O processo de constituição da identidade profissional dos docentes no ensino superior se dá diante de dilemas e tensões entre os processos relacionais e biográficos, todos esses influenciados pelo contexto em que se situam esses indivíduos. A presente investigação teve como objetivo investigar o processo de construção da identidade docente dos professores que atuam em cursos de graduação em enfermagem nas instituições públicas e fundações municipais de ensino superior no estado de Goiás. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa de natureza descritiva, realizada em duas instituições públicas (federal e estadual) e duas fundações municipais de ensino superior que ofertam o curso de graduação em enfermagem. Foram escolhidos os cursos mais antigos de cada instituição. Participaram onze docentes enfermeiros. Como recurso para a obtenção dos dados foi utilizada a entrevista semiestruturada. A análise de dados foi fundamentada pela análise de conteúdo proposta por Bardin (2011), identificando as seguintes categorias temáticas: Identidade profissional docente relação entre os processos relacionais e biográficos; Repercussões da precarização no trabalho e na identidade profissional docente e Formação profissional e identidade docente: experiências e necessidades. Descrevemos como características de aproximação entre as participantes: ser mulher, estado civil de casada e ter filhos. Como limites identificamos a qualificação acadêmica, pois têm-se três doutoras, duas mestres e seis especialistas, indicando ainda uma necessidade de fortalecimento nesse âmbito. O tempo de experiência na docência variou entre três e 35 anos, sete das participantes são efetivas enquanto quatro são vinculadas por contrato temporário, seis têm mais de um vínculo empregatício. A análise das categorias evidenciou que o ingresso na docência para a maior parte das participantes se deu por contingência diante da necessidade de trabalhar para se manter financeiramente, uma oportunidade para complementar a renda ainda na crença de uma determinação divina, enquanto apenas três das participantes planejaram o ingresso na carreira. Há uma tendência de transposição da identidade de enfermeira para a identidade de docente, especialmente entre docentes com menos de seis anos de profissão. As marcas da precarização do trabalho influenciam na identidade profissional na medida em que dificultam o processo de valorização e reconhecimento de si no trabalho, fragilizando as relações entre os pares, provocando o individualismo, a sobrecarga de trabalho e frustrações. A busca para promover espaços de integração com as dimensões pessoal e profissional docente foi usada como meio de dar vida à pessoa e potência para o profissional. A formação pedagógica para as docentes é um elemento valorizado, no entanto, a maior parte delas refere insatisfação com as experiências que já tiveram nesse campo. Assim, promovemos reflexões sobre a identidade profissional de docentes de enfermagem com interfaces entre desenvolvimento profissional e trabalho docente, no sentido de ampliar e fortalecer esse campo de pesquisa / The formation process of the professors\' professional identity in higher education takes on dilemmas and tensions between relational and biographical processes, all of them influenced by the context in which the individuals are located. The present paper aimed to investigate the construction process of teaching identity of professors who work in nursing undergraduate courses in public institutions and local municipal foundations of higher education, in the state of Goiás. It is a qualitative research of descriptive nature carried out in two public institutions (federal and state ones) and two local foundations of higher education that offer the undergraduate course in nursing. The oldest courses of each institution were selected. There was a participation of eleven nursing professors. The semistructured interview was used as a resource for obtaining the data. Data analysis was based on the content analysis proposed by Bardin (2011). It identified the following thematic categories: teaching professional identity, relationship between relational and biographical processes, repercussions of the work precariousness and teaching professional identity, professional training and teaching identity: experiences and needs. It is possible to describe as an approximation of characteristics among the participants: being a woman, married and with children. The academic qualification was identified as a detachment because there were three Doctors, two Masters and six Experts indicating a need to strengthen the area. The time of teaching experience ranged from three to 35 years. Seven participants have effective jobs, four have a temporary contract, and six have more than one job. The analysis of categories showed that most of the participants started teaching as a need to work and pay the bills, an opportunity to supplement the income believing in a divine determination and only three of them had planned to follow the career. There is a transposition trend from the nurse identity to the professor identity, especially among educators with less than six years of profession. Work casualization marks influence the professional identity as it makes more difficult the process of recovery and recognition at work, weakening peers\' relationship, causing individualism, work overload, and frustration. The search to promote spaces integration with professional and personal dimensions was used as a means of giving life to the person and power to the professional. The pedagogical training for professors is a valued element; however, most of them relate dissatisfaction with the experiences they already had in that field. Thus, it is worth promoting reflections on the professional identity of nursing professors with interfaces between career development and teaching work to expand and strengthen that field of research

