ABSTRACT
Objective:
To analyze how the approach of the theme “scientific investigation” can contribute to the development of the scientific competence of the Nursing student.
Method:
A descriptive-exploratory, case-study, qualitative study was carried out with professors from a public university in the South of Brazil. Data were collected through a semi-structured individual interview and a group interview, called the conversation circle.
Results:
Data analysis consisted of three categories: “Research as a structuring theme and scientific principle in undergraduate student training in Nursing”; “Research as a structuring theme and scientific principle in undergraduate student training in Nursing”; “Sap research and educational principle in the integrated curriculum”.
Conclusion:
Research training can occur at all undergraduate academic moments, providing the student with the knowledge of scientific research as a formative content and as an investigative attitude, in order to enable the development of scientific competence in professional practice.
Descriptors:
Research; Nursing Education; Higher Education; Teaching; Nursing Professors