This article presents preliminary results of scientific research on training in nursing published in Brazilian scientific journals. The sources for the study were Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem and Revista Mineira de Enfermagem (Reme), which were chosen among 129 Brazilian journals on nursing whose complete texts are available on-line at CAPES's [Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel] website. Among editorials, research articles, reviews, case studies and newsletters, 36 texts were selected from Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem and 15 from Reme. The analysis of the material included the assessment of the main theme (training in nursing) from the abstracts and the reading of the complete texts, which were, thus, classified into three major themes: pedagogical rationale, teaching in nursing and nursing school programs (curriculum). The analysis of the texts revealed a connection between training in nursing and recent public policies for health and education, which, in turn, contributed to the process of rethinking both the professional profile of the nurse and the nursing curricula of higher education institutions.
nursing; professional education; curriculum; scientific production; scientific journals
