2018-04-302018-04-26NOGUEIRA, A. L. G. Planejamento de sucessão: uma ferramenta para potencializar a liderança em enfermagem. 2018. 146 f. Tese (Doutorado em Enfermagem) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2018.http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/8405Succession planning (SP) for nursing leadership allows leaders to prepare new professionals to carry on or improve care quality in institutions. It is an innovative tool in the management of people. The objective of this study was to create a succession planning model for nursing leaderships at a hospital institution, based on an appreciative reflection of nurses. A descriptive exploratory study, using a qualitative approach and grounded on appreciative inquiry (AI), was developed at a public federal hospital in the Center-West region of Brazil. The study took place in two stages. In the first stage, the participants were 36 nurses with different hierarchical positions, from managers to care staff. The authors investigated the experience of the participants on leadership and their perspectives as regards leadership succession in nursing by means of individual interviews with application of the snowball technique. The second stage consisted of a group intervention with 22 nurses who participated in the first stage, using the AI methodology. The collected data were submitted to thematic content analysis and organized using the WebQDA 2016 software. Two categories emerged from the first stage: Current leadership: foundation for a succession planning; and Succession planning: a necessary tool for leadership in the institution. The second category included the creation of the Leadership Succession Planning, according to the 4D cycle methodological structure, which comprises four phases (Discovery, Dream, Design, and Destiny). At Discovery, positive points of the institution regarding leadership succession were presented and, at the Dream phase, nine desirable dreams for an ideal future in terms of leadership succession, the institution’s internal policy, and shared management and leadership development. At the Design phase, five goals were defined, along with their respective deadlines, whereas at the Destiny, there was the creation of one or more plans for each of the goals, including what had to be done in order to achieve them, with the definition of actions and those responsible for carrying them out. At the end of the 4D cycle, the group developed the Succession Planning for Nursing Leadership for the institution, which contributed to organize and strengthen this process. The use of the AI was a powerful tool in the development of collective work with the group of nurses and an important ally in the generation of changes. Considering that the subject of nursing leadership is not addressed systematically in Brazilian healthcare institutions, this study proposes a new way of thinking over the subject in the different institutional settings and, therefore, presents an innovative character for the field of management in health and nursing. Hence, this study can inspire nurses and researchers who are committed to offering quality care to their patients.application/pdfAcesso AbertoPesquisa em administração de enfermagemLiderançaEducação continuada em enfermagemNursing administrative researchLeadershipContinuing nursing educationCIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEMTese