ACADEMIC TRAJECTORY OF GRADUATES FROM THE NURSING COURSE OF A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF BAHIA

Abstract

Introduction: Over the years, the nursing training model, which is strongly marked by a technicist logic, has been adapting and reinventing itself with a view to improving the teaching-learning process. Objective: To describe the academic trajectory of nursing graduates from a university in the interior of Bahia. Methodology: This is an exploratory-descriptive study, based on documents, of a quantitative nature, with the study population being graduates from campus VII of the nursing course at the State University of Bahia. The information was obtained from secondary and documentary sources, with graduates of the nursing course between 2011 and 2019. Results: The study population consisted of 194 graduates from UNEB campus VII. The study confirms that the existence of UNEB in the state and its insertion in the northern territory of the state of Bahia demarcates the social relevance associated with the decentralization of universities and the access of the population of this region to public higher education. There is still a predominance of females in the nursing classes; in relation to the race/color variable, blacks predominate in the student body, which reinforces the important role that UNEB plays through its quota policies. The link between students and extension activities is a reality on campus VII. Conclusion: The study contributes to finding ways of adopting new teaching methods and technologies that are in line with the demands of the world of work, as well as showing society the university's contribution to training its students.