rofile and motivation of students selected for the technical course in Nursing offered by the public education network of DF, at Escola Técnica do Guará, in the 2nd semester of 2023

Abstract

This research aims to define the profile of the students and the motivation to take the professional training course for nursing technicians, offered by the Centro de Educação Profissional Escola Técnica do Guará Professor Teresa Ondina Maltese (CEP-ETG), from the public education network. of the Federal District, in the modality following secondary education. Defining the profile and motivations of students can influence the improvement of public education policies and meet the growing demand in the job market in the health sector. This is a study with a qualitative approach. Data collection took place between November and December 2023, through the in-person application of a questionnaire to 39 students who were taking the first theoretical-practical module of the course at the time. Data analysis was carried out based on the rules of descriptive statistics. The result revealed that ETG students are, for the most part, female, aged between 21 and 25 years old, single, resident in Guará/DF, with an income of up to 1 minimum wage, having completed education middle school from 3 to 5 years ago, all in public school. However, each shift has its specific characteristics in relation to the course’s target audience. The main motivation for taking the course is the number of vacancies available in the job market for graduates to join.