sharing management in the vision of nurses technicians and licensed practical nurses in a Brazilian public hospital *

Abstract

We presented a positive experience about implantation of sharing management in a governmental hospital of Volta Redonda in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. We interviewed nursery technicians and licensed practical nurses about this management model, moreover identify the alterations occurred in the communication process, decision making and power and analyze the difficulties found in this change. It is a quality research and among many techniques suggested for data analysis, we chose the utilization of thematic analysis of contents written by Bardin (1977). We notice that the nursery technicians and assistants understand the management model; however they continue to interact with the nurses
when this is necessary. It was noticed an improvement in the communication process and that there has been a decentralization of power. We pointed that the management model used in the hospital where the research has been performed brought significant improvement in attendance on people in the hospital in Volta Redonda city, which is considered a reference among other hospitals.