[Management trends that may lead nursing to new paths]

The changes in the economic and social context have led to the need of new management strategies for organizations. In the area of services, healthcare and nursing organizations have suffered the impact of these changes within their work processes. Our goal was to reflect on the new management trends and how they could influence the nursing work organization in healthcare services and the actions by managing nurses in strategies that meet the challenges of the profession in a changing social context. These new trends have pointed to the emphasis on the development or learning organizations, investment on human capital, inclusion of new knowledge and skills, searching for an open, flexible and participatory administrative practice, based on reason, creativity, sensitivity and intuition.