Entrepreneurial profile among undergraduate nursing students

Objective: To identify the entrepreneurial profile among undergraduate nursing students. Methods: Cross-sectional study, developed in 2018, with a total of 239 nursing students from two Higher Education Institutions in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Data collection took place through a personal characterization questionnaire and a validated instrument on the evaluation of the entrepreneurial profile in the academic environment. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. Results: There was a predominance of students aged up to 20 years old (38.9%), female (88.1%) and the first two years of the course (51%). Regarding the entrepreneurial profile, 155 (64.9%) students were classified at the higher level and 84 (35.1%) at the upper medium level. The domain "Energy and Commitment" obtained the best score (4.49 +/- 0.57) and "Ability to Take Moderate Risks", the lowest average (3.71 +/- 0.56), but still above the median of the scale. Conclusion: There is a concentration of high levels of entrepreneurship in the profile of undergraduate nursing students.