OBJECTIVE:
To understand the meaning that the nurse managers attributed to the nursing process, developed in their daily work.
METHODS:
The phenomenological method was used, referencing the structure of the situated phenomenon. The subjects were thirteen nurses, managers of a university hospital. The analysis included transcription and readings of depositions aimed at the essence, by means of thematization, interpretation and synthesis of the phenomenon.
RESULTS:
The thematic categories were: human resources in achieving the systematization of nursing care; their relevance to the work of the nurse, difficulties in its implementation; qualification for its realization.
CONCLUSION:
The meaning that nurse managers attribute to the systematization of nursing care are related to the legal aspects of professional practice, teamwork, and to the adequate scheduling of human resources.
Nursing care; Practice management; Nursing process; Nursing staff; Qualitative research; Education; nursing; continuing