Clinical simulation is a teaching strategy to assist nursing students to connect classroom knowledge to the clinical setting. Teaching clinical simulation requires special training, but many nursing faculty who teach clinical simulation do not receive clinical simulation training. The purpose of this study was to determine if the effects of formal versus informal simulation training impacted nursing faculty's self-ratings of their competency in facilitating simulation and identify areas for needed educational support. A quantitative descriptive approach was used and grounded in the National League for Nursing and Jefferies (NLN/JSF) theoretical framework. This framework focuses on the relationship between teacher, student, and educational experience. Data on 102 faculty members from prelicensure nursing programs in Maryland completed the Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH-SV) survey. Data analysis using the independent-samples t-test revealed no significant difference in nursing faculty's perceptions regarding how they facilitate clinical simulation between nursing faculty who are formally trained to teach clinical simulation and those who are not. However, there was a significant difference in one element of the DASH-IV which measured the skill of helping students achieve or sustain good performance. The data will contribute to the nursing simulation literature by providing a better understanding of what faculty members perceive as their strengths and weaknesses in teaching clinical simulation. The findings of this study can influence positive social change in nursing by providing nursing administrators with information about faculty perceptions of clinical simulation and influence decisions on training of nursing faculty in using clinical simulation.

Nursing faculty are responsible for graduating competent students and being competent themselves; however, the required competencies of clinical nursing faculty who instruct students in the clinical area are unidentified. The practice problem addressed in this project was the lack of a structured, organized process for identifying initial and ongoing competencies of a clinical nursing facility. The purpose of this project was to explore nursing faculty clinical competency and provide a multimethod, multispecialty approach for implementing clinical nursing faculty competency. The target population was clinical nursing faculty (n= 30) in an academic setting. This project explored the impact of a multimethod, multispecialty approach for assessment and evaluation of clinical nursing faculty competency. The project was guided by Benner's theory of novice to expert; Roger's theory of diffusion and innovation; and the plan, do, check, act model. The study analyzed the data obtained from clinical nursing faculty demographics, and competency validation of 3 clinical and 3 academic, remediation, and retesting outcomes. Descriptive statistics and t test were utilized in analyzing the data. The project findings revealed the clinical nursing faculty members are 100% clinically competent and 68.7% academically competent in the areas evaluated. The project findings have implications for social change through role modeling of leadership skills by clinical nursing faculty and improving student clinical instruction by cultivating competent clinical nursing faculty.

The purpose of this study is to, based on the structure questionnaire, explore the relationships between the role, role stress, social support, organizational commitment and intention to leave of clinical nursing faculty. The study population was composed of the full-time clinical nursing faculty obtained from two universities of technology, three colleges of technology, and two institutes of technology located in the middle and southern part of Taiwan. 173 completed and qualified questionnaires were received. This yielded a response rate of 70.6%. The measuring instruments deployed in this study were the scale of role clinical nursing faculty, the scale of role stress, the scale of social support, the scale of organizational commitment. The Cronbach's Alpha reliabilities, according to orders, are .923, .862, .882, .767. The analytical implement in this study consisted of factor analysis, reliability analysis, descriptive statistics, independent t test, one way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, multiple regression, and logistic regression analysis. The results indicated: the role stress and organizational commitment of clinical nursing faculty were significantly influenced by partial demographic variables. The more important the role of researcher or patient care provider was considered, the less role stress clinical nursing faculty would perceive. Role stress demonstrated negative influences to organizational commitment in the direction predicted explaining 24.4% of the variances. Social support was able to reduce role stress, enforce organizational commitment, and mitigate the negative effects to organizational commitment entailed by role stress. Among all kinds of social support, school support boasted the most powerful buffer effect. The critical factor of intention to leave was the affection commitment, which was found to be 91% correctly classified. According to this research, in terms of clinical nursing faculty, we suggest: 1. Improve the professional and research ability of clinical nursing faculty. 2. Improve the clinical nursing faculty's ability to take care of patients. In terms of schools: 1. Make plans to initiate curriculums aiming to improve the teaching ability of clinical nursing faculty. 2. Bring in knowledge management as a link between clinical teaching and in-class teaching. 3. Invent strategies to cultivate the human resources of clinical nursing faculty. 4. Construct full-fledged systems for advanced study. 5. School should enhance the supports toward clinical nursing faculty. 6. Construct supportive network among clinical nursing faculty. In terms of the clinical practice unit: 1. Arrange clinical nurses to assist clinical teachings. 2. Assist clinical nursing faculty to get familiar with the environment.

