Percepções de enfermeiros sobre liderança : um repensar necessário

Abstract

This study aimed to understand the nurses’ perceptions about leadership. Descriptive, qualitativ e, exploratory study conducted with 25 nurses in a secondary hospital in Fortaleza - CE, Brazil. Data collection occurred through a questionnaire, whose answers we organized and analyzed based on the content analysis technique. Two thematic categories emerge d: leadership styles, characteristics and/or skills of nurses in the exercise of leadership. From the perspective of nurses, there is a predominance of understanding leadership in the autocratic perspective, in which the main characteristics of a nurse lea der should be: decision - making, technical competence, and teamwork. Results highlight the need to reconsider the leadership component in professional practice as well as unveil experiences that need to transpose the administrative approach marked by the tr aditional paradigm grounded in classical management theory.