In this resesarch we have delimited as object of study the nurse approach as working process of the nursing manager. It had as objectives: to know the nurses concept as to nursing management, to identify the nurses understanding as to working process of nursing management; to check what is the importance attributed to the work of nursing manager. As reference, it was used management theories and management concepts. Its approach is qualitative, of the case study type, done at a university hospital in the Niterói country, RJ. It was used as instrument for data collecting a questionnaire with open questions, answered by ten nurses. The results show nurses with basic knowledge on management and the working process of manager seen as something intricate.
Nursing; Management; Nursing Services