Profile and Experiences of Nursing Students related to Tuberculosis: An Evaluation of Health Education

Ana Caroline Guedes Souza Martins, Lidiane Assunção de Vasconcelos, Raphael Garcia Campestrini, Gisele de Brito Brasil, Jackline Leite de Oliveira, Maria do Perpetuo Socorro Dionizio Carvalho da Silva, Willame Oliveira Ribeiro Junior, Luis Fernando Silva Santos, Luan Cardoso e Cardoso, Leilane Almeida de Morais, Geovana Brito Nascimento, Ariane Salim do Nascimento, Chrisla Brena Malheiro Lima, Monike Karina Macedo Soares, Jessica Rayane de Miranda Costa, Izabela Moreira Pinto, Juliane Moreira de Almeida, Ana Luisa Lemos Bezerra, Wesley Brandão Dias, Widson Davi Vaz de Matos, Andrey Oeiras Pedroso, Nadja da Fonseca Veloso, Alda Lima Lemos, Andrea Oliveira da Silva de Almeida, Thamyres da Silva Martins, Mário Roberto Tavares Cardoso de Albuquerque, Márcia Bitar Portella, Jofre Jacob da Silva Freitas, Antônia Margareth Moita Sá

Tuberculosis. Teaching. Evaluation. Nursing.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the sociodemographic profile of nursing students and their experiences with tuberculosis (TB) during undergraduate nursing at a public university. Method: Quantitative-descriptive research, carried out in the Undergraduate Nursing Course of a public university, in 2019, with the participation of 30 5th year students, who answered a self-administered questionnaire. It was used percentage and Pearson's Chi-square for statistical analysis. Results: The results show that the majority of academics never participated in courses or scientific events, as well as few had experiences with extracurricular activities. It was found that 76.6% underwent nursing consultation for TB patients; 70% did Directly Observed Treatment administration / supervision; 53.3% requested sputum tests; 50% scheduled and monitored patients' attendance; 33.3% had BCG vaccination; 23.3% advised on sputum collection; 20% applied and read tuberculin tests; 20% made a search for TB cases in the general clientele and no academic made a home visit to a patient with TB, the latter being a worrying fact. Thus, they consider to be partially prepared for the care of clients with tuberculosis. Conclusion: It is concluded that the academic experiences regarding tuberculosis need to be intensified and more valued by universities, just as there is a need to innovate teaching-learning methods and implement new methods for evaluating curricular axes in order to detect possible flaws in their structure.

10.22161/ijaers.76.35