First year undergraduate students profile of a nursing course of Southern Brazil: characterization of the habits of reading and study

Abstract

The Integrated Curriculum methodology, from the Nursing Program in State University of Londrina is based on problematization, being proposed to the student the achieving of autonomy in studies and the commitment according to the learning methods. This research aimed to describe the habit of reading and studying from learners entering nursing school in the State University of Londrina. It is a documental research in quantitative approach. To the survey, questionnaires were elected, from students joining the course in 2000, 2005 and 2010. It was identified that from the 164 entrants, 91,5% are female, 97,6% are single, 16 to 18 years old (45,1%). The habit of reading has been present in 81,7% of the examined, 49,4% mentioned having facility in writing texts and 57,3% medium ease in text interpretation. There is a preference for studying alone among 64,0% of the students and the silent reading was the most mentioned way of studying.The data characterization may subsidize the course management and teachers to Foster the academic performance of nursing students to achieve the professional profile outlined.