title: Nurses' managerial knowledge in the hospital setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze nurses' managerial skills in the hospital setting, their perception of their own education and the relevance of training for their professional practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  qualitative study based on the dialectical hermeneutics framework. Thirty-two nurses from three hospitals in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais contributed to the study by taking part in six focus groups. Records were transcribed and three categories emerged from content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  results evidenced the following managerial skills: supervision, leadership, decision making, planning and organization, as well as the relevance of education centers for their improvement and the continuing development of the nurses' managerial skills.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the authors believe this investigation will contribute for the improvement of nurses' necessary managerial skills and also to identify gaps in this area of their education.
authors: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Programa Interunidades em Enfermagem. Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brasil.
authors: Mirelle Inácio
authors: MI
authors: Soares
authors: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada. Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brasil.
authors: Silvia Helena Henriques
authors: SH
authors: Camelo
authors: Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Escola de Enfermagem. Alfenas-MG, Brasil.
authors: Zélia Marilda Rodrigues
authors: ZM
authors: Resck
authors: Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Escola de Enfermagem. Alfenas-MG, Brasil.
authors: Fábio de Souza
authors: Fde S
authors: Terra
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011361:Professional Competence