Vivência de acadêmicos de enfermagem na operacionalização de ensaio clínico randomizado: relato de experiência

Abstract

Objective:To report the experience and activities of nursing students in the operationalization of a randomized clinical test. Methods:This is a case study, descriptive, in which the experience and activities of nursing students in the operationalization of a randomized clinical test conducted in critically ill patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit of a philanthropic hospital in the north of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Results:The functions of the academics were to perform the allocation of the interventions that the patients received through a randomized and aleatory list; it collected data under the supervision of one of the researchers and enter the data into a statistical program. The method applied is ideal, since it allows nursing academics and professionals to reflect on a scientific and non-intuitive nursing practice, by scientifically testing and validating interventions implemented in the daily routine of nursing, often empirically. Conclusion:The experience in the operationalization of this type of study by nursing undergraduates contributes to professional training by providing the development of critical thinking, in order to solve problems present in clinical nursing practice.