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VEGA VEGA, Yolanda. Administration learning in nursing undergraduate programs. av.enferm. [online]. 2012, vol.30, n.1, pp.95-106. ISSN 0121-4500.

Administration and management subjects have been gradually included in the nursing undergraduate programs at different times. This is closely linked to the development of the countries and the profession, the appropriation and evolution of administrative knowledge and the needs of the context. This descriptive study is aimed to identify the administration and management themes that are currently taught in nursing programs in Latin America, and the educational objectives or capacity-building competences proposed to set, based on our findings, some guidelines for teaching administrative sciences applied to nursing. The surveys responded in 15 teaching units of the region: 10 in Colombia and 5 abroad, showed that administrative sciences are taught through 31 subjects; that encompass, primarily, education in themes related to administrative approaches -21-, followed by administrative processes and application to the nursing -20-, context for applying administration in health and nursing -17-, administrative thinking -9- and, to a lesser extent, subjects dealing with health care legislations, ethics and entrepreneurship. Seventy-seven per cent (77 %) includes information and formation objectives; 23% describes competences about technical and methodological aspects. The analysis of data, compared against the situation of the health sector, guides the teaching proposal to strengthen the use of administrative tools in nursing management, considering regulatory issues, but under no circumstance, the development of the professions is subject to the requirement of the context.

Palabras clave : Management; nursing; education; nursing.

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