This study is aimed at discussing the conception of permanent, continuous, in service education among nurses at a school hospital. It is a research of qualitative nature, for which the data was gathered using the technique of focal group in six sessions recorded in audio and video. Nine nurses of a school hospital took part in it. For the analysis of the data was used the technique of collective subject speech, which consists of the organization and computation of the qualitative data of oral nature recorded, from which resulted a single speech. The research showed that the nurses differentiated the terms permanent education, continuous education and in service education, building their own concepts, highlighting the importance of differentiation in order to define the kind of approach to be taken to address the educative need presented.
Education, nursing; Professional practice; Education continuing