title: [Development of nursing management competencies: guidelines for continuous education services].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Developing continuing education guidelines for the development of nursing management competencies along with the members of the Center of Nursing Continuing Education of Parana.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative research outlined by the action research method, with a sample consisting of 16 nurses. Data collection was carried out in three stages and data were analyzed according to the thematic analysis technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was possible to discuss the demands and difficulties in developing nursing management competencies in hospital organizations and to collectively design a guideline.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The action research contributed to the production of knowledge, confirming the need and the importance of changing the educational processes and evaluations, based on methodologies and instruments for professional development in accordance with human resource policies and contemporary organizational policies.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Priscila Meyenberg Cunha
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Sade
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Enfermagem, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aida Maris
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Peres
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education*; D011361:Professional Competence