[Nursing and research in Brazil]

The brazilian nursing in relation to research presented an important development in the last few years, with a quantitative improvement in the last decade. The brazilian researchers are concentrated in its majority among the faculty members and in the Southeast of Brazil. There are eight graduate university centers with several knowledge areas of concentration at master level. The doctoral level programs are all in the Southeast. There are resources available in research financial agencies for nursing, however the demand is still incipient. The Brazilian Nursing Association has tried to implement procedures which aim the development of researchers in nursing.