Historical trajectory of curricular training in Brazilian undergraduate nursing programs: Dilemmas and tensions

Abstract

Objective: describe and analyze the historical trajectory of the legislation underlying undergraduate Nursing education in Brazil, focusing on the development of the Curricular Training from the start of vocational education until today. Method: qualitative and historical study using documentary analysis. The data were collected between February and April 2017. The primary data sources were laws, decrees, resolutions and official opinions of federal and professional entities issued between 1890 and 2017.Results:twenty-one official documents were identified that regulated the historical trajectory of higher Nursing education and curricular training. The intentionality of the traineeships underwent profound changes in the course of history, from the supply of workforce to professional competency building. Conclusion: despite disputes between the educational sphere and the job world, it should be weighted that these are not contrary but complementary systems.