[Experiences in special training programs in the education of undergraduate nursing students]. / A experiência do programa especial de treinamento na educação de estudantes de graduação em enfermagem.

This study presents the experience of the Special Training Program of the University os São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing-Brazil, since 1989. It is a program, directed to a group of twelve undergraduate students who show potential, abilities and interest. It provides under the orientation of a tutor-professor, the conditions to perform extra-curriculum activities, and develop scientific studies. The activities carried out by this group of students are: a course of foreign language, weekly meetings with the tutor, scientific investigation under the orientation of a teacher and discussion of scientific themes. These students act like of multiplication agent, disseminating ideas and practices borrowed from other students. The program has an excellent reputation in the brazilian academic area, and some of the ex-students are attending graduate programs, and according to its participants, it provides a personal and professional growth, through promoting activities that lead to the integration of the academic formation and the future professional activity.

[Characterizing research activities from the time of their introduction: nurses' reports]. / Caracterizando a atividade do pesquisar na época de sua introdução: segundo depoimentos de enfermeiras.

My interest in developing this study came from a previous work (Ricci, 1994) about scientific research meaning for Pharmacy and Nursing students. After its conclusion, it was necessary to know scientific research historical evolution pointing out the epoch and factors which contributed for its development. Aiming at reconstituting Nursing research historical evolution, trying to find the moment of its development in the profession, identify the reactions research introduction in the course and the assistance in opinions of docent nurses. For this, a semi-structured interview has been used. The population for this study was of nurses who lived the 60's and 70's. At first I obtained a list of nine names of nurses, but according to the theoretical reference, data became saturated along the interview, therefore the final sample was of only four nurses. The definition of generated themes from nurses speeches analysis was presented. The analysis allowed the discovery of two themes: STARTING ON RESEARCH and NEEDING REFRESH. The data revealed the difficulties that the docent nurses experienced by the time of research and postgraduation introductions. It has been observed that the arguments used by those nurses are the same used today by assistance nurses who want to investigate (Cassiani, 1994). However, the main difference lays on the fact that for the docent nurses there was a demand and for the assistance ones there is an internal need that not always is appraised and stimulated in service.