PRESSÃO PSICOLÓGICA NA GRADUAÇÃO E SUA INFLUÊNCIA PARA O ADOECIMENTO ENTRE ESTUDANTE DE ENFERMAGEM

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.15724110319

• Palavras-chave: Estresse; Estudantes; Enfermagem; Saúde mental

• Keywords: Stress; Students; Nursing; Mental health

• Abstract: The demand imposed by university activities favors mental illness, therefore, the present study raised the following question: does the overload, academic routine and psychological pressure cause suffering and mental illness among nursing students? Regarding the objective, we sought to develop a deep understanding of the perspective of nursing graduates on the psychological pressure experienced during graduation and its influence on illness. This is an exploratory descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, developed in the state of Maranhão, with 40 graduates over the age of 18, in the 5th, 7th and 10th periods of the bachelor's degree in nursing at a private university center. Data evaluation was carried out using the Content Analysis proposed by Bardin. The results revealed that academics point to the TCC (Course Completion Work) as a situation of a lot of psychological pressure, combined with the academic routine of applying tests, seminars, extra-class activities and curricular internship, the TCC requires a lot of dedication and the students feel pressured by excessive academic activity. It was concluded with content analysis that the high psychological pressure experienced during nursing graduation influences mental illness. Students indicate overload, academic routine and psychological pressure as causes of mental suffering.