title: [Conceptions of nurses from a public university hospital regarding the cost management report].
abstract: This exploratory-descriptive study was performed with a qualitative approach, on the theoretical construct in the field of phenomenology, with the objective to identify the understanding of nurses of a public university hospital regarding the cost management report. Data collection was performed from August of 2009 to March of 2010, with 59 nurses, and consisted of three guiding questions: What is the meaning of cost management? How do you use the cost management report? What is the contribution of cost management reports? Results showed that nurses do not use this report in their practice, because they focus on the care issues, and justify this by the fact that they did not receive academic training in relation to cost management and also because they do not understand the report. The report, however, though little explored, contributes with the practice of nurses who hold a management position, in terms of cost management and control.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: William Tiago
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Ana Vanessa Deffaccio
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Maria do Carmo Lourenço
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: Marli Terezinha Oliveira
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Vannuch
authors.forename: Meire Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Taldivo
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D003363:Cost Control; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital