. 2019 Oct 7;27:e3178. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.2833.3178

Figure 2. Narratives of nurses related to category 1 on the occupation of the leadership role in the hospital. Central-West Region, Brazil, 2016.

Who will take my place?
Both I and other Nursing leaders are close to retiring, it's only another five years, we sit down and talk about it, how it's going to be, who will replace us .... who will you lead? (D1) From the beginning, when I was a team, I wanted to work with new people, I already knew some people, and I already thought that my days inside the institution were counted, so I thought I needed people to continue the service, I just planted the seed, it needs to bear fruit and bear good fruit, so I had this concern of having a new team. (D4) Undoubtedly, it is a concern of all of us. It's very casual this conversation, a common conversation, when you need to change someone's place, when you need to go some to key places, you know, there is no formality in this sense, we talk about how it will be, but it's a question in our head . (C1) In several moments, my immediate boss arrives and makes direct notes, you will replace me. (C4) I realize that yes, we have our Head of Nursing, who is a born leader, when someone new arrives, she says thus: "you will be our successor," she has a lot of that concern. (C8) I talk a lot to the boys, because I want them to follow up, I'm jealous of the service. For him to be in good hands, then, all who have to want this. (D4) The built cannot be discarded, so when someone is going to retire, there is a concern with who will replace that person's place, now, prepare a person to be assuming, we do not have that hierarchy to do it here, I've never seen, until because of the same sizing. (L7)

Who will take my place?

Both I and other Nursing leaders are close to retiring, it's only another five years, we sit down and talk about it, how it's going to be, who will replace us .... who will you lead? (D1)
From the beginning, when I was a team, I wanted to work with new people, I already knew some people, and I already thought that my days inside the institution were counted, so I thought I needed people to continue the service, I just planted the seed, it needs to bear fruit and bear good fruit, so I had this concern of having a new team. (D4)
Undoubtedly, it is a concern of all of us. It's very casual this conversation, a common conversation, when you need to change someone's place, when you need to go some to key places, you know, there is no formality in this sense, we talk about how it will be, but it's a question in our head . (C1)
In several moments, my immediate boss arrives and makes direct notes, you will replace
me. (C4)
I realize that yes, we have our Head of Nursing, who is a born leader, when someone new arrives, she says thus: "you will be our successor," she has a lot of that concern. (C8)
I talk a lot to the boys, because I want them to follow up, I'm jealous of the service. For him to be in good hands, then, all who have to want this. (D4)
The built cannot be discarded, so when someone is going to retire, there is a concern with who will replace that person's place, now, prepare a person to be assuming, we do not have that hierarchy to do it here, I've never seen, until because of the same sizing. (L7)