The FENF/UERJ nursing graduate in the working world

Authors

  • Norma Valéria Dantas de Oliveira Souza Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Faculdade de Enfermagem; Departamento de Enfermagem Médico Cirúrgica
  • Luiza Mara Correia Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Faculdade de Enfermagem; Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil
  • Luana dos Santos Cunha Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Faculdade de Enfermagem
  • Juliana Eccard Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Faculdade de Enfermagem
  • Roberta Alves Patrício Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Faculdade de Enfermagem
  • Tatyane Costa Simões Antunes Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Faculdade de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342011000100035

Keywords:

Education, nursing, Curriculum, Work, Job market

Abstract

This is a qualitative study on the satisfaction of nursing graduates from Rio de Janeiro State University (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) entering the working world. This study identifies and analyzes the graduates' perception of their practice and experience in the working world. The study is part of the institutional evaluative process subsequent to the curricular reform and implementation of the political-pedagogical project, based on the Critical Theory of Education. The twelve subjects graduated between the years 2000 and 2005. Interviews were applied, and using thematic content analysis two empirical categories emerged: the pleasure from work and the suffering from work. It is concluded that the new curriculum has produced the expected outcomes. The graduates have been performing practices specific to nurses and have proven to be critical and reflexive in their self-evaluations. There is a need for continuing evaluations that would permit to identify the advancement demands of the working market and the associated readjustments in the curricular proposals.

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Published

2011-03-01

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Original Article

How to Cite

The FENF/UERJ nursing graduate in the working world. (2011). Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 45(1), 250-257. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342011000100035