Nurses’ knowledge and competencies for preceptorship in the basic health unit

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira,Francisco Das Chagas
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Dantas,Fernanda de Carvalho, Valente,Geilsa Soraia Cavalcanti
• 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=S0034-71672018001001564
• topic: Nursing Education; Primary Health Care; Professional Competency; Preceptorship; Training of Human Resources in Health

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the actions performed by nurses in the preceptorship of students in the Basic Health Unit (Portuguese acronym: UBS); to identify the knowledge of nurses and competencies they need to acquire or develop in order to act in the preceptorship of students in the UBS; to discuss the implications of the pedagogical practice of preceptor nurses in their own continuing education. Method: qualitative, descriptive and exploratory nature. Scenario: A UBS. Participants: six preceptor nurses. Data collection: semi-structured interview. Results: Bardin’s content analysis was used. Emerging categories: Approaching the concept of preceptor and the teaching role; The fragile institutional recognition of UBS as a field of internship and the offer of knowledge of preceptors: overcoming difficulties; Preceptor nurses’ performance in face of dynamics of facts arising and shaping the reality in a UBS; Opportunities and limitations of the pedagogical practice implying on continuing education. Conclusion: it is necessary to discuss and rethink the strategies of interest of preceptors and develop their competencies.