Expansion of undergraduate courses in nursing: dilemmas and contradictions facing the labor market

• Autor(a) principal: Silva,Kenia Lara
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Sena,Roseni Rosangela de, Grillo,Maria Jose Cabral, Gandra,Elen Cristiane, Silveira,Marilia Rezende da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342013000501211
• topic: Educacao em enfermagem; Instituicoes de Ensino Superior; Mercado de trabalho; Atencao Primaria a Saude; Educacao em enfermagem; Instituicoes de Ensino Superior; Mercado de trabalho; Atencao Primaria a Saude

We sought to analyze, from the perspective of professors and students, the reasons and consequences of the expansion of undergraduate courses in nursing, discussing the dilemmas and the contradictions confronting the labor market. It was a qualitative study with data obtained from focus groups, conducted in 18 undergraduate nursing courses in the state of Minas Gerais, during the period of February to October of 2011. The narratives were submitted to critical discourse analysis. The results indicated that the education of the nurse was permeated by insecurity as to the future integration into the labor market. The insecurity translates into dilemmas that referred to employability and the precariousness of the working conditions. In this context, employment in the family health strategy emerges as a mirage. One glimpses the need for a political agenda with the purpose of discussion about education, the labor market and the determinants of these processes.