Undergraduate nursing courses: facilitating factors and obstacles to scientific production

Abstract

Objective: To investigate and discuss the facilitating factors and obstacles for nursing students to take part in scientific research. Method: A cross-sectional study with a descriptive quantitative approach, carried out with nursing students from the 8th to the 10th period of a private university. Data was collected from August to September 2024 using an electronic form with 14 closed questions. Results: 72 participants were included, the majority of whom were female (94.4%), studying and working (61.1%) and had no children (80.6%). The difficulties were: little publicity for scientific initiation projects (43.1%), difficulty in accessing supervisors (31.9%) and lack of time (41.7%). 65.2% of the participants had only had contact with scientific research during their course completion work, encountering difficulties in interpreting articles (20.8%), methods (34.7%) and scientific writing (38.9%). As facilities, they suggested working on scientific research in the classroom (62.5%), including related subjects in the curriculum (43.1%) and increasing opportunities (56.9%). Conclusion: There is a need to change the research model at private universities, since academics have important gaps in their training, such as late access to research and consequent difficulties in interpreting scientific writing and its applicability.