Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education in the context of postgraduate nursing

Emprendimiento y educación emprendedora en el contexto de posgrado en enfermería

Objective  To understand entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education in the context of postgraduate nursing.

Method  Qualitative study based on Grounded Theory. The theoretical sample consisted of 15 master’s and doctoral students and seven professors from a postgraduate nursing program at a university in southern Brazil. Individual interviews were conducted between August/2018 and February/2019 in a location defined by the participants, in general the University. The data were collected and analyzed simultaneously by initial and focused coding.

Results  Three categories and 11 subcategories emerged that, interrelated, represented the phenomenon “Glimpsing entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education in postgraduate nursing”.

Conclusion  Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education, in the context of postgraduate nursing, were understood as incipient and promising processes. In this sense, it is necessary to intensify studies to demonstrate the entrepreneurial possibilities of the area.

Keywords
Entrepreneurship; Nursing; Education nursing; Education nursing graduate; Innovation and development policy