[Enterprising tendencies of nurses in a university hospital]. / Tendências empreendedoras dos enfermeiros de um hospital universitário.

Quantitative study aimed to identify the enterprising tendency of nurses at a university hospital and to relate them with age, length of work in the hospital and conclusion of the nursing course. This cross-sectional quantitative study was developed in 2010. All 60 nurses from the hospital answered the questionnaire General measure of Enterprising Tendency, which contains five categories. In the creativity category one nurse obtained two points; in need for achievement one nurse totaled 12 points; one nurse obtained two points; in motivation four nurses achieved higher scores; in taking calculated risks, the highest score was 10 points, in autonomy, nine nurses obtained one point each. Individuals aged between 27 and 33 years showed higher enterprising tendencies. Reduced enterprising tendencies were found for nurses aged between 43 and 56 years, graduated more than 17 years ago and with a greater length of work. Actions are necessary to encourage nurses in the age range of enterprising tendency decline and those who graduated longer ago and who have worked for a longer period of time in the hospital.

Tendências empreendedoras dos enfermeiros de um hospital universitário / Tendencias de actitudes emprendedoras de los enfermeros en un hospital universitario / Enterprising tendencies of nurses in a university hospital

Estudo quantitativo que objetivou identificar tendências empreendedoras dos enfermeiros de um hospital universitário e relacioná-las com idade, tempo de trabalho e conclusão do curso de enfermagem. Estudo quantitativo, transversal contemporâneo realizado em 2010. Todos os 60 enfermeiros responderam ao questionário "Tendência Empreendedora Geral", com cinco categorias. Na categoria "criatividade", um enfermeiro obteve dois pontos, em "necessidade de realização", um enfermeiro somou 12 pontos; em "impulso e determinação", quatro enfermeiros alcançaram maior pontuação; em "riscos calculados/moderados", a maior pontuação foi 10 pontos; em "autonomia/independência", nove enfermeiras obtiveram um ponto. Idades entre 27 e 33 anos mostraram maior tendência empreendedora. Existe decréscimo da tendência empreendedora dos enfermeiros com idades superiores a 43 até 56 anos, com mais de 17 anos de conclusão de curso e com maior tempo de trabalho. São necessárias ações que estimulem enfermeiros na faixa etária em declínio da tendência empreendedora e aqueles com maior tempo de formação e trabalho.

Estudio cuantitativo que buscó identificar las tendencias emprendedoras de enfermeros de un hospital universitario y relacionarlas con la edad, tiempo de trabajo en el hospital y tiempo de la finalización del curso de enfermería. Estudio cuantitativo, transversal contemporáneo realizado en 2010. Todos los 60 enfermeros del hospital respondieron al cuestionario de Tendencia Emprendedora General con cinco categorías. En la categoría de creatividad, un enfermero obtiene dos puntos, en la necesidad de realización un enfermero totalizó 12 puntos; en el impulso y la determinación cuatro enfermeros lograron mayor puntuación; en los riesgos calculados/moderados la mayor puntuación fue de 10 puntos y la más baja un punto; en la autonomía/independencia nueve enfermeros obtuvieron un punto. Edades entre 27 y 33 mostraron las tendencias más emprendedoras. Hay disminución de esas tendencias en de los enfermeros mayores de 43 y ate 56 años, para aquellos que se graduaron hace más de 17 años y aquellos con más tiempo de trabajo en el hospital. Son importantes actividades que estimulen a los enfermeros que se encuentran en el intervalo de edad de disminución de la tendencia emprendedora, así como los que tienen más tiempo de formación e trabajo en el hospital.

Quantitative study aimed to identify the enterprising tendency of nurses at a university hospital and to relate them with age, length of work in the hospital and conclusion of the nursing course. This cross-sectional quantitative study was developed in 2010. All 60 nurses from the hospital answered the questionnaire General measure of Enterprising Tendency, which contains five categories. In the creativity category one nurse obtained two points; in need for achievement one nurse totaled 12 points; one nurse obtained two points; in motivation four nurses achieved higher scores; in taking calculated risks, the highest score was 10 points; in autonomy, nine nurses obtained one point each. Individuals aged between 27 and 33 years showed higher enterprising tendencies. Reduced enterprising tendencies were found for nurses aged between 43 and 56 years, graduated more than 17 years ago and with a greater length of work. Actions are necessary to encourage nurses in the age range of enterprising tendency decline and those who graduated longer ago and who have worked for a longer period of time in the hospital.