Nursing is a career that involves more than taking care of sick patients, especially\nwhen working in health institutions (e.g. Clinics and Hospitals). According\nto the current curriculum guidelines for nurse graduation, it is necessary\nfor this professional to develop different skills to work in several health\ncare environments, including decision-making, communication, leadership,\namong others. Therefore, our objective was to plan a strategy to approximate\nNursing freshmen students to their professional environment already in the\nvery beginning of their graduate course. On that purpose we planned an evaluation\nstrategy for the discipline Biochemistry using an active methodology to\nsimulate a professional experience. Initially the students were divided into\npairs, and had to analyze two different professional situations, both using Biochemical\nconcepts. According to our results, as the evaluation strategy was\napplied, the students showed surprise and curiosity. The analysis of the questionnaire\nabout the strategy revealed that most of the participants enjoyed the\nactivity using positive words. Thus the strategy showed a good acceptance and\npresented the desired characteristic of correlating Biochemistry, a basic discipline,\nwith the nurse professional skills. This strategy may allow they become\nmore aware of their responsibilities sooner, as it allows using earlier\ntheir competence of seeking solutions to solve situations regarding the professional\npractices using biochemical basic concepts. This experience may improve\nthem to a future better attendance of their patients.
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