Entrepreneurship among Undergraduate Nursing Students at a public university

cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, with 135 undergraduate nursing students from a public university in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected using a socio-professional characterization form and a General measure of Enterprising Tendency test and analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Results:

among the five entrepreneurial tendencies, students presented results equal or above average in two dimensions: Drive and Determination (82.2%) and Need for Success (51.1%). The Creative tendency was the dimension with the highest percentage of participants below the average (68.9%). However, students in research or extension groups scored equal or above average in all five entrepreneurial tendencies.

Conclusions:

students showed low entrepreneurial tendencies, indicating the need for a broader approach to the subject in nursing education.

Descriptors:
Job Market; Entrepreneurship; Students, Nursing; Education, Nursing; Schools, Nursing

Variable	n (%)
Age (n = 111)
Up to 20 years	72 (53.3)
21-22 years	32 (23.7)
23-24 years	6 (4.4)
25 years or more	25 (18.5)
Gender
Male	13 (9.6)
Female	122 (90.4)
Education as Nursing Technician
Yes	18 (13.3)
No	117 (86.7)
Participation in research or extension group
Yes	45 (33.3)
No	90 (66.7)
Year of course
1^st	24 (21.6)
2^nd	33 (29.7)
3^rd	26 (23.4)
4^th	28 (25.2)
Paid professional activity
Yes	15 (11.1)
No	120 (88.9)

Question	Disagree		Neutral		Agree
Question	n	%	n	%	n	%
Entrepreneurship content is applicable to nursing.	5	3.7	17	12.5	113	83.7
Entrepreneurship content is important for the education of nurses.	5	3.7	5	3.7	125	92.5
Entrepreneurship is addressed during the undergraduate Nursing course.	84	62.2	17	12.5	34	25.1

General entrepreneurial trends	Below Average		Equal or above average
General entrepreneurial trends	n	%	n	%
Need for Success	65	48.5	69	51.5
Need for Autonomy	84	62.2	51	37.8
Creative Tendency	93	69.4	41	30.6
Risk Propensity	87	64.4	48	35.6
Drive and Determination	24	17.8	111	82.2

Variáveis	Need for Success		Need for Autonomy		Creative Tendency		Risk Propensity		Drive and Determination
Variáveis	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age
Up to 20 years	28	38.9	25	34.7	19	26.4	23	31.9	56	77.8
21-22 years	19	59.4	11	34.4	11	34.4	12	37.5	26	81.2
23-24 years	5	83.3	4	66.7	1	16.7	2	33.3	6	100
25 years or more	17	70.8	11	44.0	10	41.7	11	44	23	92
Gender
Female	63	52.1	45	36.9	38	31.4	41	33.6	103	84
Male	6	46.2	6	46.2	3	23.1	7	53.8	8	61.5
Year of course
1st	11	37.9	11	37.9	9	32.1	7	24.1	24	82.8
2nd	19	42.2	15	32.6	14	30.4	17	37	33	71.7
3rd	19	63.3	11	36.7	8	26.7	10	33.3	26	86.7
4th	20	66.7	14	46.7	10	33.3	14	46.7	28	93.3
Education in Nursing Technician
Yes	11	61.1	6	33.3	7	41.2	8	44.4	17	94.4
No	58	50.0	45	38.5	34	29.1	40	34.2	94	80.3
Participation in research or extension group
Yes	28	63.6	24	53.3	23	51.1	23	51.1	41	91.1
No	41	45.6	27	30.0	18	20.2	25	27.8	70	77.8
Paid professional activity
Yes	8	57.1	6	40.0	5	35.7	5	33.3	12	80
No	61	50.8	45	37.5	36	30	43	35.8	99	82.5

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[1] Corresponding author: José Luís Guedes dos Santos. E-mail: santosjlg29@gmail.com