Mapping of Nursing Research Groups in the Management Area in Brazil

Abstract

Objective: The present study aims at the Mapping of Nursing Research Groups in the Management Area in Brazil arranged in the Directory of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) as of 2017. In this sense, the research is committed to providing concrete data on distribution, year of creation, institutions to which they are linked, and quantification of scientific production on Nursing Management, identifying the most and least predominant themes. Methodology: This is a descriptive-analytical documentary study, with a quantitative approach through scientometric analysis. The research was carried out in 5 stages. The first step is related to data collection through the parameterized search, in the current base, as the search descriptor “Nursing Management”, the second step is the screening of groups in the management area with certified and updated status, the third step is the grouping and interpretation of the data obtained in an excel spreadsheet, the fourth was the survey of the research projects of the groups, and the fifth resided in the categorization of the projects into thematic axes: 1) Patient safety; 2) Workers' health; 3) Care management; 4) Competencies; 5) Quality Management; 6) Educational management; 7) Cost management; 8) Evaluation of health services; 9) Permanent Education; 10) Management in health services; 11) Organization of work; 12) Risk management; 13) Decision making; 14) Nurse's work process; 15) Staff dimensioning and 16) Resource management. Results and Discussion: We found 70 Research Groups registered in the CNPq Directory. Subsequently, the selection process began, and after excluding the groups in a situation of completion (4 groups), excluded (11 groups), not updated (13 groups) and those not framed in the theme (5 groups), the quantitative remained 38 research groups in the area of nursing management. As a limitation of the research, it was observed that many researchers do not keep their curricula on the Lattes platform with their data properly updated, and the instability of the collection. Conclusion: The research pointed to 38 research groups in the management line, which were located in public higher education institutions. Additionally, it showed a concentration of about 42.11% in the state of SP, with USP holding 23.68% of the number of research groups. Five new groups emerged during the pandemic period, thus revealing the need to encourage the implementation and permanence of these spaces within private universities, isolated colleges, technological education centers, and federal centers of technological education. During the document analysis, a total of 166 projects, in this way, Educational Management represents, 16.27%, the most predominant theme, and Resource Management, with 0.60%, the lowest percentage of productions. The results demonstrate the need for more studies to better understand the disposition of these Groups, incentives related to the exploration of less predominant contents, and factors that influence the permanence and activity of the Groups.

DOI: 10.56238/pacfdnsv1-075