It is about a research of qualitative nature, whose objective was to identify the representation of the professor on the formation of the nurse. Were interviewed 22 teaching nurses of the course of graduation in Nursing of two institutions of superior education of the city of Curitiba (Brazil). The ethics precepts were respected, and the project was approved by the Committee of the Sector of Sciences of Health of the Federal University of the Paraná (Brazil). The interviews were recorded and transcribing, and the reports, analyzed by the technique of the Analysis of Content. The theme that emerged of the speeches was: The representation of the profile of the nurse formed by the institution. This theme made possible the composition of three categories: critical-reflexive nurse, humanistic and autonomous worker. We consider that the representation of the professors about the formation of the nurse more moves them away from the traditional paradigm, approaching them of the emergent paradigm that considers the methodology of learning to learn, and that their representations are anchored in the current law and in the mission of the university: education, research and extension.
Nursing; Professional Practice; Education, Higher; Education, Nursing