Challenges and Perspectives of Entrepreneurship in Nursing

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate in the scientific literature the challenges and perspectives of nurses' performance in nursing entrepreneurship. This is a bibliographic, descriptive research with a qualitative approach. The search in the scientific literature was carried out from May to July 2021 in two databases: SCIELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) and LILLACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences). The descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS) used in the search for data consisted of: challenges, entrepreneurship and nursing. Nine publications were analyzed in full, which suited the purpose of the study. The study made it possible to identify that the entrepreneurial nurse is a reality on the rise. There are numerous advances, challenges and entrepreneurial practices in nursing, an extensive field that allows nurses to work promoting health to the population. Offices, home care, consulting and audits are some of the examples that enable the professional nurse to act independently, innovatively and entrepreneurially.