Qualitative analysis of nurses' performance and experiences in hospital management in the face of COVID-19. / Análise qualitativa sobre a atuação e as experiências dos enfermeiros na gestão hospitalar frente à COVID-19.

This study aimed to analyze the role of nurses in hospital management in the face of COVID-19. The study had a qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory approach. The setting was a hospital that was completely transformed to care for patients with COVID-19. At the time of data collection, ten nurses managed the services, and all participated in the semi-structured interview. After thematic analysis, the data were presented in three categories, representing the elements of Donabedian's triad: structure, process, and result. Category 1 highlighted the hospital structure reconfiguration based on material and people management; category 2 addressed the work process restructuring to achieve goals with safety and quality; and category 3 focused on nurses' experiences in describing the results achieved and expected. The analysis highlighted the importance of teamwork, involvement, and adaptation of managers in the face of the challenges of a new and life-threatening disease, scarce resources, and the complexity of human relationships in the crisis. In transformational leadership, these nurses encouraged behavior change, professional growth, and resilience.

Objetivou-se analisar a atuação dos enfermeiros na gestão hospitalar frente à COVID-19. O estudo teve uma abordagem qualitativa, do tipo descritivo e exploratório. O cenário foi um hospital que se transformou totalmente para atendimento de pacientes com COVID-19. No momento da coleta de dados, dez enfermeiros estavam à frente da gestão dos serviços, e todos participaram da entrevista semiestruturada. Os dados, após análise temática, foram apresentados em três categorias representativas dos elementos da tríade de Donabedian, ou seja, estrutura, processo e resultado. A categoria 1 realçou a reconfiguração da estrutura hospitalar a partir da gestão de materiais e das pessoas; a categoria 2 abordou a reestruturação do processo de trabalho para alcance das metas com segurança e qualidade; e a categoria 3 focou nas experiências dos enfermeiros na descrição dos resultados alcançados e esperados. A análise evidenciou a importância do trabalho em equipe, do envolvimento e da adaptação do gestor diante dos desafios da doença nova e ameaçadora da vida, dos recursos escassos e da complexidade das relações humanas na crise. Na liderança transformacional esses enfermeiros incentivaram a mudança de comportamento, o crescimento profissional, e resiliência.

Construction and enhancement of a prototype for a medical-hospital equipment for hypodermoclysis: a qualitative study.

OBJECTIVES: to construct a Subcutaneous Hydration Device semi-functional prototype and gather initial information to improve this prototype design and realize its acceptance potential. METHODS: a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study, which used focus group, following the Technology Acceptance Model. The group was held at the Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Portugal, in December 2022, composed of nine participants from six different disciplinary areas, and followed thematic analysis. RESULTS: four topics emerged associated with the device components: elastomeric infusion pump; needle/access device; clamp; administration set. From these topics, topics were triggered that highlighted: characteristics about the target population; ease of use and accessories; patient comfort and safety; and device application context. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: the Subcutaneous Hydration Device semi-functional prototype is viable and interesting for the clinic. The results support its improvement and direct future investments for experimental studies.

A qualitative approach on long-term indwelling catheter use in an outpatient setting. / Uma abordagem qualitativa sobre o uso do cateter urinário de longo prazo no contexto ambulatorial.

A long-term indwelling catheter may be indicated in clinical situations, such as chronic diseases of the genitourinary or neurological systems. In addition to the risks of infection, trauma, and bleeding, a catheter's permanence can affect psycho-emotional and socioeconomic dimensions. We aimed to understand how the need to use a long-term indwelling catheter affects this patient's self-perception, interrelationships, and self-care. We carried out a qualitative, descriptive study based on interviews with 17 patients, and applied thematic analysis and complex thinking. The different prognoses and expectations regarding the catheter influenced self-perception, adaptation, acceptance, or denial. The presence of a catheter, whether as a curative measure or for comfort, can affect self-image and sexuality, and generate insecurities and uncertainties, which require understanding the multidimensionality of situations that suffer interference from the personal, family, and social environment, as well as health systems' capacity to deal with it. Despite the challenges, the majority of participants reported a favorable disposition towards self-care, whether to enable catheter removal or to prevent injuries in lifelong indications.

