A formação em enfermagem orientada aos princípios do Sistema Único de Saúde: percepção dos formandos

Objective: To identify how nursing undergraduate students from a public university in southern Brazil perceive their educational process in line with the principles of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). Methods: This is a qualitative research, based on Freire's studies. Data were collected in the first half of 2012 through individual interviews and analysed according to content analysis. Results: Training geared towards reality, with an emphasis on SUS, stands out as a category. Nursing training is in line with the National Nursing Curriculum Guidelines and SUS principles; students feel prepared to work in primary care, and their training is generalist, humanist, critical and reflective. Conclusion: The nursing training process is in line with the current health public policy, although presenting weaknesses that must be rethought, such as interdisciplinary and transversality of SUS related content.