Educational strategy to develop nursing students’ management competencies in hospital practice

OBJECTIVES: to apply and analyze an educational strategy to develop management skills in nursing students to work in hospital practice. METHODS: exploratory, intervention, qualitative study conducted from February 2020 to 2021. Fifty-four nursing students from a public higher education institution participated in this study, in which thirteen workshops were held to discuss management cases. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were conducted using inductive thematic analysis. RESULTS: the case studies addressed the management competencies of communication, decision making, leadership, and interpersonal relationships. After the intervention, the strategy was evaluated through interviews, identifying positive aspects regarding knowledge acquisition; and other limiting aspects, such as limited time to discuss the cases. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: the workshops proved to be effective as teaching strategies for students, adding new management knowledge that should help their performance as future nurses, capable of reflection, and the subjects of knowledge construction for the professional practice of nursing.