O cateter vesical de longa permanência pode ser indicado em situações clínicas, como nas doenças crônicas do sistema genitourinário ou neurológico. Além dos riscos de infecção, traumas e sangramentos, a permanência do cateter pode afetar dimensões psicoemocionais e socioeconômicas. Objetivamos compreender como a necessidade de uso do cateter urinário por um longo prazo afeta a autopercepção, as interrelações e o autocuidado deste paciente. Realizamos um estudo qualitativo, descritivo, a partir da entrevista de 17 pacientes, e aplicamos a análise temática e o pensamento complexo. Os diferentes prognósticos e as expectativas em relação ao cateter influenciaram a autopercepção, a adaptação, sua aceitação ou negação. A presença do cateter, seja como medida curativa ou para conforto, pode afetar a autoimagem e a sexualidade, gerar inseguranças e incertezas, que requerem compreensão da multidimensionalidade das situações, que sofrem interferências do meio pessoal, familiar e social, bem como da capacidade dos sistemas de saúde para o seu enfrentamento. Apesar dos desafios, a maioria dos participantes relatou disposição favorável para o autocuidado, seja para viabilizar retirada do cateter, ou para prevenir agravos em indicações vitalícias.

Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Insertion: Professionals' Performance and Implications for Patient Safety: A Cross-Sectional Study.

This study evaluated peripheral intravenous catheter insertion by licensed practical nurses in a simulated scenario. This cross-sectional and descriptive study was performed in a general hospital's simulation center located in Brazil, from January to October 2020. The authors developed a tool from the leading guidelines to measure peripheral intravenous catheter insertion performance in 60 licensed practical nurses. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, with proportions for categorical variables and analytical statistics to denote significance, using SPSS version 22.0. Ethical aspects were respected. Despite the sample comprising professionals who declared an average experience with peripheral intravenous catheter insertion of 6.4 years, at least 50% failed in some tool element. This low score on peripheral intravenous catheter insertion performance is because automation is possible without efforts to improve it. Adding years of practice does not generate better performance. The licensed practical nurses' performance was lower than expected, considering their reported experience, which poses a risk to patient safety. The training of these professionals needs to be discussed in countries where the practice is legal. Skills training should include simulation to approximate clinical practice; nurses must exercise their role in supervising the team.

Patient Safety in Palliative Care at the End of Life from the Perspective of Complex Thinking.

Actions for patient safety at the end of life must be aligned with the principles of palliative care, such as promoting comfort and quality of life. Faced with this complex process, health professionals need to seek the central relationships of the concepts of safety and palliative care to the end of life, in line with the wishes and expectations of the person and family members/caregivers, as well as with available resources and the capacity of services but, above all, reinforcing the importance of a non-reductionist care approach, which encompasses the various aspects inherent to humans. Hence, we present a new vision of patient safety in palliative care at the end of life based on the complex thinking of Edgar Morin, scientific evidence, and health policies in the global context. We discuss the deficiencies and disjunctions in thought and practice of palliative care at the end of life and patient safety, as well as the challenges for the conjunction of these complex themes, to finally present potential ways to apply complex thinking in the safe care of the patient at the end of life. The problematization of different aspects for the interposition of knowledge about patient safety in palliative care at the end of life portrays the existence of intersubjective connections and the multidimensionality that permeate the guidelines, actions and relationships that sustain the disciplines.

