Tuberculosis Teaching in Graduation in Nursing: An Integrative Literature Review

Abstract

Objective: to analyze scientific publications on teaching tuberculosis in undergraduate nursing. Method: The search was carried out in databases, with the time frame between the years 2011 to 2020. For the treatment of the data, the technique of content analysis was used, with categorization of the findings. Nine complete original articles were selected that answer the central question of the research, whose data were grouped in tables. Results: The analysis of the literature allowed the elaboration of three categories, namely: Category 1-Difficulties in teaching tuberculosis in undergraduate nursing, Category 2-Perception of teachers and students about teaching tuberculosis and 3-Teaching-learning methodologies of tuberculosis nowadays. Conclusion: Although there have been several advances with the improvement in the integration between teaching and health services, investments are still needed in the teaching-learning and evaluation process, since in the studies listed there are still several obstacles.