Nursing students: the use of digital social network to profile nurses

to analyze the profile of nursing students at a university in southern Brazil and verify the effectiveness of the use of social networks in students’ location and adherence.

Methods:

a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study, carried out with 314 students through a questionnaire prepared on Google Forms, made available through digital social networks and e-mails.

Results:

students were women, without training in a technical/assistance nursing course, participants in projects and research groups, with a graduate degree. Furthermore, more than 75% obtained their first job within six months after graduation, more than 80% worked in healthcare, with public employment, workload of up to 40 hours a week, income between four and ten minimum wages, and 92% indicated that they were satisfied and/or very satisfied with the course.

Conclusions:

the strategic use of social networks enabled greater adherence by the target audience and nursing students’ profile design.

Descriptors:
Education, Nursing; Social Networking; Nurses, Male; Nursing; Employment

Variables	n	%
Performance during graduation
Research project	233	74.2
Extension project	231	73.6
Teaching project	206	65.6
Research group	201	64.0
Paid scholarship at graduation
Yes	222	70.7
No
Graduate degree
Yes	263	83.8
No
Stricto Sensu
Academic master’s degree	111	60.3
Professional master’s degree	7	3.8
Doctoral degree	60	32.6
Post-doctoral	6	3.3
Lato Sensu
Specialization	204	84.6
Residency program	37	15.4

Variables	n	%
Time to find first job
Guaranteed employment at the end of graduation	92	29.3
First 6 months	146	46.5
6 to 12 months	24	7.6
1 to 2 years	11	3.5
More than 2 years	19	6.1
Still have not had it	16	5.1
Never sought	6	1.9
Performance time
Never worked	25	8.0
Up to 5 years	94	29.9
Between 5 and 10 years	57	18.2
10 and 20 years	118	37.6
20 and 30 years old	14	4.4
Over 30 years	6	1.9

Variables	n	%
Area/place of work^* * The total is greater than that of participants (314), as in some variables it was possible to mark more than one option.
Hospital institutions	150	51.9
Educational institutions	85	29.4
Primary health care networks	83	28.7
Public administration agencies	23	8.0
Private clinics	18	6.2
Research institution	14	4.8
Other forms of care	14	4.8
Work dimensions^* * The total is greater than that of participants (314), as in some variables it was possible to mark more than one option.
Care work	226	78.2
Administrative performance	106	36.7
Teaching activities	95	32.9
Research activities	50	17.3
Activities in political participation	13	4.5
Work relationship
Public workers	150	51.9
Private companies	103	35.6
Temporary contract	24	8.3
Self-employed	12	4.2
Weekly working hours
20 hours a week	2	0.7
30 hours a week	48	16.6
36 hours a week	62	21.5
40 hours a week	133	46.0
44 hours a week	27	9.3
More than 44 hours a week	17	5.9
Monthly income
Up to 2 minimum wages	18	6.2
2 to 4 minimum wages	83	28.7
4 to 10 minimum wages	152	52.6
10 to 20 minimum wages	32	11.1
Above 20 minimum wages	4	1.4

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[1] Corresponding author: Simoní Saraiva Bordignon, E-mail: simonibordignon@gmail.com