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[Mobilization of scientific knowledge by graduates of a nursing master's degree]

Study that aimed to understand how the process of training in the Masters of Nursing helped mobilizing scientific knowledge in terms of formal and political aspects, by graduates working in health services. Exploratory qualitative research, conducted at the state capital city of Mato Grosso, in 2012. The subjects were nine graduates, Masters in Nursing. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, analyzed by using the technique of thematic content analysis, and discussed through the theoretical framework of Institutional Analysis. It was showed that the Masters was a device of the Institution knowledge, strongly instituting, by mobilizing in the educational process, the political quality of knowledge. It was concluded that the master's degree in nursing students who worked in health services,feel more prepared and ready to interfere and qualify their workspaces for the management of scientific, political and ethical knowledge; refined and deepened throughout the process of training in the Masters.

The profile of nursing management graduates from the nursing programs in southern Brazil

This is an exploratory-descriptive study, performed on a documental basis and using a quantitative approach. The objective was to describe the profile of graduates from the Nursing Graduate Programs from Southern Brazil, from 2006 to 2009, which titles revealed they were in the lines of research regarding nursing management. The data was collected using The CAPES Indicator Books and searches on the graduates' Curriculum Lattes/CNPq. The Nursing Graduate Programs in Southern Brazil totaled 409 students, 129 (31.5%) of which worked in the lines of research associated with nursing management/administration: 116 (89.9%) Masters and 13 (10.1%) Doctorates. Most graduates currently work as faculty. Of those with a master degree, two (1.7%) have already obtained a doctorate degree, and 39 (33.6%) are currently in the doctorate program. The intellectual production after obtaining the degree adds up to 501 published scientific articles, with an average 1.1 and 1.8 article/year among masters and doctorates, respectively. The study presents indicatives for the preparation of differentiated masters and doctorates to work in nursing and health management/administration.