Health education and permanent education: Actions integrating the educational process of nursing

Abstract

Objective: analyze the actions that integrate the educative process of nurses facilitators of a Nucleus of Permanent Education in entailed Health to a Hospital of Education. Method: qualitative research, developed at a teaching hospital. The data were collected by means of documentary analysis and a focus group involving eight nurses and submitted to thematic analysis. Results: the education process by nurses involves health education actions, such as groups of users and family members, bedside listening, nursing consultation; as well as continuing education actions, linked to meetings with professional, training and group meetings. Conclusion: the actions that integrate the educative process of nurses facilitators of a Nucleus of Permanent Education tied with an education hospital are cross-cutting to the Permanent Education in Health, by means of the education in service and of the education in health.