OBJECTIVE: To identify the perception of students at the Nursing undergraduate course about sexual orientation activities; to establish how these activities should be developed towards the students. METHODS: This is a descriptive study using content analysis, performed with a population consisting of 193 students of the Nursing undergraduate course of Universidade Federal de São Paulo. RESULTS: 93% of the respondents agreed with sexual orientation activities and 80% justified the necessity through the following categories: contribution for professional education (9%), stereotypes (1%), necessity of information (26%), prevention (4%), taking care of oneself in order to care for the other (13%), self-knowledge (8%) and difficulties with the topic (19%). CONCLUSION: Nursing students are interested in activities focused on the discussion of human sexuality within the academic universe.
Students of nursing; Sexology; Sexuality
