[The approach to the interface between health and environment in the training of nurses].
This study aimed to know how nursing professors perceive the interface between health and environment. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach developed with six nursing professors from different areas in the process of training nurses. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews in 2010 and underwent a process of content analysis. The data analysis allowed the emergence of categories, namely: Health and environmental interface: a relation of cause and consequence, Discussion on the issue of health and environment in vocational training: a gap in the educational process, and Health and environment a cross-sectional content. Based on the understanding that there is interaction between health and environment, the professors emphasize that the environment should be a cross-sectional theme in the curriculum proposal for the Nursing undergraduate major, since they show gaps in addressing the issue.
Departamento de Enfermagem e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem (PPGEnf) da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. silviaufsm@yahoo.com.br
Silviamar
S
Camponogara
Cibelle Mello
CM
Viero
Vanúzia
V
Sari
Graciele
G
Erthal
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004782:Environmental Health; D005181:Faculty, Nursing