[Psychological support: a necessity for nursing students]

Taking into account the psychological difficulties of students in the beginning of their clinical practice, the authors design a course called "Psychology Applied to Nursing" aiming at providing psychological support to students in the fourth term of their Nursing and Obstetrics Course at the Universidade de Londrina. The results, according to the students and teachers evaluation, were satisfactory, leading to an integration between the formative and psychological aspects of nursing.