being strengthened by dialogue as the main strategy facilitating and strengthening the exercising of the nurse’s leadership.
topic Nursing
Leadership
Hospitals
url http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v19i3.35006
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