Abstract

BATISTA-ANDRADE, Cristiane; GIOVANELLI-VEDOVATO, Tatiana  and  MONTEIRO, Inés. Policies of professional training of middle level in Nursing in Brazil: historical-critical perspective. Temperamentvm [online]. 2022, vol.18, e14120.  Epub Apr 17, 2023. ISSN 1699-6011.  https://dx.doi.org/10.58807/tmptvm20225135.

Nursing technical training policies are characterized by the welfare nature of the working classes and the division between manual and intellectual work; in addition to the economic character in hiring technicians and auxiliaries to the detriment of higher education professionals. The purpose of the article is to discuss the history of professional training policies of middle level in Nursing, in Brazil, in a historical-critical approach. This essay uses bibliographic sources of books and scientific articles consulted in the bases of the Virtual Library on Health and Scielo on the subject. Regarding the results, there were advances in the debate on professional education in Brazilian nursing, with emphasis on quality assurance of training, which should be critical and provide reflection on health practices in the Unified Health System (SUS) and improving the quality of teacher training. Therefore, according to the historical aspects of professional education in Brazilian nursing, which for a long education-al process should be guided beyond the insertion in the labor market and ensure education for health workers.

Keywords : Nursing education; Nursing technical education; Teaching; Nursing history.