BIOSCIENCES AND DISCIPLINE-RELATED SUBJECTS: VIEWS OF NURSE TRAINING TEACHERS ON PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES

Abstract

Objective: To know the opinion of teaching nurses regarding factors associated with integrating basic science to the discipline-ralated subjects present in the nursing major curriculum. Method: A qualitative study was conducted in 2011 through intrinsic case study. The key informants were 16 teachers of Nursing School who were involved in active clinical supervision, had at least three years of teaching practice and had signed an informed consent. Data collection was done through focus groups of 8 members each. The analysis followed a progressive reduction scheme: arrangement, processing and obtaining verifiable conclusions, validating triangulation of researchers. The ATLAS.ti program was used for this purpose. Results: 111 units of meaning were found, resulting in three categories: "Proposals for integration", "Factors that make integration difficult" and "Basic Sciences relationship with the nursing profession". At the end of the process a qualitative domain emerged: "Considerations to promote integration between Morphological Bases I and II with the professional line in the development of disciplinary competences for future work performance". Conclusion: The integration of Basic Science to the Professional line was not verfied. Informants identified factors that hinder integration only.