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[The process of professional qualification for the critical care nurse]
Neuranides Santana1, Josicélia Dumêt Fernandes
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA.
Abstract:
Study of qualitative approach based on the dialectic historical materialism, that aimed at analizing the conformation of professional credentialing process of the critical care nurse of a hospital in Salvador, BA, Brazil. The subjects were 29 nurses. The analysis was based on the Analysis of Content, with the technique of Thematic Analysis, directed by the dialectic method. Three categories correlated to credentialing were generated: technological sophistication; individual and the collective organizational and as product and instrument of the work process. The results demonstrated that the institution estimulates the credentialing process; however the administrative politicies make it difficult the effectuation of the process of credentialing of the nurses.
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