Qualidade da educação superior em enfermagem: desvelando a percepção de egressos

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Limeira, Polyana de Castro
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo
• Palavras-chave em Português: Educação Superior; Educação em Enfermagem; Avaliação Educacional; Bacharelado em Enfermagem; Egressos; Higher Education; Nursing Education Educational Evaluation; Bachelor of Nursing; Graduates
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/45773

The higher education in Nursing has been the target of numerous reformulations, which are a reflection of the historical and political context of our society. Seeking to ensure that the expansion of courses in this area be accompanied by the quality, it’s urgent to review this academic learning process. Given this, was aimed to know the scientific literature about the quality of higher education in Nursing and the perception of graduates about quality; comprehend the quality parameters that supported the development of Political-Pedagogical Projects (PPP) of the graduation courses in Nursing; know the perception of the graduates of these courses about the quality of offered education. Methods: A literature review; documentary research: analysis of the PPP of graduation courses in Nursing in São Paulo city, that provide the document for public consultation on the websites of their higher education institutions (HEIs); empirical research: 60 egresses of various graduation courses in Nursing that responded to a Likert-type instrument, containing 41 assertions, organized in 5 dimensions (1. technical and scientific skills; 2. attitudinal skills 3. teaching practices; 4. didactic-pedagogical organization/infrastructure of the HEIs; 5. practice scenarios) and 3 open questions. The literature research allowed knowing the main parameters of quality, which, in turn, subsidized the analysis of the PPP, revealing that most of the skill provided by National Curriculum Guidelines of the Nursing Graduation Courses was present in the analyzed documents. The confiability index of the Likert instrument was 0.94, ensuring excellent statistical support for the found dates, The dimensions 1, 2 and 3 were in the confort zone, not requiring immediate intervention actions, because don't harm the training process. The dimensions 4 and 5 stood in the alert zone, which requires interventions for improvements. The graduates participate in a satisfactory evaluation of the courses, but have signaled aspects to be improved, related to the development of managerial skills and leadership; the recognition of epidemiological profiles of the populations; the multidisciplinary work; the infrastructure of HEIs; the attitude of teachers, with marks of the traditional model of detention of knowledge and with the adoption of the summative evaluation; the exclusion of students in the development of the PPP; the need for linking the teaching/service relation. The positive aspects were: development of the skills to work in promotion, prevention, assistance, recovery and rehabilitation, to assess, systematize e decide the proper conduct in health care; the commitment to the principles of our National Health System (NHS) and the comprehension of health in all human dimensions; the balance between technical-scientific and humanistic aspects; the incentive to the permanent education, critical-reflexive attitude, sense of citizenship, social responsibility and to the capacity to change the reality; technically qualified teaching staff and good interpersonal relationship; articulation between knowledge, know-how and knowing how to live together; comprehension of the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of assistance. The adaptation of the Nursing courses to attend the NHS needs demand constant actions. In this research, were evidenced relevant aspects that demonstrate change movements, but were pointed other aspects that need improvement, requiring the participation of all involved.