Professional training and autonomy of nursing teachers in the qualification of higher education in nursing

• Autor(a) principal: Menezes,Kátia Rodrigues
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Novaes,Maria Rita Carvalho Garbi
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020000500186
• topic: Professional Autonomy; Faculty, Nursing; Education, Professional; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; Nursing

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the aspects related to professional training and autonomy of undergraduate nursing teachers of a public institution in Brasília, Federal District, in order to contribute to the course management and qualification. Methods: mixed method study conducted with 77 teachers. A semi-structured questionnaire was applied, where quantitative items were evaluated through the Student’s T and ANOVA (p<0.05%) parametric tests. The qualitative part underwent content analysis with use of the IRAMUTEQ software and descending hierarchical classification. Results: the training of professionals was focused mostly (67.5%) on their initial area of expertise, and their mean values in autonomy-related factors were low and moderate. Two categories emerged in the qualitative analysis: “Identifying teacher autonomy” and “Applying teacher autonomy”. Conclusions: understanding the meaning and degree of autonomy perceived by teachers can foster the reflection on the praxis and enhance their performance.