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Leadership development of nursing students in a material and sterilization center
Crislaine Pires Padilha Paim1, Ana Karina da Silva Rocha Tanaka2, Daniela Silva Dos Santos Schneider1
1Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Serviço de Enfermagem em Centro Cirúrgico, Centro de Materiais e Esterilização. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
Objective:
To analyze the experiences of Nursing students during the mandatory hospital internship at a Material and Sterilization Center with a focus on leadership development.
Method:
This is an experience report of a mandatory hospital curricular internship anchored in the national curricular guidelines for Nursing, of a descriptive-reflective nature, and carried out in a general university hospital in southern Brazil, from March to June 2019.
Results:
Activities were developed in order to develop leadership aspects such as people, orthotics and prosthetics management, surgical planning, conflict management, and assertive communication.
Final Considerations:
The mandatory hospital curricular internship at the Material and Sterilization Center favored the students in the leadership process, management, decision-making, and development of autonomy for leading nurses.
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