Nursing egrees: undergraduate education analysis for professional work in the unified health system

The evaluation of nursing education, from the point of view of the graduates, is essential subsidy to quality improvement in education. In this context, the National Nursing Curricular Guidelines are a tool for the practice in SUS and improvement of health services. The study analyzed the training of the nursing egress from a private HEI in Pará to work in the Unified Health System (SUS). This is a cross-sectional observational research and a quantitative, descriptive and analytical approach. After approving the research in the ethics committee (Caae nº49155515.6.0000.5701), the free informed consent form and the questionnaire were available to 372 egresses, with 125 respondents. The analysis of the data obtained used descriptive statistics. The results revealed that 93.6% of graduates work in nursing, especially in care. 71.6% of the respondents act as nurses in the health care networks, especially at the Primary level. The graduates responded that they had experienced health promotion (81.6%), prevention (79.2%), health care (76.8%) and confirmed that they received training to act as manager or in the management of SUS (68.8%) "in all courses, integrated activities and / or internship", to 58.4%, this training is compatible with performance. 38.4% of the graduates work in the management of SUS's health programs and expressed a positive opinion regarding the role of the institution in the training of these programs. 75.2% of the graduates affirmed the professor’s commitment to introduce SUS, the organization of the health services and to intervene in situations, according to the epidemiological profile, affirming themselves "totally satisfied" with the training received during the undergraduate program, regarding the acting in SUS. It is concluded that the training contributed significantly to their professional activities at all levels of SUS’s health care. As a contribution, the production of a technical note with information and recommendations for the coordination of the nursing course is highlighted.