Assessment of the training of nursing technicians by nurses who work in hospitals

Abstract

AIM: To analyze how hospital nurses assess the training of nursing technicians by curricular references. METHOD: This was an exploratory, cross-sectional survey with a quantitative approach, conducted in two hospitals in a town in the countryside of the state of São Paulo, with 42 nurses, 17 in a private hospital and 25 in a public hospital. Participants answered a structured questionnaire using the Likert Scale from December 2013 and March 2014. RESULTS: For 73%, the profile of trained nursing technicians did not meet the expectations of nurses and 90% understand that the process of teaching theoretical and practical learning and internships should be modified; for 68%, the professionals ethical commitment is precarious; 86% understand that the drafting of a political pedagogical project should involve hospitals; learning content, for 75%, should be revised to meet the current reality of the hospitals; in the category of evaluation, 75% understand that they should be stricter; 62% believe that we need to better qualify teachers and internship supervisors; and 68% claim that the workload of internships should be expanded. The average of 34.5% understand that the skills described in the references are satisfactory, while 45.9% believe that they are poor and 12.1% claim that they are inadequate. It can therefore be concluded that, in the evaluation of the participants, the design of the course, the articulation of theory with practice, and teacher and internship supervisor education need to move more towards qualifying the skills of nursing technicians as regards nursing care in hospitals.