title: Multi-professional team's perception of nurses' competences in liver transplantations.
abstract: Objective describe the multi-professional team's perception of nurses' competences in liver transplantation programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Data were collected through a questionnaire. Participants were 12 professionals of the liver transplantation team of a reference hospital. For result interpretation, the thematic analysis technique was employed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the professionals assessed the competences employed by nurses as proactive, autonomous, creative, humanized, capable of teamwork, decision-making and conflict management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  this study made it possible to demonstrate that members of the multi-professional team perceived nurses as professionals capable of coordinating and integrating the skills "knowing, doing, being and co-existing", enabling quality care for candidates and receivers of liver transplants, as well as for their families and/or caregivers in all perioperative phases.
authors.affiliation: Walter Cantídio University Hospital, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisca Diana da Silva
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Negreiros
authors.affiliation: Vocational Master's Course in Health Teaching, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alice Maria Correia
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pequeno
authors.affiliation: Surgery Department, College of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Huygens Parente
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Isis Freire de
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Aguiar
authors.affiliation: Walter Cantídio University Hospital, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiana Rebouças
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.affiliation: Walter Cantídio University Hospital, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria José Nascimento
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Flor
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000451:nursing*; D009726:Nurses / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010465:Perception; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires