The participants’ characteristics showed the
prevalence of married females with no children,
with a mean age of 32 years, who were working
while undertaking the graduate program. This
preference can be related to an insufficient number
of grants offered by programs, as well the grant
values provided within Brazil, which, in this study,
represent the minimum value of income.Therefore,
these nurses achieved better financial possibilities
by choosing employment over exclusive
dedication to graduate school. However, this is an
option that may predispose individuals to exhaustion,
since the work tasks of nurses are by themselves
considered to produce physical and psychological
overload