title: Using the theory of meaningful learning in nursing education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to synthesize the scientific literature about the Theory of Meaningful Learning in the process of teaching and learning in nursing.
  
  
  METHODS
  this is an integrative review conducted in the databases MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO, BDENF and CINAHL with studies addressing the subject or aspects of the theory of meaningful learning of David Ausubel. Ten studies were included, from which six were written in Portuguese and four in English, published from 1998 to 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  five studies used the theory of meaningful learning, four studies cited Ausubel as the author of this theory and only two studies followed the framework for the application of the theory completely. There are only a few studies on this subject and those which explore it are not correlated with Ausubel's theory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  it is necessary to break with the dichotomy between theory and practice and promote the articulation of content with action, introducing the student as the author of their own knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, BR.
authors.forename: Alana Tamar Oliveira
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.affiliation: Curso de Psicologia, Faculdade Internacional da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, BR.
authors.forename: Nilton Soares
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Formiga
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, BR.
authors.forename: Simone Helena dos Santos
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, BR.
authors.forename: Marta Miriam Lopes
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, BR.
authors.forename: Maria Júlia Guimarães Oliveira
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Soares
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D007858:Learning