This research has the purpose of gaining more understanding about the actions and policies put in place in order to ensure the training of professionals that work in the services of the State Health Care System, considering the direct and intrinsic relation between the education and its final quality. Broken down into 3 perspectives, here labeled as voices, we have tried to identify, by means of the discourses on social control in the area of health, the system's administration, and education represented by the schools of nursing, what are the criticisms and propositions concerning the theme of professional training for the State Health Care System. The text deals with the terms used in the context of professional training, as well as a critical reflection about the new tendencies and paradigms that are on the agenda in current debates and discussions.
nursing education; state health care system; nursing; public health; health policies