Potentialities and weaknesses of the supervised curricular internship: Conception of students and graduates

Abstract

Objective: to identify strengths and weaknesses that emerge in the development of the Supervised Curricular Internship, in the perspective of students and graduates. Method: qualitative, descriptive-exploratory study with data collected from March to May 2016 by means of a semi-structured interview. The analysis was of the categorical-type content. Results: the analysis originated two categories: Potentialities that emerge while developing the Supervised Curricular Internship and Difficulties faced during the Supervised Curricular Internship. Conclusion: the Supervised Curricular Internship promoted multiple influences in the nurse’s education, allowing for attitudinal and relational experiences, as well as improvement of theoretical and practical knowledge, skills and abilities; the fragility was the high demand from other subjects in the same semester and difficulties in interpersonal relationships with service professionals and faculty of the institution.