TEACHING EVALUATION OF THE GERONTOGERIATRIC NURSING DISCIPLINE IN THE NURSING GRADUATION COURSE AT FURG

Authors

  • Bárbara Tarouco da Silva
  • Silvana Sidney Costa Santos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v12i1.8272

Keywords:

Enfermagem, Ensino, Idoso, Formação profissional, Nursing, Education, Aged, Professional formation, Enfermería, Educación, Anciano, Formación profesional.

Abstract

Brazilian aged population has been increasing fast, bringing about the need for health professionals’ qualification, specially nurses. This study objectified the teaching evaluation of the Gerontogeriatric nursing discipline. Qualitative research, casestudy type, performed by the Nursing Department of Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG). During data collection, recorded interviews were used with a total of 26 students. Through the thematic analysis, the following categories emerged: I – Teaching Contents; II - Attitude change to aged people after the classes; III - Conditions acquired or not in elders’ care after the discipline; IV - Suggestions. The research revealed as an evaluation tool for the Gerontogeriatric nursing discipline, included as obligatory in the Pedagogical Political Project of the FURG´s Nursing Department, considering that the nursing object is the human being: child, adolescent, adult or aged.

Published

2007-07-06

How to Cite

Silva, B. T. da, & Santos, S. S. C. (2007). TEACHING EVALUATION OF THE GERONTOGERIATRIC NURSING DISCIPLINE IN THE NURSING GRADUATION COURSE AT FURG. Cogitare Enfermagem, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v12i1.8272

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Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE