BETWEEN THOSE WHO THINK AND THOSE WHO DO: PRACTICE AND THEORY IN NURSE TEACHING

SUDDENLY, TEACHER! PATHS TAKEN BY NURSES SEARCHING FOR TEACHER TRAINING

ABSTRACT Objective: to know the paths taken by the nurse-teachers of the Nursing technical course in search of their training for the teaching career. Method: a qualitative and cross-sectional research study, carried out with nurses who teach at the Nursing technical course of a Technical School of the Unified Health System in Ceará. The data were collected through a focus group in October 2019, and analyzed according to Bardin's thematic content analysis, with the aid of the Qualitative Data Analysis Software. Results: the paths for nurses' teacher training permeate their motivation to enter the teaching career, whose reasons are related to the difficulty finding a job in the assistance area, invitation to teach, job opportunity or existence of some need; initial performance in teaching, which emphasizes mid-level; and by training itself, which had its need confirmed and, from the participants' perspective, met through participation in institutional qualifications and personal search for specialization courses. Conclusion: the paths taken by nurse-teachers in search of their training for the teaching career are related to the reasons why they enter teaching, with their initial performance in teaching and with teacher training itself, regarding verification of their need and ways accessed for such qualification. The nurse's prior training for the teaching practice ultimately points to professional excellence and appreciation and commitment to the Unified Health System. Thus, it becomes imperative to (re)formulate policies that consider the complexity and professionality of teaching, with a view to expert teaching training and performance.

Supervised Internship: attributions and limitations from the perspective of nursing supervisors, faculty advisor and managers

ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe the attributions and limitations in internship nursing supervisors’, faculty advisors’ and managers’ work in the process of carrying out Supervised Internship in nursing education. Methods: a qualitative exploratory-descriptive research. Interviews were conducted between February and July 2018 with 26 participants: four managers, nine faculty advisors, six primary care nursing supervisors and seven hospital care nursing supervisors. Data analysis was performed using the Content Analysis technique. Results: among the main attributions are participation in the organization of the field, mediation between educational and health institutions, presentation of the world of work; as limitations are the high number of institutions in the field, work overload, lack of commitment or lack of didactic preparation towards student education. Final Considerations: we evidenced the need to (re)define and clarify everyone’s roles and (re)think the integration strategies for monitoring students.

PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING IN NURSING GRADUATE COURSES IN BRAZIL

ABSTRACT Objective to analyze how professors’ education takes place in Graduate Programs in Nursing in Brazil. Method this is an exploratory and descriptive study that used as a technique document analysis of data obtained from the examined programs. Data collection was carried out in May 2020. Numerical data were analyzed using simple and relative frequency. Course description and other information of the available courses were grouped according to the themes addressed. Results fifty-three stricto sensu graduate programs in nursing were identified that offered 61 courses related to pedagogical training. Of these, 28 had a course description/information available online, and they were analyzed. The themes emerging from the analyzes were grouped into two dimensions: “The pillars of faculty training” and “Didactics” both indicate essential elements for faculty training. The training of professors who work in higher education, especially in the health area, is of fundamental importance due to today’s demands, which require competent and versatile professionals, capable of solving problems and working as a team. Conclusion pedagogical training is inherent to teaching and requires educational intentions, in addition to encouraging self-reflection processes on new ways of planning and executing the teaching and learning process. In nursing, it is necessary to encourage professor trainers to expand the offer of pedagogical training courses, make course descriptions available and produce knowledge in the area aiming at exchanging experiences.