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The objective of the study was to know the linkages and challenges between professional training and practice and the Curriculum Guidelines for Nursing Baccalaureate Degree Programs. It was a qualitative study, with 34 graduates in nursing, who answered an e-mailed questionnaire. Data analysis was based on Michael Foucault's discourse analysis. The ethical aspects were observed. Analysis showed three themes in graduates discourses - Unified Health System, generalist professional training and humanization. The study revealed an approximation of concepts and guidelines of the Curriculum Guidelines for Nursing Baccalaureate Degree Programs and of the Unified Health System with the reality of professional practice along with challenges in the training of professional nurses.

The purpose of this research was to analyze how the undergraduate teaching of nursing in Rio Grande do Sul has constructed its knowledge, since the first course, as of the decade of 1950s. The survey has involved teaching nurses who have lived such period of our history, and the discourse analysis has been utilized for the documental analysis. The information data indicate, among them, the most integrated curriculum that seeks articulating theory/practice without fragmenting the knowledge and the teaching-learning relationship, wherein professors and students are subjects of such procedure.

The preparation of hospital discharge, seen as a strategy in Health Education, may help the family to continue household care after hospital discharge. This descriptive study with qualitative approach aims at analyzing how the family caregiver who assists elderly patients with CVA (cerebrovascular accident) sees a discharge planning program in a university hospital. Twelve family caregivers were interviewed. Data were analyzed according to the Content Analysis Technique, and four categories emerged: opinion about the program; adequacy of guidance according to the demands for care; improvement points; and repercussions of the caregiver. It is suggested the implementation of similar programs in health care services regarding the elderly patient with CVA and his/her family.

This research has a quality approach that aims at understanding the relationship between low-income families who provide fragile elderly people with health care at their own homes and social and health institutions. The methodology used is a case study of the ethnographic kind. Data were collected by means of participating observation and interview with four families. Three themes were identified in a content analysis: social support, relationship with health institutions, and relationship with the local health service. The families stress that access to health care services is appalling and that solidification of the Brazilian Public Health System is urgent, if it is to meet its function.

Home care is an assistance strategy that emphasizes patient autonomy, as well as self-care in the domiciliary setting. This strategy involves planning, coordination, and performance of several services. This study is of a descriptive type, contemplating a qualitative approach by means of a bibliographical review. Data were analyzed through the Content Analysis technique, with two categories being identified: home care programs and systematization of care. Home care reduces the number of clinical complications, additional hospitalizations, and hospital costs. Upon outlining a home care program, objectives must be established with the purpose of effecting the desired changes. When carrying out the systematization, nurses must build ties and a partnership with the patient and his/her family.