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Objectives: to analyze the profile of nursing students at a university in southern Brazil and verify the effectiveness of the use of social networks in students' location and adherence., Methods: a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study, carried out with 314 students through a questionnaire prepared on Google Forms, made available through digital social networks and e-mails., Results: students were women, without training in a technical/assistance nursing course, participants in projects and research groups, with a graduate degree. Furthermore, more than 75% obtained their first job within six months after graduation, more than 80% worked in healthcare, with public employment, workload of up to 40 hours a week, income between four and ten minimum wages, and 92% indicated that they were satisfied and/or very satisfied with the course., Conclusions: the strategic use of social networks enabled greater adherence by the target audience and nursing students' profile design.

Objective: To identify the experiences of nursing students working in a telehealth service to fight the COVID-19., Method: Qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study, addressing 31 undergraduate nursing students at a Federal University located in the extreme south of Brazil. Data were collected in October 2020 using an online questionnaire. Textual discourse analysis was used to interpret data., Results: The students identified facilities, weaknesses, and potentialities of a telehealth service, verifying that it is a strategy that favors the development of skills and competencies during the training of students and to fight the COVID-19 pandemic., Conclusion: The results reveal the students' experiences in a telehealth service designed to fight the COVID-19, showing the importance of including this service in the routine of healthcare services.

Background: Mismatch between the perception of one's moral duty and one's real social contribution may trigger moral distress, especially when no specific resistance strategies are used to counteract morally distressing situations. Considering a philosophical-ethical conception, individuals need to first reflect upon themselves to later turn to the world and confront their current situation in order to change it., Objectives: To understand moral distress experienced by nursing professors teaching in higher education institutions and the use of parrhesia as a coping strategy., Method: This qualitative exploratory-descriptive study addressed 33 nursing professors working in Brazilian federal public universities using an open-ended question form. Data were collected between June and December 2018 and analyzed using discursive textual analysis., Ethical Considerations: The Institutional Review Board at the Federal University of Rio Grande approved this study., Findings: Three categories emerged: performance of nursing professors and potentially distressing situations, the experience of moral distress, and parrhesia as a strategy to deal with moral distress. Nursing professors face situations that cause moral distress in the context of higher education, however, those who adopt parrhesia as a coping strategy find it easier to express their beliefs from the perspective of moral duty, even in the face of conflicts., Conclusion: When the nursing professors in this study acknowledge elements in the power structure that hinder their actions, they express parrhesia , as an essential virtue in an attempt to modify unsymmetrical power relations that can trigger moral distress.

Objective: To culturally adapt and validate the General Practice Nurse Satisfaction Scale for the Brazilian context., Method: Methodological study performed according to guidelines provided in the international scientific literature and validation of the Australian instrument for the Brazilian context. The sample consisted of 199 patients admitted from August 2017 to January 2018 in a public university hospital in the south of Brazil. Data were analyzed using factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha., Results: According to factor analysis, 21 questions were validated and divided into four dimensions: interpersonal relationship and communication, confidence, credibility, and dedication. The instrument presented satisfactory internal consistency, with Cronbach's alpha equal to 0.93, and ranging between 0.87 and 0.66 for the dimensions., Conclusion: The instrument's Brazilian version is valid and reliable to assess the satisfaction of patients with nursing care.