Part-time nurse faculty play an important role in the production and quality of the nursing workforce. However, the shortage of nurse faculty exacerbates current shortages of nurses. In Canada, the shortage is predicted to reach 60,000 full-time equivalent RNs by 2022. Therefore, retaining qualified part-time nurse faculty in academia is a key component in managing the shortage problem. The purpose of this study was to test and refine a model of part-time nurse faculty intent to remain employed in the academic organization. Cross-sectional survey methods were employed. A total of 282 part-time nurse faculty employed within Ontario, Canada colleges or universities were invited to participate. Survey instruments and items measured demographic, workplace, nurse responses to the workplace, and external variables. Correlation and multiple regression analyses were conducted using data from 119 participants (47.6% true response rate). Of the 19 variables hypothesized to affect intent to remain employed in the academic organization, seven influenced intent to remain. The resulting model indicated that the older the part-time nurse faculty member, the lower the level of intent to remain and the more years worked in the organization, the higher the level of intent to remain. The more opportunities perceived to exist outside of the employing organization, the higher the level of intent to remain. Additionally, the more satisfied part-time nurse faculty were with their job overall, the higher their level of intent to remain. In the workplace, the more support from the leader, the more formal or informal recognition received, and the more fair work procedures were perceived to be, the higher levels of part-time nurse faculty intent to remain employed in the academic organization, mediated by job satisfaction. Although age, organizational tenure, and external career opportunities are non-modifiable variables, deans and directors can encourage part-time nurse faculty to remain employed in their academic job by focusing on enhancing overall job satisfaction. Effective strategies may include formal or informal acknowledgement of good performance, consistent verbal and behavioural support, and implementation of procedural practices, such as performance evaluations and pay raises in a fair manner.

Part-time nurse faculty play an important role in the production and quality of the nursing workforce. However, the shortage of nurse faculty exacerbates current shortages of nurses. In Canada, the shortage is predicted to reach 60,000 full-time equivalent RNs by 2022. Therefore, retaining qualified part-time nurse faculty in academia is a key component in managing the shortage problem. The purpose of this study was to test and refine a model of part-time nurse faculty intent to remain employed in the academic organization. Cross-sectional survey methods were employed. A total of 282 part-time nurse faculty employed within Ontario, Canada colleges or universities were invited to participate. Survey instruments and items measured demographic, workplace, nurse responses to the workplace, and external variables. Correlation and multiple regression analyses were conducted using data from 119 participants (47.6% true response rate). Of the 19 variables hypothesized to affect intent to remain employed in the academic organization, seven influenced intent to remain. The resulting model indicated that the older the part-time nurse faculty member, the lower the level of intent to remain and the more years worked in the organization, the higher the level of intent to remain. The more opportunities perceived to exist outside of the employing organization, the higher the level of intent to remain. Additionally, the more satisfied part-time nurse faculty were with their job overall, the higher their level of intent to remain. In the workplace, the more support from the leader, the more formal or informal recognition received, and the more fair work procedures were perceived to be, the higher levels of part-time nurse faculty intent to remain employed in the academic organization, mediated by job satisfaction. Although age, organizational tenure, and external career opportunities are non-modifiable variables, deans and directors can encourage part-time nurse faculty to remain employed in their academic job by focusing on enhancing overall job satisfaction. Effective strategies may include formal or informal acknowledgement of good performance, consistent verbal and behavioural support, and implementation of procedural practices, such as performance evaluations and pay raises in a fair manner.