Occlusions in peripherally inserted central venous catheters in pediatric patients in antineoplastic chemotherapy.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the occurrence of occlusions in peripherally inserted central venous catheters in pediatric patients in antineoplastic chemotherapy. METHOD: Retrospective cohort, with 156 medical records of patients aged 0-19 years who underwent outpatient chemotherapy between 2013 and 2017 by this catheter, in a hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied. RESULTS: 219 catheters were registered. Occlusion occurred in 141 (64.4%) catheters; 63 (44.7%) were removed because of occlusion, either alone or associated with another factor. Total occlusion alone led to the removal of 27 (12.3%) catheters. Occlusion was associated with: catheter dwell time, cyclophosphamide, neuroblastoma, bone metastasis and number of chemotherapy sessions. CONCLUSION: Occlusion is an important complication because it occurred in more than half of the catheters and was one of the main reasons for withdrawal. The identified risk factors may guide the care to prevent this complication.

Meanings and significance attributed by people with HIV/aids to their lives with this virus/disease.

OBJECTIVES: to understand the meanings and significance attributed by people with HIV/aids to the process of living with this virus/disease. METHODS: qualitative and exploratory study, carried out in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Grounded Theory and the Symbolic Interactionism were used. Data were collected in a semistructured interview and through non-participant observation, from August 2017 to May 2018. 29 patients participated. RESULTS: living with HIV/AIDS is a social phenomenon in which it is not possible to disconnect the process of adapting to the disease from the social relations one (re)constructs during life. It also involves stigmatization, rejection, and isolation. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: understanding the meanings of this process is a positive influence for proactive behavior and resilience, not only in regard to the care concerning the presence of the virus and the uninterrupted need to adhere to medication, but also in the way to deal with the social values that reproduce previous models, which, in turn, can help improve self-knowledge.

Do-not-resuscitate order in COVID-19 times: bioethics and professional ethics.

OBJECTIVE: To reflect about the do-not-resuscitation order at COVID-19 in Brazil, under bioethical focus and medical and nursing professional ethics. METHOD: Reflection study based on the principlist bioethics of Beauchamps and Childress and in professional ethics, problematizing actions, and decisions of non-resuscitation in the pandemic. RESULTS: It is important to consider the patient's clinic, appropriation of treatment goals for people with comorbidities, elderly people, with less chance of surviving to resuscitation, or less quality of life, with the palliative care team, to avoid dysthanasia, use of scarce resources and greater exposure of professionals to contamination. CONCLUSION: COVID-19 increased the vulnerabilities of professionals and patients, impacting professional decisions and conduct more widely than important values ​​such as the restriction of freedom. It propelled the population in general to rethink ethical and bioethical values ​​regarding life and death, interfering in decisions about them, supported by human dignity.

Information and communication technologies: interfaces the nursing work process.

OBJECTIVES: to unveil the meanings that nurses attribute Information and Communication Technologies for the nursing work process. METHODS: qualitative research, theoretically and methodologically based on the Complexity Theory and on the Grounded Theory, respectively. Research with 19 participants, being 12 clinical nurses, and 7 resident nurses. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. RESULTS: the results revealed the meanings that clinical nurses attribute to Information and Communication Technologies and, thus, the motivations and limitations for the use of these technologies, pointing out possibilities and strategies that impact the nursing work process, based on the interactions promoted by the official and non-official use of these resources. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: the meanings that nurses attribute to Information and Communication Technologies are dependent on their ability to successfully employ those technologies and their importance to the work process developed by the professionals.

Methodological path to reach the degree of saturation in qualitative research: grounded theory.

OBJECTIVES: to achieve the degree of saturation in study that applied the grounded theory. METHODS: qualitative research, carried out in four Family Health Units, between June 2018 and May 2019. The data from the interviews with 30 health professionals and non-participant observation were coded in the stages: open, axial and integration. RESULTS: the degree of saturation was achieved by two conceptual models - theoretical saturation and inductive thematic. Theoretical saturation was considered: the development of conceptual codes and observation, in the collection and analysis of data, when they generated new categories/subcategories or only indicated increasing instances. For thematic inductive saturation, the use of new codes based on each interview stood out. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: the visual layout for the number of codes, the theoretical scope of the concepts and the delimitation of the sample groups guided the identification of the degree of saturation for the development of the conceptual body that supported the substantive theory.

