title: [Nursing training and the strategy of integrated management of childhood prevalent illnesses].
abstract: The Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) strategy aims at improving the quality of care delivered and children's health conditions. This article presents a description and reflection on the introduction of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses in the Nursing undergraduate curriculum, based on the literature and on the experience of the authors teaching at the Nursing program on Children's Health from University of São Paulo (Nursing School and Nursing School from Ribeirão Preto). The authors mention historical aspects regarding the IMCI in Brazil and the principles that guide it. In the end, they indicate the potentials regarding the application of this strategy at the health care units for children, focusing on nurses' performance.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva, Escola de Enfermagem da USP, São Paulo/SP.
authors.forename: Maria De La O Ramallo
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Veríssimo
authors.forename: Débora Falleiros
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: de Mello
authors.forename: Maria Rita
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bertolozzi
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Chiesa
authors.forename: Cecília Helena de Siqueira
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Sigaud
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fujimori
authors.forename: Regina Aparecida Garcia
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: de Lima
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*