Research developed in three Central of Material and Sterilization for investigation of the nurse's managerial practice, in view of the human resources. It is part of the master dissertation which objectives were identify the meaning of the managerial practice in CME, describe its process, and construct a theoretical model about human resources management. Study of qualitative nature, whose participants were nurses of three public hospitals of the Rio de Janeiro. We utilized as referential the Symbolic Interaction and the Grounded Theory. Based on the collected data and realities of each CME are found five categories, beyond the central phenomenon. Process of nurses´ basic actuation is attached to the experience in the personal knowledge, work process knowledge and science of its realities.
Nursing; Human Resources; Sterilization; Hospital administration
