title: Clinical competences of nursing assistants: a strategy for people management.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to identify the clinical competences of nursing assistants in a hospital organization and to understand how professional acquired these competences.
  
  
  METHODS
  an exploratory study of a qualitative approach, performed at a private hospital in southern Brazil, through a semi-structured interview, in May and June 2013 with 20 nursing assistants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the nursing assistantswho worked longer in the same work unit had a higher list of clinical competences. The acquisition of clinical competences occurred through interaction with other professionals; in daily nursing practice; in previous experiences and in formal learning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the identification of clinical competences and the way nursing assistants acquire these competences can be important resources for managing people, which can be used by nurse managers to better allocate these professionals and provide th e opportunity for their professional development.
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors: Gisele Knop
authors: GK
authors: Aued
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Bernardino
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors: Aida Maris
authors: AM
authors: Peres
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors: Maria Ribeiro
authors: MR
authors: Lacerda
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.
authors: Clémence
authors: C
authors: Dallaire
authors: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors: Ester do Nascimento
authors: Edo N
authors: Ribas
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002983:Clinical Competence; D016304:Hospitals, Private; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009728:Nursing Assistants