THE ACTION RESEARCH AS A METHOD TO RESTRUCTURE A PROCESS OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

• Main Authors: Vera Lucia Mira Gonçalves, Maria Madalena Januário Leite, Maria Helena Trench Ciampone
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2004-06-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: Action research; Focus group; Professional performance appraisal
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v9i1.1705

The purpose of this article is to show the methodological strategy applied for research whose goals were: to analyze the process and restructure the instrument of professional nursing performance. Thus, considering that it was essential that such a change was grounded on the institution’s values and culture, we have chosen a qualitative perspective or action research so that it could express the institutional collective of the nursing team. Work organization in the action research went through the following phases: situational diagnosis, sampling and qualitative representativeness, data collection using focus group technique, planning, action and evaluation. The use of action research to develop this study facilitated the goal’s achievement besides, as it was expected, it fostered the reflection upon ultimate aspects not only on the process of performance appraisal, but also on the policy and management of nursing human resources in the institution.