[Study of pesticide poisoning during a nursing course: report of the experience].
The aim of this paper is to describe the experience of nursing students experience in the development of a research project. It began through the identification of a public health problem in a farm, when 1,200 people camped near a storehouse containing organocloride pesticides. The group decided for a descriptive study. The students describe their participation in the project, with specialists consultation, bibliographic review, development of a research tool, capacitate people to collect data and analysis with statistical help. As a conclusion, they point out the limitations encountered, as well as the benefits obtained in this experience during undergraduate course.
Ambrosini
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MB
PIBIC/CNPq, acadêmica da EE/UFRGS.
Marona
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DS
D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010575:Pesticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D012106:Research
D010575:Pesticides