[Nursing curricula in Brazil and guidelines -- new perspectives]

This bibliographic clipping is aimed at presenting the history of current undergraduate nursing curricula, starting with the first school that came into existence in Brazil--"Escola de Enfermelros e enfermeiras do Rio de Janeiro", in 1890, until the Administrative Act CNE/CES, from March/2001, a document that established a new curriculum for nursing education in our country. I have noticed that the changes in the curricula were obligatory, and now I notice that participation of nurses and a stronger collective interest has evolved, and they seem to be engaged in educating more humanized, reflexive, and critical nurses for the future.