Nursing Management Archives - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to understand significances attributed by nurses who manage nursing care to the individual affected by cardiovascular disease to relations, interactions and associations of the educational practices in a cardiovascular reference hospital. To elaborate a theoretical explanatory model based on significances attributed in the light of the complex thinking.

Method:

qualitative study, which used Theory Based on Data (TBD) as methodological reference. Twenty-two professionals of nursing participated in the study.

Results:

the results indicate need of professional qualification to ensure the safety of patients, institutional support for the realization of educational practices, attitude of openness and availability of dialogue of the health professionals and other institutional conformations for the workers' development.

Conclusion:

the study presents a new space for the nurse's action that can be used to qualify and optimize the nursing practice, as it provides visibility to management and care in health institutions.