title: ["The Others". Portuguese nursing experience].
abstract: The teaching of nursing in Portugal has weathered and still weathers a series of problems over which reflection is warranted. That is the objective of this article. Underlying the problem is the fact that there is a lack of a global clarification for the educational model for nurses, and for other professions which integrate health teams facing the Bologna process, as well as a lack of the development of the route which nurses should follow; furthermore, nebulous zones continue to exist in the definition of this process. We shall speak about facts, about things which have occurred or which one had hoped would occur; we shall analyze some and question others; we will attempt to provide some ideas for the future among the items mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Escuela Superior de Enfermería Cidade do Porto, Oporto, Portugal.
authors.forename: María Arminda
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mendes Costa
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D011174:Portugal