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Conhecimentos e aplicabilidade das teorias de enfermagem pelos acadêmicos

2014; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA; Volume: 4; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5902/217976929931

2179-7692

Sandra Beatriz Pedra Branca Dourado, Cleanto Furtado Bezerra, Caio Cézar Nogueira dos Anjos,

Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation

Aims: to assess the knowledge and applicability of nursing theories by undergraduate students of a private college in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. Method: quantitative study with 38 undergraduate students. The data was collected through questionnaires and analyzed in the program Statistical Package for Social Science. Results: the students understood the implications of nursing theories for the profession; 89.4% applied some of these theories during their undergraduation, 84.22% were familiar with these theories, since they correctly related them to their theoretical-practical approaches. Conclusions: the undergraduates know and have applied nursing theories during their undergraduation.