title: Representation of nurse's managerial practice in inpatient units: nursing staff perspective.
abstract: Objective To understand the meanings that nursing staff gives to nurse's managerial practice in the inpatient unit. Methods This is an exploratory and descriptive research with qualitative approach, conducted in a general hospital in a Southern city of Minas Gerais State. We used the Theory of Social Representations as theoretical framework. The study sample were composed by 23 nursing technicians and five nursing assistants. Data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews, from December 2011 to January 2012. For data analysis we used the discourse analysis, according to social psychology framework. Results The meanings attributed to management occurred from the closeness/distance to staff and to patients` care actions. Conclusions The managerial nurse, perceived as a process apart from care, is classified as non familiar practice, of hard understanding and valuation.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rogério Silva
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eliana Bernardes
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Lourenço
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sara Rodrigues
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Rosado
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors.forename: Silvana Maria Coelho Leite
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Fava
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors.forename: Roberta Seron
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Sanches
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eliza Maria Rezende
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Dázio
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D006757:Hospital Units; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008960:Models, Psychological; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000523:psychology*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000523:psychology*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011593:Psychology, Social; D036301:Qualitative Research