title: [Education in operating room nursing: transformation of the discipline at University of São Paulo School of Nursing (Brazil)].
abstract: The objectives of this paper are to present a summary of the evolution of the content of perioperative nursing at the University of São Paulo School of Nursing (EEUSP) and reflect on the National Curriculum Directives (NCD) for the nursing course. The study was developed from a brief history of the practice of perioperative nursing and the inclusion of this topic in the nursing curriculum at EEUSP. The National Curriculum Directives are important because they permit undergraduate schools to determine the amount of teaching time for each course that will comprise their curriculum, but the competencies and skills proposed are nonspecific. We believe that the general nurse should have theoretical and practical learning opportunities to work in every area and level of healthcare.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Médico Cirúrgica, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. rturrini@usp.br
authors.forename: Ruth Natalia Teresa
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Turrini
authors.forename: Ana Lucia Siqueira
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Aparecida de Cassia Giani
authors.initials: Ade C
authors.lastname: Peniche
authors.forename: Estela Regina Ferraz
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: Tâmara Iwanow
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Cianciarullo
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education*; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D014495:Universities