Introduction:

In the current social context, it is becoming increasingly urgent that nurses who perform managerial functions possess and put into practice competencies that, in addition to validating them professionally, allow them to carry out their role.

Objective:

To systematize the managerial competences of nursing managers in the hospital context.

Methods:

Systematic bibliographic review, during 2018 of articles published in English, Spanish and Portuguese from 2005 to 2018 in the SciELO, PubMed, CUIDEN and Google académico databases. The guiding question was developed through the acronym PICo. The search strategy was carried out by accepting the descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS) "Nursing", "Management skills" and in English (MeSH) "Professional Competence / organization and administration", "Nursing Administration Research", " Nursing Service, Hospital ”and“ Shared Governance, Nursing ”, with the Boolean operators AND and OR, the flow diagram (PRISMA) was used. The content analysis allowed the interpretation of theoretical references and the organization of knowledge and the bibliography found.

Conclusions:

The managerial competences in nursing managers are varied and important to improve administrative management and results with optimal quality in health care for people who require hospital institutions.

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