Nursing is a specific field of knowledge and social practice that has been consolidated and strengthened as science. In Brazil, it has been developed due to the increase and qualification of strict sense post-graduate programs. This study aims to present a historical review of the strict sense post-graduate nursing courses in Brazil and to reflect on their evolution, progress, challenges and future perspectives. It explores the creation of strict sense post-graduate courses, highlighting the movement to build a culture of academic and professional post-graduation in nursing. The historical path of their consolidation, expansion, conquest of excellence and international visibility over four decades, and the challenges and future perspectives are showed. It is found that the post-graduate programs in the field has contributed to the advancement and consolidation of scientific, technological knowledge and innovation in nursing and health care, having as philosophy the respect for diversity and the free exchange of ideas, the improvement of quality of life and health, and the effectiveness of citizenship.

This study reviews theoretical production concerning workloads and working conditions for nurses. For that, an integrative review was carried out using scientific articles, theses and dissertations indexed in two Brazilian databases, Virtual Health Care Library (Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde) and Digital Database of Dissertations (Banco Digital de Teses), over the last ten years. From 132 identified studies, 27 were selected. Results indicate workloads as responsible for professional weariness, affecting the occurrence of work accidents and health problems. In order to adequate workloads studies indicate some strategies, such as having an adequate numbers of employees, continuing education, and better working conditions. The challenge is to continue research that reveal more precisely the relationships between workloads, working conditions, and health of the nursing team.

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the formation of nursing doctorates in Brazil, from theses production, disciplines and other strategies focusing on research offered by courses.METHOD: a descriptive and analytical study of the performance of 18 doctoral courses in nursing, running from 1982 to 2010, and defended their theses between 2010-2012.RESULTS: 502 theses were defended in this period, most linked to the online research process of health and nursing care. There are gaps in the knowledge of theoretical and philosophical foundations of care, nursing history and ethics. There are also weaknesses in the methodological design of the theses, with a predominance of descriptive and/or exploratory studies. This was consistent with international standards set with regards to the proposition of research of disciplines and complementary strategies in forming the doctorate.CONCLUSION: despite the efforts and advances in research formation, it is essential to expand to more robust research designs with a greater impact on production knowledge that is incorporated into practice.

ABSTRACT:Spinal cord injury usually occurs from trauma, causing serious disturbances for the individual, the family, and society at large, and is considered a serious public health problem. The aim of this research was to investigate functional gain in people with traumatic paraplegia participating in a rehabilitation program, by applying the Functional Independence Measure Scale. This is a retrospective cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive study, with analysis of 228 medical records. We used Statistical Package for Social Science software, version 13 for Windows, with specific statistical tests. There was average functional improvement in all categories of body care, sphincter control, transfers, locomotion and stairs. The smallest functional gain occurred in the items feeding and toileting. Rehabilitation promotes gains in functional independence, since there was an average increase in functional gain of people with spinal cord injury. DESCRIPTORS:Rehabilitation. Paraplegia. Epidemiology. Nursing. AVALIAÇÃO FUNCIONAL DE PESSOAS COM LESÃO MEDULAR: UTILIZAÇÃO DA ESCALA DE INDEPENDÊNCIA FUNCIONAL -MIF RESUMO:A lesão medular geralmente ocorre por trauma, ocasionando sérios transtornos ao indivíduo, família e para a sociedade, sendo um problema grave de saúde pública. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi investigar o ganho funcional de pessoas com paraplegia traumática, participantes de um programa de reabilitação, através da aplicação da Escala de Medida de Independência Funcional. Trata-se de um estudo transversal retrospectivo, quantitativo e descritivo, com análise de 228 prontuários. Foi utilizado o software Statistical Package for the Social Science versão 13 para Windows, com testes estatísticos específicos. Os resultados apontam que ocorreram ganho funcional médio em todas as categorias de cuidados com o corpo; controle dos esfíncteres; transferir-se; locomoção e escadas. O menor ganho funcional ocorreu no item alimentar-se e toalete. A partir deste estudo conclui-se que a reabilitação promove ganhos na independência funcional, sendo fundamental para a recuperação e autonomia das pessoas com lesão medular. DESCRITORES:Reabilitação. Paraplegia. Epidemiologia. Enfermagem. EVALUACIÓN FUNCIONAL DE PERSONAS CON LESIÓN DE LA MÉDULA ESPINAL: EL USO DE LA ESCALA DE INDEPENDENCIA FUNCIONAL -MIFRESUMEN: La lesión de la médula espinal generalmente tiene el traumatismo como causa, originando serias molestias en el individuo, su familia, y sociedad. Es grave problema de salud pública. El objetivo de este trabajo fue investigar la ganancia funcional para personas con paraplejia traumática, participantes de un programa de rehabilitación, a través de la aplicación de la Escala de Medida de Independencia Funcional. Se trata de un estudio transversal retrospectivo, cuantitativo y descriptivo, con análisis de 228 registros. Se utilizó el programa Statistical Package for Social Science, versión 13 para Windows, con determinadas pruebas estadísticas. Los resultados muestran que la ganancia funcional promedio se produjo en tod...

Objetivo: com objetivo de identificar a percepção dos enfermeiros acerca da contribuição do Processo de Enfermagem para a Sistematização da Assistência de Enfermagem realizado em Hospital de Ensino do Sul do Brasil. Método: estudo qualitativo com caráter descritivo e exploratório. Os participantes da pesquisa foram 38 enfermeiros. A análise qualitativa foi de conteúdo e com os recursos do software Atlas Ti®. Resultados: após a análise foram encontradas as seguintes categorias temáticas: aspectos operacionais do Processo de Enfermagem; o Processo de Enfermagem e sua aplicação prática; facilidades e dificuldades na implementação do Processo de Enfermagem. Conclusão: a utilização de um modelo assistencial para guiar a prática de enfermagem há mais de três décadas, tem repercutido de maneira positiva na qualidade da assistência prestada, bem como na satisfação dos enfermeiros ao perceberem seu trabalho reconhecido. O Processo de Enfermagem melhora a sistematização da assistência de enfermagem, com a filosofia da Instituição e do Serviço de Enfermagem alinhadas a uma política de educação permanente.