Public University In Southern Brazil Research Articles

Satisfaction with academic experience among undergraduate nursing students

To analyze satisfaction with the academic experience and its relationship with sociodemographic variables among undergraduate nursing students from a public university in southern Brazil. Quantitative study, conducted with 170 students with the application of the Academic Experience Satisfaction Scale. Descriptive statistics, analysis of variance and linear regression analysis were used for data analysis. Students were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with the course or with the institution and the opportunity of development. The aspect "satisfaction with the course" obtained the highest mean; younger students who carried out leisure activities had greater satisfaction with the course and with the opportunity of development. It is expected that learning the possible satisfaction or dissatisfaction of students can contribute to the development of strategies aimed at qualifying students' learning.

Graduates of a public university and perspectives of performance in Nursing management

A study with a qualitative approach aiming to analyze the influence of undergraduate education on preparing for management in Nursing. The study was conducted with 22 graduates from a Public University in Southern Brazil. This research had data collected between the months of February and April through semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed by the Collective Subject Discourse technique. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Parana. The following central ideas were found as a result: how undergraduate studies influence professional performance; use of managerial tools in managerial procedures; gaps found in subjects’ practical training sessions; suggestions for improvement. The research revealed fragmentation of subject contents, managerial procedures of doing with a productive approach, the need of curricular restructuring, improve training in the field and teaching/work partnership improvement. It is difficult for nurses to understand the managerial scope of its working process and to develop managerial competencies in professional practice.

A orientação axiológica sobre a atuação do professor de língua portuguesa: uma reflexão sobre o discurso da desatualização docente

This article presents an analysis of discursive productions of undergraduates of a Bachelor's Portuguese-DE course from a public university in southern Brazil in relation to the performance of the Portuguese teacher. The theoretical and methodological foundation is part of the studies of the speech of the Bakhtin Circle. The survey data consists of: 106 discussion forums; 59 set of evaluative activities posted in the virtual environment for teaching and learning in the period 2007-2011; and data generated by means of a questionnaire answered by 61 undergraduates. The analysis showed a dialogic movement of assimilation of the discourse of teaching downgrade in teacher practice as well as a dialogical movement rebuttal to such discourses.

Integrated Nursing Curriculum in Brazil: A 13-Year Experience

This article aims to describe the guiding principles and the operationalization of the integrated curriculum of the undergraduate course in Nursing of a public university in southern Brazil. This is an experience report by 3 curriculum managing professors and 2 graduate students in Nursing, who experience the pedagogical proposal. The analysis comprised official documents and 2 books on this integrated Nursing curriculum, which has been developed for 13 years; it is presented in 4 topics: guiding principles; curricular structure; role of the professor and student; and collegiate management. We present reflections on the curriculum, expressing the framework supporting the proposal and the developmental strategies adopted. This experience points out the dialogical movement of participants in this education action, i.e. professors and students, from a critical and innovative perspective of nurse’s training. We conclude that the pathway reported highlights key themes of the pedagogical proposal, such as inseparability of theory and practice; the diversification of teaching strategies; the successive close approaches between contents in interdisciplinary modules; learning evaluation from a two-dimensional perspective; early introduction of the student to different settings of professional practice; and the democratic and participatory management process in a collective construction. We hope to contribute to other institutions trying to develop an innovative methodology for nurse’s training.

Contribuições de encontros de sensibilização e cuidado para acadêmicos de enfermagem

Objective: to report the contributions awareness meetings and care provided to nursing students at a public university in southern Brazil. Method: qualitative Research for Convergent Care approach (PCA), developed with 42 nursing students in a public university in Southern Brazil. Data collection occurred during four meetings. Data analysis followed PCA. Results: the students were able to experience a relaxed space with recreational activities which have brought the expression of everyday practices, raise awareness of caring for themselves and care for others. Conclusions: reflect on the reality, critically creative, is the best way to get the expression of the potential beyond the reflection and transformation of some concepts of everyday nursing

Percepções sobre cuidar de si, promoção da saúde e sobrepeso entre acadêmicos de enfermagem

Pesquisa qualitativa, Convergente Assistencial (PCA), desenvolvida com 42 acadêmicos de enfermagem, em uma Universidade Pública da Região Sul do Brasil. Objetivou identificar as percepções dos acadêmicos de enfermagem sobre o cuidar de si, para a promoção da saúde e a evitabilidade do sobrepeso. A coleta dos dados deu-se durante quatro encontros, através de dinâmicas de grupo, confecções de cartazes, atividades lúdicas, utilização de instrumento. A análise dos dados seguiu PCA. Categorias: Atividades físicas; Alimentação saudável; Ambiente familiar; Autoestima e autoimagem. Resultados: Os acadêmicos reconhecem a importância de Cuidar de Si; apresentam conhecimento e relacionam à temática; percebem o Cuidar de Si como forma de manter peso e/ou buscar peso adequado. As contribuições estão no sentido de novas reflexões sobre a realidade dos acadêmicos, e subsídios para inovação do ensino e aprendizagem, sensibilização dos futuros profissionais da área.

37 years of scientific activity in a Biochemistry Department in Brazil: patterns of growth and factors leading to increased productivity

Scientific activity in Brazil has experienced an accelerated growth in the past decades, with an increase in productivity that greatly surpasses the international average. This growth has occurred mostly at the expense of centers of excellence in public universities, which account for the vast majority of the country's scientific output. The aim of this study was to evaluate the production of the Department of Biochemistry of a large public university in southern Brazil (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), as well as to identify internal and external policies that have influenced this growing production profile. We have performed a historical analysis of the scientific output of this Department of Biochemistry, which accounts for a considerable share of the indexed scientific production at this university. By focusing on the temporal course of its growth and drawing correlations between scientific output and important events in the history of the Department of Biochemistry and of the Brazilian science policies, we concluded that internal factors (as the creation of a postgraduation program, collaboration among researchers, experienced abroad researchers, qualification of faculty members) and external factors (as investments in the postgraduate education, the establishment of national scientific policies, such as financial stimuli for productive researchers and evaluation systems) influence scientific productivity in Brazil.