Durán AG

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ABSTRACT

Professional guidance in nursing postgraduate studies is mainly aimed at consolidating knowledge with an efficient and responsible character in the search of solution to problems in the professional practice. Taking into account the present need for the perspectives on development of human resources in the nursing personnel in the National Health System, what demands their professional strength as well as the need to be at the level of Scientific and Technical Revolution what will redound to the improvement in the quality of the attention to the patient, the family and the community, it has been important to carry out a work for professional guidance directed to professional nurses who are involved in postgraduate studies ( Masters Degrees, nursing specialties and diploma Courses) in different modalities in hospitalization centres in Centro Havana Municipality. For this work, a universe of 60 professional nurses was used and a sample of 25 was taken representing a 41.6 %. The method used was the descriptive, explanatory one. Courses on professional guidance were given. A control was made at the beginning of the postgraduate studies as well as halfway through them to know if they knew the importance of applying the knowledge of professional guidance; besides, surveys and interviews to experts in Nursing Studies were made. At the beginning of the introductory course, it was realized that they didn't know the importance of the application of the material studied; later, achievements in obtaining knowledge about professional guidance and the connotation it has in the course of their professional competence were observed.

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