Transition to exclusive palliative care for women with breast cancer.

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the perspectives that affect the transition to exclusive palliative care for women with breast cancer. METHODS: qualitative, descriptive study, carried out in a public health institution in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between December 2018 and May 2019. 28 health professionals were interviewed. Content analysis was used in the thematic modality. RESULTS: the operational difficulties were linked to the fragmented physical structure, the late and unplanned nature of the referral, the ineffective communication, and the deficit of human resources. In general, women and family members resist referral because they do not know palliative care. There is no consensus among oncologists on the most appropriate time to stop systemic therapy for disease control. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: the perceived difficulties configure an abrupt referral, accompanied by false hopes and, often, limited to end-of-life care.

Knowledge management: connections for teaching research in undergraduate nursing.

OBJECTIVES: to understand the meanings that nursing students and professors attribute to research and research teaching in the context of undergraduate studies. METHODS: this is a qualitative research, whose theoretical and methodological frameworks were Complexity Theory and Grounded Theory. Sixteen students and 14 undergraduate nursing professors from a public university in Rio de Janeiro were interviewed. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. RESULTS: causes, actions, and interactions related to research and teaching research in undergraduate nursing are connected with learning science for nursing praxis, which ranges from students' ability to question to their and their professors' understanding of social demands guided by science. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: nursing professors and students signify research and teaching of this as a structure for the training of nurses for the critical professional capacity needed to meet social demands.

Quality of life of women with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

OBJECTIVES: To identify the main affected domains of quality of life of hospitalized women with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer; and to analyze the association between the level of quality of life and stage of cancer. METHOD: This was a cross-sectional quantitative, study conducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between March and July 2017. Interviews were performed with 199 women. The researchers administered the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30, with analysis using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software and the Kruskal-Wallis test. RESULTS: Mean global health status was 32.04. On the functional scales, cognitive functioning scored the highest (60.47), while role functioning scored the lowest (12.48). Fatigue presented the highest mean (69.57). The scores for global health status and the functional scales (with the exception of the social functioning) decreased as staging progressed. CONCLUSION: The stage of cancer affects the quality of life of the studied sample of women.

Conditioning factors for nurses to defend the autonomy of the elderly on the terminality of life.

OBJECTIVE: to understand the meanings attributed by nurses about conditions that interfere in defending of the elderly's autonomy on the terminality of life in the context of hospitalization. METHOD: qualitative and exploratory study, which applied the Grounded Theory. Data were collected between November 2016 and May 2017, in the internal medicine wards of a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, through non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Three sample groups composed of ten nurses, eight doctors, and 15 nursing technicians were investigated. RESULTS: the conditions are related to the medical power, subordination of nurses, family influences; the functional decline of the elderly; and biomedical model. Final considerations: the elderly's autonomy is veiled and violated since their abilities are subjugated, and the family's will and professional paternalism may prevail. However, this right must guide contemporary care models and integrate palliative care.

Nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of life.

OBJECTIVE: to understand how nurses deal with the elderly's autonomy at the end of life. METHOD: qualitative, exploratory study, guided by the Grounded Theory. Ten nurses, eight doctors and 15 nursing technicians were interviewed between November 2016 and May 2017 at a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. RESULTS: nurses deal with the elderly's autonomy in compliance with the code of ethics and exercise leadership in actions and interactions to defend this right, evaluating, guiding and listening to the preferences of the elderly; interacting with the family; and sharing information with the health team. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: the elderly's autonomy must be ensured in care planning, based on patient-centered communication and developed in the interaction among agents involved in care. The discussion on "Living Wills" Health Care Directives and principles of palliative care must be encouraged.

Management of nursing care in HIV/AIDS from a palliative and hospital perspective.

