[Public health work and nursing: concepts of the managers of Porto Alegre health units]. / O trabalho em saúde coletiva e a enfermagem: concepções dos gerentes das unidades de saúde de Porto Alegre.

This is a descriptive study done in a qualitative perspective. It aims to describe the conceptions of health care units' managers about the work in public health. The subjects perceptions are that this work goes from interdisciplinary thought with a preventive focus to the curative practice of ambulatory care. On what concerns Nursing, nurses' management functions and auxiliaries assistance activities are pointed out. They believe that strategies to approximate to the SUS principles are necessary in the context of Public Health.

[Connecting care models and trends in health education: grants for nursing education]. / Relacionando os modelos assistenciais e as tendências pedagógicas em saúde: subsídios para a açao educativa da enfermeira.

In this article the authors establish a connection between health care models and pedagogical trends considering their education and health care experiences in the hospital and in the communities and also the review of the literature. The pedagogical trends and health care models used by nurses in nursing education demonstrate their world view. Therefore it is important that they understand what is behind their practice so that nursing is in a political and historical context and its practice can foster the social transformation or keep the status quo. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the construction of nursing education.