This is an experience report intended to highlight the importance of the nursing students' participation in the Research Group - Educare - Passo Fundo University, RS, Brasil, and its contribution for the professional qualification. The article reveals the group contributions to the nursing students through its effective participation during the whole research process. It emphasizes this participation as an opportunity for the close relation of theoretical knowledge and the essential practice which is considered an important instrument for the development of creative power intended to search for solutions to solve the problems found in the reality.
Education, nursing; Research groups; Nursing students