Nursing training in a theoretical and practical context aims at obtaining a professional able to cope with adversities presented by different health scenarios and population profiles. The study aimed to understand the perception of nursing interns about the practical and theoretical structuring of the State University of Londrina nursing internship. A qualitative methodology was employed to obtain data through the question: What is your opinion of the structuring of the internship in practical and theoretical terms? After the data analysis, four categories were formed: educational practices used in theoretical meetings; linking theoretical and practical aspects of the internship from the student’s point of view; possibilities and challenges found in the hospital setting and possibilities and challenges found in public health. It was concluded that the interns have been satisfied as far as the theoretical and practical structuring of the internship is concerned, and the students have been able to identify with the area. The challenges include more extensive teaching of management in carrying out the internship.
Non-medical Internship; Nursing Education; Learning; Nursing; Undergraduate Nursing Courses; Medical Education