[Participative management in permanent health education: view of the nurses]

This study is of qualitative approach, and aimed at knowing the management strategies, on the basis of the Permanent Education in Health (PEH). The participants of the research had been six nurses of an intensive care unit from an university hospital in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The Method Circle of Culture of Freire was used like as instrument for collection of data. The data were collected in the period from June to august, 2007. Results point out participative planning and decision making as strategies of the PEH that promotes the autonomy, the valuation, the technical ability and the work construction in team, in its proper passage of learning.