The competencies of the nurse for the reconstruction of the teaching-learning process: an exploratory-descriptive study

Abstract

Aims: To describe the (re) construction of the teaching-learning process on the part of professors of nursing; to discuss and analyze their competencies to provide effective teaching to nursing students based on their methodological teaching strategies. Method: this is an exploratory-descriptive study using a qualitative approach that has been carried out at a private university located in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro city. Participants include professors of nursing who teach disciplines/subjects that involve theory and practice. Data will be collected throughout the second semester of 2013 using semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the content analysis method.