Nursery performance analysis within a model of management units

Authors

  • Maria Luiza Hexsel Segui Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Aida Maris Peres Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Elizabeth Bernardino Universidade Federal do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.2014v35n2p71

Keywords:

Nursing, Professional practice, Practice management

Abstract

Objective: Identify the nursery's working spaces after implementation of a Unit Management model at a large and complex teaching hospital in south of Brazil. Method: exploratory descriptive study with a qualitative approach - Case Study. The data were collected with semi-structured interviews. Subjects: 15 nurses that represent the job positions at the institution. Results: All subjects are female, aged from 25 to 59 years, with high-level education, work experience at the hospital between 5 and 30 years, most of them have a post-graduate degree. The activities are divided on consulting services, public health surveillance, management, nursing care, on-the-job education, health education, research, and university-related management work. Conclusion: nurses working as assistants give support to public health surveillance; at Nursing Services, the activities are related to unit and care management; and at external administrative positions, they support general institutional demands.

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Author Biographies

Maria Luiza Hexsel Segui, Universidade Federal do Paraná

PhD in Nursing from the Universidade de São Paulo. Associate Professor, Nursing Department of the Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Aida Maris Peres, Universidade Federal do Paraná

PhD in Nursing from the Universidade de São Paulo. Associate Professor of the Nursing Department of the Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Elizabeth Bernardino, Universidade Federal do Paraná

PhD in Nursing from EERP/USP. Associate Professor, UFPR Nursing Course. Associate Professor Università Laval, Quebec, Canada.

Published

2015-03-09

How to Cite

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Segui MLH, Peres AM, Bernardino E. Nursery performance analysis within a model of management units. Semin. Cienc. Biol. Saude [Internet]. 2015 Mar. 9 [cited 2025 Dec. 17];35(2):71-80. Available from: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/18676

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