The purpose of this exploratory qualitative case study is to describe the formation of a graduate enrollment evaluation system (GEES) to capture and explore the perceptions of key stakeholders to critically examine the barriers and benefits of a PhD nursing program at a large, public designated high research institution. As the research suggest, there is a current need for increased enrollment for nurses into nursing doctorate programs to further meet the patient's expanding demand, to expand the science of the nursing profession, and to increase the pipeline of qualified nursing faculty. Without a pipeline of qualified nursing faculty, fewer new nurses can be trained for the nursing workforce that already experiences a critical deficiency in staffing.

O processo de constituição da identidade profissional dos docentes no ensino superior se dá diante de dilemas e tensões entre os processos relacionais e biográficos, todos esses influenciados pelo contexto em que se situam esses indivíduos. A presente investigação teve como objetivo investigar o processo de construção da identidade docente dos professores que atuam em cursos de graduação em enfermagem nas instituições públicas e fundações municipais de ensino superior no estado de Goiás. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa de natureza descritiva, realizada em duas instituições públicas (federal e estadual) e duas fundações municipais de ensino superior que ofertam o curso de graduação em enfermagem. Foram escolhidos os cursos mais antigos de cada instituição. Participaram onze docentes enfermeiros. Como recurso para a obtenção dos dados foi utilizada a entrevista semiestruturada. A análise de dados foi fundamentada pela análise de conteúdo proposta por Bardin (2011), identificando as seguintes categorias temáticas: Identidade profissional docente relação entre os processos relacionais e biográficos; Repercussões da precarização no trabalho e na identidade profissional docente e Formação profissional e identidade docente: experiências e necessidades. Descrevemos como características de aproximação entre as participantes: ser mulher, estado civil de casada e ter filhos. Como limites identificamos a qualificação acadêmica, pois têm-se três doutoras, duas mestres e seis especialistas, indicando ainda uma necessidade de fortalecimento nesse âmbito. O tempo de experiência na docência variou entre três e 35 anos, sete das participantes são efetivas enquanto quatro são vinculadas por contrato temporário, seis têm mais de um vínculo empregatício. A análise das categorias evidenciou que o ingresso na docência para a maior parte das participantes se deu por contingência diante da necessidade de trabalhar para se manter financeiramente, uma oportunidade para complementar a renda ainda na crença de uma determinação divina, enquanto apenas três das participantes planejaram o ingresso na carreira. Há uma tendência de transposição da identidade de enfermeira para a identidade de docente, especialmente entre docentes com menos de seis anos de profissão. As marcas da precarização do trabalho influenciam na identidade profissional na medida em que dificultam o processo de valorização e reconhecimento de si no trabalho, fragilizando as relações entre os pares, provocando o individualismo, a sobrecarga de trabalho e frustrações. A busca para promover espaços de integração com as dimensões pessoal e profissional docente foi usada como meio de dar vida à pessoa e potência para o profissional. A formação pedagógica para as docentes é um elemento valorizado, no entanto, a maior parte delas refere insatisfação com as experiências que já tiveram nesse campo. Assim, promovemos reflexões sobre a identidade profissional de docentes de enfermagem com interfaces entre desenvolvimento profissional e trabalho docente, no sentido de ampliar e fortalecer esse campo de pesquisa / The formation process of the professors\' professional identity in higher education takes on dilemmas and tensions between relational and biographical processes, all of them influenced by the context in which the individuals are located. The present paper aimed to investigate the construction process of teaching identity of professors who work in nursing undergraduate courses in public institutions and local municipal foundations of higher education, in the state of Goiás. It is a qualitative research of descriptive nature carried out in two public institutions (federal and state ones) and two local foundations of higher education that offer the undergraduate course in nursing. The oldest courses of each institution were selected. There was a participation of eleven nursing professors. The semistructured interview was used as a resource for obtaining the data. Data