Beliefs of undergraduate nursing students on caring the elderly. / Crenças dos alunos de graduação em enfermagem sobre o cuidar do idoso.

AUTOR(ES)

Noely Cibeli dos Santos

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The increase of the elderly population in the world points to a need of adaptations, among them the professionalsbackground to be prepared to act in this new context. This qualitative study, made with nursing undergraduate students, aimed to identify the respondentsgeneral, personal and normative beliefs regarding to the elderly care and the influence of the curriculum to build their beliefs, using the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) as the theoretical referential. The research was made at the University of Sao Paulo City with eighteen students who had already started an approach to aging and the elderly care. Data collection was made through semi-structured interviews and for data analysis it was used the content analysis technique, which made it possible to evidence negative and positive beliefs that were grouped in three Central Theme Units previously established, according to the TRA premises: Behavioral Beliefs, Normative Beliefs and General Beliefs. In Behavioral Beliefs we can emphasize the Central Theme Categories: Affective Beliefs, Advantages, Disadvantages and Influence of the knowledge acquired. In Normative Beliefs it was evidenced Social References and Factors that stimulate or discourage the elderly care. Among General Beliefs we stand out: Beliefs on the requirements for caring the elderly, Beliefs on the skills and competences for caring the elderly, preparation in college and perception on caring the elderly. These results reveal that the way in which we bring knowledge and provide experiences for the students can have a straight connection to the consolidation, enlargement or substitution of their beliefs, with a strong influence in their present and mainly future care, when they will be professionals. Thus, this study allows us to reflect on the way of teaching and the influence of formed beliefs may have on the future professionals acting, that is to say that we need to look at the teaching staff practice and for what kind of nursing we want to teach.

ASSUNTO(S)

comportamento behavior nursing teaching ensino em enfermagem enfermagem geriátrica-gerontológica geriatric-gerontologist nursing

Documentos Relacionados

• "A percepção do cuidar entre estudantes e profissionais de enfermagem"
• Understanding the meaning of medication administration to undergraduate nursing students.
• A aprendizagem da busca bibliográfica pelo estudante de graduação em enfermagem
• Concepções dos alunos de graduação em enfermagem sobre o envelhecimento
• Desafio de ensinar a cuidar sob a ótica do aluno do curso de graduação em enfermagem