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

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Kenia Lara Silva¹  Roseni Rosangela De Sena¹  Maria Jose Cabral Grillo¹  Elen Cristiane Gandra¹  Marilia Rezende Da Silveira¹ 

关键词: Educacao em enfermagem;    Instituicoes de Ensino Superior;    Mercado de trabalho;    Atencao Primaria a Saude;    Educacion en enfermeria;    Instituciones de Ensenanza Superior;    Mercado de trabajo;    Atencion Primaria de Salud;    Educacao em enfermagem;    Instituicoes de Ensino Superior;    Mercado de trabalho;    Atencao Primaria a Saude;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-623420130000500028

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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