analysis was based on the content analysis proposed by Bardin (2011). It identified the following thematic categories: teaching professional identity, relationship between relational and biographical processes, repercussions of the work precariousness and teaching professional identity, professional training and teaching identity: experiences and needs. It is possible to describe as an approximation of characteristics among the participants: being a woman, married and with children. The academic qualification was identified as a detachment because there were three Doctors, two Masters and six Experts indicating a need to strengthen the area. The time of teaching experience ranged from three to 35 years. Seven participants have effective jobs, four have a temporary contract, and six have more than one job. The analysis of categories showed that most of the participants started teaching as a need to work and pay the bills, an opportunity to supplement the income believing in a divine determination and only three of them had planned to follow the career. There is a transposition trend from the nurse identity to the professor identity, especially among educators with less than six years of profession. Work casualization marks influence the professional identity as it makes more difficult the process of recovery and recognition at work, weakening peers\' relationship, causing individualism, work overload, and frustration. The search to promote spaces integration with professional and personal dimensions was used as a means of giving life to the person and power to the professional. The pedagogical training for professors is a valued element; however, most of them relate dissatisfaction with the experiences they already had in that field. Thus, it is worth promoting reflections on the professional identity of nursing professors with interfaces between career development and teaching work to expand and strengthen that field of research

Sabendo das complexas cobranças que assolam os docentes universitários, tendo em vista as exigências do cumprimento de tarefas relacionadas ao ensino, pesquisa, extensão/assistência, bem como atividades administrativas, isto acaba levando o professorado ao adoecimento em função de suas excessivas atribuições. Objetivos: 1) Levantar com os docentes de uma faculdade de enfermagem estadual, o significado que eles atribuem à sua profissão, relacionando os elementos facilitadores e dificultadores da sua atuação profissional, considerando a sua visão da enfermagem: tradicional, atual e do futuro; 2) Destacar suas atividades ocupacionais e de lazer realizadas no seu tempo livre, identificando-as como meio de promoção da sua saúde física e mental; 3) Verificar no projeto político-pedagógico da sua escola, como ocorreu a sua inserção, identificando os desafios do currículo novo, averiguando o significado da Síndrome de Burnout e propondo sugestões para leituras sobre essa síndrome, enquanto programa educativo. Metodologia: Realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa, mediatizada pela pesquisa-ação. Nesse estudo exploratório, utilizou-se de questionário (dados pessoais e de formação, além da visão dos docentes de enfermagem sobre o tema central). Pesquisamos 13 docentes, de ambos os sexos, dos três departamentos existentes na instituição, que aceitaram participar da pesquisa, após assinatura do termo de consentimento, e aprovação do comitê de ética. A coleta foi realizada por correspondência, na casela do professor, alocado em seu próprio departamento, devolvendo-o em tempo pré-determinado. Usou também a observação participante para registro de dados do local. Resultados: Ca amostra constituiu-se de 13 docentes do curso de graduação, maioria mulher, casada e católica, com mais de 40 anos e com filhos; todos com título de doutor atuando, na graduação pós-graduação. Em relação à escolha da profissão, a maioria respondeu por vocação e afinidade. Sobre a carreira, a maioria a percebe como importante, porém exigente, desgastante e estressora, trazendo satisfação profissional, como: honrarias, ascensão, orientação de aluno. Mas traz insatisfação como: excesso de trabalho, de reuniões, de responsabilidades, além de estresse. Dá significado à profissão de amorosidade, troca, diálogo, etc. Seu papel é de facilitador, mediador, humanizador, problematizador e transformador. Como pesquisador, valoriza a construção do conhecimento e o desenvolvimento de pesquisa. E na extensão, se vê como parceiro e articulador no tripé da universidade pública. Relativa à profissão tradicional, a vê como tecnicista, fragmentada, biologicista e desvalorizada. Atualmente, a vê crescendo, internacionalizando e construindo o próprio conhecimento. Para o futuro vislumbra