National Licensure Exam for Brazilian Nurses: why and for whom?

Silva, Kênia Lara; Cabral, Ivone Evangelista

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0929

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“…In the case of Brazil, the implementation of the Unified Health System (SUS) in the early 1990s led to a significant expansion of access to health care to a great part of the population, generating increased demand for jobs and the need to prepare professionals for the public system (24) . However, this process occurred too fast, with the strong participation of private educational institutions encouraged by government policies to support university education and meet the market demand (supply of professionals), but without proper governmental regulation (24)(25)(26)(27)(28) .…”

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Nursing in Brazil: socioeconomic analysis with a focus on the racial composition

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Objectives: to analyze the socioeconomic characteristics of nurses and nursing technicians living in Brazil according to color/race. Methods: based on the 2010 Demographic Census sample, 62,451 nursing professionals (nurses and technicians) living in Brazil were selected. Differences in monthly income were estimated by multivariate models, stratified by color or race groups (white, brown, and black). Results: the majority were technicians (61.9%) of white color (54.3%). The income of white nurses exceeded that of brown and black nurses by more than a quarter; among technicians, white professionals had an income approximately 11% higher than brown and black nurses. Conclusions: differences between incomes of nursing workers were associated with ethnic/racial background, revealing situations in which white professionals systematically presented more favorable job and income conditions than black and brown professionals.

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Nursing Students’ Experiences on Clinical Competency Assessment in Ghana

Anim-Boamah

Christmals

Armstrong

2021

Nurs. Med. J. Nursing

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Background: More countries are establishing licensing examination systems for nursing education, including clinical competency assessment. In Ghana, clinical competency assessment forms part of the nursing licensing examination and is perceived as the benchmark for nursing licensing examination in the sub-region. The nationalised assessment system is established with some ad hoc changes over the last decade which requires continual evaluation. It is essential to find out how students experience this assessment system. Purpose: This study aimed to explore nursing students’ experiences of the clinical competency assessment in Ghana. Methods: An exploratory descriptive qualitative design was used in this study. Eight focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with 68 final year students purposively selected from eight nursing education programs. The FGDs lasted between 90 to 120 minutes. Content analysis was used to analyze the data.Results: Although the pre-examination conference between students and examiners helped lessen students’ anxiety, limited resources, incongruence in teaching, practice and assessment, inherent biases due to the unstandardised assessment system, and a financial burden compromised the quality of the assessment.Conclusion:Clinical competency assessment is central to nursing licensing examinations; hence the ability of the system to discriminate competent and incompetent nurses otherwise cannot be overemphasised. Standardisation, training of the examiners and continuous evaluation of the assessment system are imperative for quality improvement in clinical competency assessment.

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National Licensure Exam for Brazilian Nurses: why and for whom?

Abstract: The National Licensure Exam for Brazilian Nurses is a measure of individual accountability that increases social injustice, inequality and inequity. We must pay attention to the consequences of its application, based on evidences produced in the area.

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Nursing in Brazil: socioeconomic analysis with a focus on the racial composition

Nursing in Brazil: socioeconomic analysis with a focus on the racial composition

Nursing Students’ Experiences on Clinical Competency Assessment in Ghana

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