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Fernanda Hannah da Silva Copelli1, Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann1, José Luís Guedes Dos Santos1
1Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Objective:
To demonstrate in the national and international literature the concept and typologies of entrepreneurship in Nursing.
Method:
Integrative review in six databases, with the descriptors entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial, entrepreneurialism, intrapreneurial, iniciativa empresarial, contrato de risco, nursing, nurse, nurses, enfermagem and enfermeira, making a final sample of 31 articles.
Results:
The concept of entrepreneurship in Nursing is related to personal and professional characteristics, such as autonomy, independence, flexibility, innovation, proactivity, self-confidence and responsibility. The typologies found were: social and business entrepreneurship, and intrapreneurship. Social entrepreneurship is a mechanism of social mobilization and transformation, entrepreneurship is one in which nurses are autonomous professionally and intrapreneurship relates to corporate entrepreneurs.
Conclusion:
Entrepreneurship can increase the visibility of the profession and foster the creation of new spaces for nurses.
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