Health care networks in western santa catarina’s ver-sus: contributions to nursing teaching

Abstract

Aim: to discuss the contributions of the Program of Experiences and Training in the Reality of the Unified Health System for the study of Health Care Networks and its operationalization in the Unified Health System on the basis of Nursing students’ perspectives. Method: qualitative and descriptive research developed from interviews carried out with the students who participated in the Program between 2014 and 2016, in Santa Catarina. The data were analyzed through thematic analysis. Results: the study revealed the Program as a strategy that contributes significantly to students’ learning about Networks, promoting their inclusion in the context of the service, encouraging the práxis and also contributing to the professional’s permanent education of the network. Conclusion: the importance of providing and enlarging the access of the students at programs/experiences of this nature, in the scope of Health and Nursing training, is emphasized, once it can collaborate to the strengthening of the health system