Atividades empreendedoras do enfermeiro contemporâneo: diversidades de negócios e seus desafios

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: It is possible to identify that nursing work is beyond clinical laboratory work. However, there is an immense shortage of studies and research on the subject of entrepreneurship in nursing. The present work is the result of an investigation for the Course Conclusion Work (TCC) of the undergraduate nursing course. Versa on the entrepreneurial activities of contemporary nurses OBJECTIVE: This work aimed to identify in the scientific literature the main diversities of business for the contemporary entrepreneurial nurse, METHODOLOGY: this is a narrative review of the literature. Four databases were used, applying the health descriptors in the English language. “Nurse” “Professional Autonomy” “Entrepreneurship”, making a final sample of 12 articles. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Entrepreneurial activities and business diversity for nurses demonstrate the existence of various incomes in the market, observed in most works. These include clinics, offices, home care, nursing consultations, consultations for the administration of medications, prescribed treatments, control of chronic patients, pregnant women, dressings, among other activities. Despite presenting these possibilities, the authors do not go into depth on how they can be carried out and explored by the professional. The main difficulties and limitations of entrepreneurship for nurses include the obstacles and barriers faced, such as the academic training of professional nurses, as it does not encourage entrepreneurial activity, as well as does not provide the necessary skills and abilities to diversify activities. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that it was possible to observe that, despite the diversity of businesses that enable nurses to work, the doctor-centered culture, multiplicity of tasks, salary conditions and lack of knowledge of the possibilities of exercising the profession, lead nursing professionals to concentrate on care activities in the hospital environment. Even with the evolution in research on entrepreneurship in nursing, it is worth emphasizing the importance of investigating and discussing the subject in the academic and professional scope.