Some reflections are presented about the current trends in Nursing Education in face of Curricular Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Nursing, aiming at providing subsidies for changes in Higher Education. It is primarily geared to discussing nurse education, focusing on the development of the competencies needed to change the present health care delivery model and to working in multiprofessional teams, aiming at the consolidation of the Public Health System (SUS _ Serviço Único de Saúde) in Brazil.
nursing education; areas of knowledge; competencies