The affects in the managerial working process in the hospital: the experiences of the nurse

Abstract

Doi: 10.5902/2179769212871

Aims:to understand the feelings experienced by nurses in the exercise of management in the hospital wards. Method: qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The theoretical framework used was the Social Representations Theory. Ten nurses were interviewed using a semi-structured script. The data were interpreted based on the discourse analysis of Social Psychology, through the technique of Maps of Association of Ideas. Results: it was identified that the feelings reported by nurses in regards to the exercise of managerial work are predominantly negative. Those feelings were related to organizational and social determinants of the representations of their work. Final considerations: other investigations that propose the deepening of the theme are necessary, using methodologies guided by action-research in order to improve the working processes in the hospital context.