NURSES’ COACHING LEADERSHIP RELATED TO PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

ABSTRACT Objective: to correlate the nurses’ self-perception and perception of nursing aides regarding coaching leadership practice environment within Primary Health Care. Method: cross-sectional correlational study addressing 150 workers: 75 nurses 13 Basic Units located in south São Paulo, SP, Brazil. The Brazilian version Practice Environment Scale, Questionário de Autopercepção do Enfermeiro no Exercício da Liderança [Questionnaire on Self-Perception Nurses Exercise Leadership], Percepção Técnicos e Auxiliares Enfermagem Perception Nurse Technicians LPNs Leadership] were applied between January May 2019. Univariate Multivariate Analyses, Pearson’s Correlation test (p<0.05) used, besides Rosenthal effect size. Results: two significant correlations found among instruments’ domains: communication foundations for quality care (r=0.265; p=0.022) collegial nurse-physician relationships (r=0.263; p=0.023). following stand out aides: (r=0.416) total score obtained Questionnaire Leadership (r=0.409). Conclusion: nurses, contributed a better good with physicians. For aides, all domains collaborate environments that favor their PHC.