Entrepreneurship & Organization Management

Entrepreneurial Learning in Nursing a Propulsive Strategy of New Spaces for Professional Performance

Abstract

Dirce Stein Backes, Mara Caino Teixeira Marchiori, Camila Biazus Dalcin, Lenise Dutra, Marcelo Toson and Luiza Watanabe Dal Ben

Objective: To know the contributions of the entrepreneurial learning developed by master and undergraduate nursing students, with a view to insertion into the autonomous job market.
Method: This is a qualitative and descriptive study carried out in the period between March and November of 2017, from the insertion of five master degree nursing students and 39 undergraduate nursing students in an activity related to the idealization of a nursing company, which were linked to the disciplines of “Innovative Technologies and Entrepreneurship in Nursing and Health” and “Organization and management in health and nursing”, respectively.
Results: From the data coded by the content analysis, three categories emerged: Entrepreneurial learning environment-a creativity enhancer; Theoretical-practical artifice to transcend traditional practices; and empowering strategy of new possibilities of insertion into the job market.
Conclusion: It is concluded that entrepreneurial learning, capable of stimulating the protagonism and creativity of the student, constitutes a possibility for production and technological development in the nursing area, as well as apropulsive strategy for new spaces for professional performance.