reconhecimento, valorização, otimismo e humanização. Sobre aspectos favoráveis da docência estão o relacionamento interpessoal, ensino, pesquisa e extensão. E os desfavoráveis estão: excesso de atividades, questão anti-éticas e poucos investimentos. Sua inserção no currículo novo é ambivalente, mas com relação de horizontalidade. Traz na saúde mental comprometimento, que caracteriza a Síndrome de Burnout. Conclusão: Portanto, os pesquisados se vêem vocacionados, ambivalentes, trazendo elementos dificultadores e facilitadores à profissão docente, afirmando gostar da profissão, entendendo-a como provocadora de excesso de trabalho, estresse e cansaço. Mas buscam lazer e terapia para alivio das tensões. Reconhecem sinais que caracterizam a Síndrome de Burnout, sem saber que isso retrata essa nomenclatura. Avaliam que o texto apresentado foi interessante, destacando a sua importância para o seu esclarecimento/orientação, como ação educativa. / The complex demands directed to the university faculty in terms of the exigencies of accomplishing teaching, research, and extension/assistance tasks, as well as administrative activities eventually make the professional fall ill due to excessive attributions. Objectives: 1) Survey the faculty of a state nursing college about the meaning they assign to their profession, relating to aspects that make their work easier or more difficult, considering their traditional, current and future nursing perspectives; 2) Highlight their occupational and free-time leisure activities, identifying them as a means for promoting their physical and mental health; 3) Verifying how they were inserted in their colleges political-educational project, and identify the challenges of the new curriculum, verifying the meaning of Burnout Syndrome and proposing reading suggestions about it, as an educational program. Methodology: a qualitative research was performed by means of action research. A questionnaire was used (personal and educational data, I n addition to the nursing facultys view regarding the main issue) in this exploratory study. Thirteen faculty members were interviewed. They were men and women from three departments of the institution, who agreed to participate in the study and provided written consent. The study was approved by the ethics committee. Data collection was performed by correspondence sent to the faculty by their personal mail box located in their department, and the questionnaire was returned within a pre-established time. Participant observation was also used to record the data of the location. Results: the sample consisted of 13 faculty members of the undergraduate program, most were women, married, and catholic, aged over 40 years and with children.; all participants held a Ph.D. and worked with the undergraduate or graduate program. In terms of their choice of the profession, most answered it was based on vocation and affinity. Regarding their career, most perceive it as important, but demanding, wearing and stressing. It provides professional fulfillment, like honors, professional growth, and advising students, but also dissatisfaction, such as excessive work, meetings, responsibilities, and stress. It assigns meaning to the profession of lovability, exchange, dialogue, etc. Their role is one of a facilitator, mediator, problem-solver, and transformer. As a researcher, they value knowledge construction and research development. In extension they see themselves as a partner and articulator in the public university tripod. As to the tradition profession, they see it as technicist, fragmented, biologicist, and unvalued. Currently, they see it as under development, become international and building its own knowledge. For the future, they foresee acknowledgement, valorization, optimism, and humanization. Favorable aspects of the faculty profession are interpersonal relationship, teaching, research and extension. Unfavorable aspects regard excessive activities, antiethical issues, and few investments. Their insertion in the new curriculum is ambivalent, but with a horizontal relationship. There is a commitment to mental health, which characterizes the Burnout Syndrome, Conclusion: Therefore, the subjects see themselves as having vocation, ambivalent, with aspects that make the faculty profession easier and more difficult, and they state they like their profession and see it as one that causes excessive work load, stress, and tiredness. However, they seek leisure and therapy to relieve their tension. They recognize signs that characterize Burnout Syndrome without knowing it represents this nomenclature. They evaluate the presented text as interesting, highlighting the importance of clarification/instruction as an educational action.

