Desafios à saúde de estudantes trabalhadores na graduação de Enfermagem

Abstract

Introduction: From my experience as a teacher in the health area, I observed the challenges that impact the health and academic performance of working university students. In this study, we analyzed some of these challenges in the Bachelor of Nursing course. Objectives: To better understand some of these challenges and propose strategies that can be developed on the university campus to improve the quality of life and performance of these working students. Material and method: The study evaluated 80 students who were active at work. Results: In this sample, 86.3% were women. 85% felt sleepy SOMETIMES, REPEATEDLY and ALWAYS, of which 83.5% felt unable to learn the content of the classes SOMETIMES, REPEATEDLY and ALWAYS. These are students who work a lot and do not receive support for their training from the company where they work, and: 59.25% received NOTHING or VERY LITTLE support from the company. Of these students, 97% consider their course to be MORE OR LESS, QUITE or EXTREMELY important, and 97.5% seek PERSONAL FULFILLMENT AND SALARY. Conclusions: To mitigate this difficult reality, it is essential to create new forms of financing in order to promote inclusion and insertion, in addition to seeking new educational approaches, more modern, dynamic and inclusive in order to achieve the engagement of these students, who already arrive at the school environment tired.