title: [Undergraduate nursing education as an option for nursing technicians and assistants].
abstract: The aim of this study was to understand the reasons that lead both nursing technicians and assistants to enter undergraduate nursing programs. This study was carried out in a teaching hospital in the city of Sao Paulo, under a qualitative research perspective, and the methodologies adopted were the Thematic Oral History and the Thematic Categorical Analysis. There were eleven participants: three nursing technicians and eight nursing assistants.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Adulto do Hospital Universitário da USP, Serviços de Enfermagem pela EEUSP. neumavjm@mail.hu.usp.br
authors.forename: Neuma Vital
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: Regina Toshie
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education*