Enfermeiros empreendedores de negócios no Brasil: perfil socioprofissional e de formação

Abstract

Objective: to analyze socio­professional and training characteristics of business entrepreneurs nurses in Brazil. Method: cross-­sectional, exploratory and descriptive study, with a quantitative approach; it is presented as a clipping of the macro-­research project entitled Nurses Entrepreneurs of Business in Brazil: labor market and training that aims to investigate entrepreneurial entrepreneurship in Brazilian nursing and aspects of its training. A total of 185 business-entrepreneur nurses in Brazil participated, using a non-­probabilistic sampling technique for convenience. An online questionnaire was used for data collection, elaborated in theSurveyMonkey Program, with a link to the Free and Informed Consent Term. Data were analyzedusing descriptive statistical analysis, where quantitative variables were presented by mean, standard deviation and central tendency and categorical variables were described by absolute and relative frequencies. Results: business entrepreneur nurses presente