OBJECTIVES: To understand the meaning attributed by the nurse to the management of nursing care to the person hospitalized due to clinical complications caused by AIDS; to analyze actions related to palliative care; and to construct a theoretical matrix regarding the management of nursing care. METHOD: Qualitative, exploratory research, guided by the Grounded Theory. Seven nurses and ten nursing technicians were interviewed between May and September 2015, in a university hospital, located in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. RESULTS: Five categories that covered the profile of the hospitalized person, palliative care, intervening conditions for care management, the need for professional qualification, and other aspects to better organize and manage care, including conflict management arose. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: The theoretical matrix values the quality of life, the need to understand the flow of care to avoid readmissions and not adherence to medications, requiring new research in the area, such as implementation.

Análise qualitativa sobre a atuação e as experiências dos enfermeiros na gestão hospitalar frente à COVID-19 / Qualitative analysis of nurses' performance and experiences in hospital management in the face of COVID-19

Resumo Objetivou-se analisar a atuação dos enfermeiros na gestão hospitalar frente à COVID-19. O estudo teve uma abordagem qualitativa, do tipo descritivo e exploratório. O cenário foi um hospital que se transformou totalmente para atendimento de pacientes com COVID-19. No momento da coleta de dados, dez enfermeiros estavam à frente da gestão dos serviços, e todos participaram da entrevista semiestruturada. Os dados, após análise temática, foram apresentados em três categorias representativas dos elementos da tríade de Donabedian, ou seja, estrutura, processo e resultado. A categoria 1 realçou a reconfiguração da estrutura hospitalar a partir da gestão de materiais e das pessoas; a categoria 2 abordou a reestruturação do processo de trabalho para alcance das metas com segurança e qualidade; e a categoria 3 focou nas experiências dos enfermeiros na descrição dos resultados alcançados e esperados. A análise evidenciou a importância do trabalho em equipe, do envolvimento e da adaptação do gestor diante dos desafios da doença nova e ameaçadora da vida, dos recursos escassos e da complexidade das relações humanas na crise. Na liderança transformacional esses enfermeiros incentivaram a mudança de comportamento, o crescimento profissional, e resiliência.

Abstract This study aimed to analyze the role of nurses in hospital management in the face of COVID-19. The study had a qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory approach. The setting was a hospital that was completely transformed to care for patients with COVID-19. At the time of data collection, ten nurses managed the services, and all participated in the semi-structured interview. After thematic analysis, the data were presented in three categories, representing the elements of Donabedian's triad: structure, process, and result. Category 1 highlighted the hospital structure reconfiguration based on material and people management; category 2 addressed the work process restructuring to achieve goals with safety and quality; and category 3 focused on nurses' experiences in describing the results achieved and expected. The analysis highlighted the importance of teamwork, involvement, and adaptation of managers in the face of the challenges of a new and life-threatening disease, scarce resources, and the complexity of human relationships in the crisis. In transformational leadership, these nurses encouraged behavior change, professional growth, and resilience.

Gestão do cuidado de enfermagem na atenção paliativa oncológica frente à pandemia pela covid-19 / Nursing care management in palliative cancer care in the face of the pandemic by covid-19 / Gestión de cuidados de enfermería en cuidados paliativos oncológicos ante la pandemia por covid-19

Objetivo: Discutir um caso clínico de paciente em cuidado paliativo exclusivo com covid-19, que foi acompanhado por dois processos: assistência domiciliar e internação hospitalar. Métodos: Estudo qualitativo, do tipo caso clínico, realizado com idosa com os diagnósticos de câncer avançado e covid-19, internada em um hospital especializado em cuidados paliativos exclusivos (CPE) oncológicos, no Rio de Janeiro. Os dados foram coletados no prontuário em dezembro/2020. Resultados: As ações de enfermagem foram fundamentadas na teoria de Wanda de Aguiar Horta. Os principais diagnósticos da taxonomia da North American Nursing Diagnosis Association - NANDA-1 identificados, foram correlacionados às Necessidades Humanas Básicas afetadas, em especial as psicossociais e psicobiológicas. Conclusão: Gerenciar o cuidado na atenção paliativa oncológica frente à pandemia de covid-19 abarca compreender os fatores diretamente relacionados ao cuidado, bem como questões amplas que envolvem políticas, condições de trabalho, recursos humanos, dentre outros fatores capazes de influenciar as ações de cuidado. (AU)

