Health work could exist by building and rebuilding educational proposals concerning the practiones, considering the everyday problems. This research aimed at understanding the meanings attributed by the egressed nursing students at the university in the northwet region of Paraná State, to the lived experiences in their educative experiences with health workers. This is a qualtitative aaproach study. Data were obtained by means of semi-structured interviews, from August to October, 2004, in Basic Health Units. Through the interviews analises, five categories emerged. It can be clearly concluded that the student acts in the traditional teaching, presenting limited critical analisis of the reality.
Education; Continued education; Permanent education; Education, nursing