title: [Profile of future nurses' aides in Campinas, SP, in 1995: reasons, expectations and problems related to their education].
abstract: The present study aims to characterize the profile of people studying in auxiliary nurse courses at the city of Campinas. The predominantly characteristics were: ages between 18 and 30 years old, majority female, single and catholic. The major part of the studied population does not work in nursing area, being the mainly motivation to begin the course the possibility of helping other people. Their difficulties were returning to school, conciliating the study schedule with other activities and paying the course.
authors.affiliation: UNICAMP, Campinas.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: de Figueiredo
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000533:Altruism; D001938:Brazil; D002321:Career Choice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Perfil dos futuros auxiliares de enfermagem da cidade de Campinas, SP, EM 1995: motivos, expectativas e dificuldades relacionadas ao curso.