Nursing students’ readiness for interprofessional health education

Abstract

Objective: to assess nursing students’ readiness for interprofessional health education. Method: in this study with nursing students from a public higher education institution in the Federal District, data were collected from March to May 2020, using a version of the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale adapted for Portuguese and consisting of 3 assessment factors. An open question was added to the instrument. The data were analyzed statistically, using PSPP software, and categorically. The research protocol was approved by the research ethics committee. Results: by the three factors evaluated, the 31 nursing students displayed satisfactory readiness for interprofessional health education. Positive responses were obtained, particularly on factor 1, item 3 (87.1%), and factor 3, item 29 (90.3%). Conclusion: readiness for interprofessional health education was found to be satisfactory.