Introdução: Os profissionais que atuam na educação no ensino superior de enfermagem necessitam se conscientizar de que a docência exige capacitação específica na área pedagógica. Objetivos: Avaliar a formação de docentes enfermeiros atuantes em um Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem. Método: Adotado o Estudo de Caso, na vertente qualitativa, pautado na fenomenologia social de Alfred Schütz, como referencial de análise. Os dados foram coletados mediante a adoção das técnicas de Entrevista e de Grupo Focal. Foram entrevistadas, em 2014, 12 docentes enfermeiras, das quais 6 participaram do Grupo Focal, de um Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem de uma Instituição de Ensino Superior (IES) da cidade de São Paulo, que atuam há mais de um ano na instituição ministrando aulas teóricas e acompanhando estágios. Resultados e Discussão: A análise das entrevistas permitiu a elaboração das Categorias: Influência familiar e acadêmica, Experiências profissionais e pessoais e Inserção na docência, emergentes do concreto vivido e que trouxeram os elementos que contribuíram para a formação docente das entrevistadas. As Categorias Empíricas dos motivos para: Ser docente de enfermagem no ensino superior, Exercer a docência neste contexto e Refletir sobre a essência e ação docente foram construídas a partir das Unidades de Significado extraídas dos discursos dos sujeitos da pesquisa e embasadas no movimento dialético da ação-reflexão-ação descrito por Schön. O Relatório Síntese resultante desta análise foi o elemento disparador do Grupo Focal que permitiu a elaboração das categorias Formação Docente; Práticas didático-pedagógicas e Proposta Institucional. Considerações Finais: Os motivos porque das enfermeiras docentes desvelados no estudo retratam as experiências, por elas vivenciadas, antes da inserção no ensino superior de Enfermagem. Os motivos para resgatados nesta pesquisa, explicitaram as vivências das docentes no exercício do ensino superior de Enfermagem. A contribuição de impacto, desta pesquisa, emergiu do Grupo Focal com a Categoria Proposta Institucional, que integra as US: Uniformidade do ensino na IES; Socialização do Projeto Político Pedagógico e do Plano de Ensino; Avaliação de desempenho docente-discente; Planejamento de capacitação docente; Integração entre docentes; Saúde do trabalhador docente e Monitoramento do discente, que serão os alicerces fundamentais das futuras transformações na IES. Esta pesquisa contribui para a reflexão dos docentes e dos gestores educacionais sobre a importância do investimento na formação pedagógica dos docentes de enfermagem tendo, como meta, a qualidade do processo ensino aprendizado. / Introduction: Professionals working in education in higher education nursing need to be aware that teaching requires specific training in the pedagogical area. Objectives: Evaluate the training of the nursing professoriate in High Education Nursing Degree Courses. Method: The Case Study was based on the qualitative methodology, specifically the social phenomenological approach from Alfred Schutz which was used as referential for the analysis. Data has been collected using the Interview and Focal Group methods. In 2014, a group of 12 nursing teaching staff employed at an Institute of Higher Education in São Paulo City were interviewed. Six of these were part of a Focal Group and they all had been working as professors and were supervising apprenticeships for over a year at that particular Institution. Results and Discussion: The analysis of interviews unveiled the interviewees lived concrete which were then split into the following Categories, that brought the elements that contributed to the teacher education of the respondents, such as family and academic influence, professional and personal experiences and the inclusion in teaching. The Empirical categories of \" reasons \" were constructed from the Meaning of units drawn from the speeches of the research subjects , with the foundation of the dialectical movement of action -reflection-action described by Schön , who led the analysis of being a nursing teacher in higher education, the exercise teaching in this context and reflection on the essence and teaching activities. The report resulting from this analysis Synthesis was the trigger element of the Focus Group that enabled the development of the categories Teacher Training; Didactic and pedagogical practices and Institutional Proposal. Final Considerations: The Nursing Professors reasons why found in the study portray their personal experiences prior to entering Nursing Higher Education Teaching. The reasons to uncovered in this research highlighted their professional experiences as Nursing Professors in Higher Education. The most significant contribution to this research came from the Focal Group with the Institutional Proposal, which integrates the Understanding Units: Standardisation of Teaching; Making the Political/Pedagogical Project and the Teaching Plan widely available; Evaluation of how efficient is the relationship between teacher/learner; The Teacher Training Planning; Integration of Teachers; Workers Health; Learners Monitoring, who will be the cornerstones of future changes in the IES. This research aims to contribute to the reflection of the teaching staff and education managers on the importance of investing in pedagogical training of nursing faculty having the goal, the quality of teaching learning process