Pedagogical Practice of a Course as a Foundation for Learning Nursing Care Provision

Abstract

Introduction: Training for care provision implies deepening on issues related to pedagogical practice and nursing care.

Objective: To describe the pedagogical practice of the Introduction to Nursing course as a basis for learning nursing care.

Methods: Qualitative study with an explanatory perspective, carried out, during the year 2017, with students from the School of Nursing of National University of Trujillo, Peru. Population made up of 192 students. The data were collected through three focus groups and analyzed by means of coding, categorization and theorizing.

Results: For the learning of care provision, the category strengthening learning for care was identified, together with the subcategories applying active learning strategies, teacher support, visualizing the profession and internalizing nursing care.

Conclusions: The pedagogical practice developed in the Introduction to nursing course offers the nursing student practical and conceptual elements as a basis for learning nursing care provision.