[The approach to the interface between health and environment in the training of nurses].

Abstract

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.