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. 2018 Mar 8:26:e2980.
doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.2199.2980.

University management nurse: a grounded theory

[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Kamylla Santos da Cunha  1 , Selma Regina de Andrade  2 , Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann  3
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University management nurse: a grounded theory

[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Kamylla Santos da Cunha et al. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. .

Abstract

Objective: to understand the meaning of the university management performed by nurses managers of the nursing undergraduate course of a public university.

Method: this is a qualitative research, based on the grounded theory. Data collection took place between May and September 2016, with open interviews, in the scenario of a federal public university. The technique of constant comparative analysis of the data was followed, obtaining a theoretical sample with 19 nurses, in two sample groups.

Results: there were three categories emerged that shaped the phenomenon: Articulating complex collectives through university management for the qualified training of new nurses. The categories included: a) conditions, defined by perceiving the commitment to the collective, previous experiences, and training for health management, as motivations to be a teacher manager; b) actions/interactions, delimited by Knowing and recognizing, in practice, the university management process, limits and possibilities in the coordination of complex collective subjects; and, c) consequences, such as Improving teaching work and taking responsibility for university education.

Conclusion: the nurses teaching managers to explain university management as a set of individual and collective actions that, articulated in a complex social environment, promote conditions for the training of critical and reflexive nurses with the demands of society.

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Figure 1. Composition of sample groups, hypothesis, and guiding questions
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Figure 2. Phenomenon: Articulating complex collectives through university management for qualified training of new nurses
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