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Vanêska Brito Ferreira1, Simone Coelho Amestoy1, Gilberto Tadeu Reis da Silva1
1Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Objective:
to understand the challenges and strategies adopted by nurses for the exercise of Transformational Leadership in a university hospital.
Methods:
qualitative and exploratory study, in which 25 nurses working in a university hospital in the state of Bahia, Brazil participated. Data collection took place through semi-structured interviews and categorized according to Thematic Analysis, using Nvivo software.
Results:
The prevalent challenges involved: lack of encouragement from the institution for the training of leaders; professional inexperience and young age; resistance to leadership and insubordination. The strategies adopted by nurses consist of acting as team examples and establishing dialogic relationships. Final considerations: The practice of Transformational Leadership has been relevant in the daily lives of nurses and contributes to the quality of care.
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