Objective: To discuss a clinical case of a patient in exclusive palliative care with covid-19, who was followed by two processes: home care and hospital admission. Methods: Qualitative study, of the clinical case type, carried out with an elderly woman diagnosed with advanced cancer and covid-19, admitted to a hospital specializing in exclusive palliative care (CPE) oncology, in Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected from the medical record in December/2020. Results: The nursing actions were based on Wanda de Aguiar Horta's theory, the main diagnoses of the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association - NANDA-1 taxonomy making a correlation with the Basic Human Needs affected, in particular the psychosocial and psychobiological needs. Conclusion: Managing care in palliative cancer care in the face of the covid-19 pandemic encompasses understanding the factors directly related to care, as well as broad issues involving policies, working conditions, human resources, among other factors capable of influencing the actions of care. (AU)

Objetivo: Discutir un caso clínico de un paciente en cuidados paliativos exclusivos con covid-19, al que le siguieron dos procesos: atención domiciliaria e ingreso hospitalario. Métodos: Estudio cualitativo, tipo caso clínico, realizado con una anciana diagnosticada de cáncer avanzado y covid-19, ingresada en un hospital especializado en oncología de cuidados paliativos exclusivos (CPE), en Río de Janeiro. Los datos fueron recolectados de la historia clínica en diciembre / 2020. Resultados: Las acciones de enfermería se fundamentaron en la teoría de Wanda de Aguiar Horta. Los principales diagnósticos identificados por la taxonomía de la Asociación Norteamericana de Diagnóstico de Enfermería - NANDA-1 se correlacionaron con las Necesidades Humanas Básicas afectadas, especialmente psicosociales y psicobiológicas. Conclusion: Gestionar los cuidados en cuidados paliativos oncológicos frente a la pandemia covid-19 comprende comprender los factores directamente relacionados con el cuidado, así como temas amplios que involucran políticas, condiciones laborales, recursos humanos, entre otros factores capaces de incidir en las acciones de cuidado. (AU)

Uma abordagem qualitativa sobre o uso do cateter urinário de longo prazo no contexto ambulatorial / A qualitative approach on long-term indwelling catheter use in an outpatient setting

Resumo O cateter vesical de longa permanência pode ser indicado em situações clínicas, como nas doenças crônicas do sistema genitourinário ou neurológico. Além dos riscos de infecção, traumas e sangramentos, a permanência do cateter pode afetar dimensões psicoemocionais e socioeconômicas. Objetivamos compreender como a necessidade de uso do cateter urinário por um longo prazo afeta a autopercepção, as interrelações e o autocuidado deste paciente. Realizamos um estudo qualitativo, descritivo, a partir da entrevista de 17 pacientes, e aplicamos a análise temática e o pensamento complexo. Os diferentes prognósticos e as expectativas em relação ao cateter influenciaram a autopercepção, a adaptação, sua aceitação ou negação. A presença do cateter, seja como medida curativa ou para conforto, pode afetar a autoimagem e a sexualidade, gerar inseguranças e incertezas, que requerem compreensão da multidimensionalidade das situações, que sofrem interferências do meio pessoal, familiar e social, bem como da capacidade dos sistemas de saúde para o seu enfrentamento. Apesar dos desafios, a maioria dos participantes relatou disposição favorável para o autocuidado, seja para viabilizar retirada do cateter, ou para prevenir agravos em indicações vitalícias.

