This study reviewed the literature on the health education subject and the impact on education in undergraduate nursing. Descriptors were selected in LILACS, PERIENF and BDENF bases. References were classified into four categories: education, care, scientific production and stricto sensu academic production. The results showed: the importance of educational issues in the nursing social practice, for what there is concern with the student and the teacher education; in spite of the effort in the undergraduation to prepare nurses for the educative actions, this is considered insufficient; the educative practices, in both teaching and care categories, are based on the biomedical model, with focus on preventive aspects.
Health education; Education, nursing; Education, higher
