GENDER VIOLENCE IN NURSING STUDENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY OF QUITO

Abstract

Gender-based violence is increasing every day in the world and in Ecuador. The presence of gender-based violence in young couples is the problem identified for the completion of this study, which aimed to determine manifestations of gender-based violence in students of the nursing career of the Metropolitan University of Quito with a descriptive and transversal approach in the period from October 2019 to January 2020. For the collection of information, a questionnaire was applied to 60 young nursing students who take the basic nursing subject. The main results were identified that gender-based violence is a problem affecting the study population, predominantly the types of physical and psychological violence, with manifestations such as beatings, nudges, screams, insults, threats, humiliation and intimidation; they highlight as reasons for violence, drug and alcohol use, loss of control and psychological problems, the search for help to reduce gender-based violence is not carried out.  The research led to the conclusion that gender-based violence is present in couples relationships, it is a problem that brings with it implications at the health, social, family and community level, where communication is an element that will reduce acts of violence in young couples is therefore vitally important to implement an action plan for students.