Abstract A long-term indwelling catheter may be indicated in clinical situations, such as chronic diseases of the genitourinary or neurological systems. In addition to the risks of infection, trauma, and bleeding, a catheter's permanence can affect psycho-emotional and socioeconomic dimensions. We aimed to understand how the need to use a long-term indwelling catheter affects this patient's self-perception, interrelationships, and self-care. We carried out a qualitative, descriptive study based on interviews with 17 patients, and applied thematic analysis and complex thinking. The different prognoses and expectations regarding the catheter influenced self-perception, adaptation, acceptance, or denial. The presence of a catheter, whether as a curative measure or for comfort, can affect self-image and sexuality, and generate insecurities and uncertainties, which require understanding the multidimensionality of situations that suffer interference from the personal, family, and social environment, as well as health systems' capacity to deal with it. Despite the challenges, the majority of participants reported a favorable disposition towards self-care, whether to enable catheter removal or to prevent injuries in lifelong indications.

Habilidades sociais na especialidade da enfermagem em oncologia: estudo qualitativo / Social skills in the nursing specialty in oncology: qualitative study / Habilidades sociales en la especialidad de enfermería en oncología: estudio cualitativo

Objetivo: compreender o significado das habilidades sociais atribuído por enfermeiros especialistas em enfermagem em oncologia. Método: estudo qualitativo, exploratório, que aplicou a Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados e o Interacionismo Simbólico. Participaram 14 enfermeiros de um dos grupos amostrais, especialistas em oncologia, de hospital oncológico. Aplicamos a entrevista semiestruturada, on-line, de maio de 2021 a dezembro de 2022. A análise seguiu a codificação aberta, axial e integração, e aplicamos o paradigma da codificação. Resultados: a categoria paradigmática 'condição do fenômeno' é apresentada face o aspecto semântico e de reconhecimento da aplicação das habilidades sociais. A categoria Percepções e significados das habilidades sociais para enfermeiros oncologistas alicerçou-se nas subcategorias: reagindo ao termo, e atribuindo significados e valores às habilidades sociais na especialidade da enfermagem em oncologia. Conclusão: os enfermeiros reconhecem as habilidades sociais e sua importância na oncologia. Desse modo, reitera-se a importância da articulação teórico-prático para qualificar a prática na oncologia(AU)

Objective: to understand the meaning of social skills attributed by specialist nurses in oncology nursing. Method: a qualitative, exploratory study, which applied Grounded Theory and Symbolic Interactionism. The participants were 14 nurses from one of the sample groups, specialists in oncology, from an oncological hospital. We applied semi-structured interviews, online, from May 2021 to December 2022. The analysis followed open, axial, and integration coding, and the coding paradigm. Results: we present the paradigm condition category, given the semantic aspect and recognition of the application of social skills. The category Perceptions and meanings of social skills for oncology nurses was based on the subcategories: reacting to the term, and attributing meanings and values to social skills in the specialty of nursing in oncology. Conclusion: nurses recognize social skills and their importance in oncology. We reinforce the importance of theoretical-practical articulation to qualify the practice in oncology(AU)

Objetivo: comprender el significado de las habilidades sociales atribuido por enfermeros especialistas en enfermería oncológica. Método: estudio cualitativo, exploratorio, que aplicó la Teoría Fundamentada y el Interaccionismo Simbólico. 14 enfermeros, expertos en oncología, participaron en uno de los grupos de muestreo de un hospital oncológico. Aplicamos entrevistas semiestructuradas, en línea, de mayo de 2021 a diciembre de 2022. El análisis siguió la codificación abierta, axial y de integración, y aplicamos el paradigma de la codificación. Resultados: se presentó la categoría paradigmática 'condición del fenómeno' ante el aspecto semántico y de reconocimiento de la aplicación de habilidades sociales. La categoría 'Percepciones y significados de las habilidades sociales para enfermeros de oncología' se basó en las subcategorías: reaccionando al término y atribuyendo significados y valores a las habilidades sociales en la especialidad de enfermería en oncología. Conclusión: los enfermeros reconocen las habilidades sociales y su importancia en la oncología. Siendo así, reforzamos la importancia de la articulación teórico-práctica para cualificar la práctica en oncología(AU)