Nursing care management for children hospitalized with chronic conditions.

Objective: to understand the interactions of nurses managing nursing care for the hospitalized child with a chronic condition.

Method: Theoretical and methodological references were used, Complex Thought and grounded theory, respectively. In the study 18 subjects have participated arranged in three groups: nurses, nursing technicians and family members. A semi-structured interview was used as technique for data collection. The data analysis followed three stages of coding: open, axial and selective.

Results: the category "Needing to manage nursing care to the hospitalized child with chronic condition in Pediatric Inpatient Unit" and their subcategories show the complex inter subjective bindings established by nurses that support the practice of nursing care management.

Conclusion: There are difficulties for nursing professionals to interact with the child's family and the dialogical order/disorder/interaction/organization in the implementation of the management process of care is.