Finalidades da formação de futuros enfermeiros no século XXI: uma visão de alunos do último ano do curso de graduação em enfermagem

Abstract

Theme: Due to changes in current society that affect ideological, political, ethical, philosophical and cultural issues that demand changes in health practices, especially in nursing, it is necessary to understand which educational purposes are present during the undergraduate nursing course. Objectives: To understand the views expressed by students in the last year of the undergraduate nursing course about the educational purposes of training future nurses in the context of the 21st century; characterize, through a theoretical framework, the concept of educational purposes, exploring it in relation to the training of nurses and; identify which views are expressed and which predominate among students about the educational purposes of training future nurses. Methodology: This is qualitative research with a descriptive approach, carried out with students enrolled in the last year of the undergraduate nursing course at a private community higher education institution in the city of Goiânia-GO. Final considerations: Evidence of conceptions of purposes for the training of this professional was identified, which signal both the need for change and the need to permanence certain basic guiding principles of the profession.