Teaching in higher education in nursing: an integrative literature review

Enseñanza en la educación superior en enfermería: revisión integradora de literatura

Objective:

to analyze the knowledge produced about teaching in higher education in nursing.

Method:

Integrative literature review of full articles available on the LILACS, SciELO, BDENF and ERIC databases, through the descriptors "nursing faculty"and "practices of nursing faculty" and keywords "Teaching in nursing" or "Education in nursing"and "Nursing professors" and "Teaching knowledge" in Portuguese, English or Spanish, published from January 2008 to November 2013.

Results:

31 articles were identified. The data led to the following thematic categories: Training for faculty, Conflict of roles: being a nurse and being a teacher and Organization of the teaching work.

Conclusions:

it was found that there are numerous gaps in understanding the teaching activity in nursing. The concerns identified may offer help for understanding the teaching world and conceptions about being a teacher in nursing.

Faculty, nursing; Nursing faculty practice; Teaching