This arcticle presents a consideration about competences and skills on teaching of administration in nursing, by the guidelines of the National Curricular Guidelines, which constitute the guiding document of the nursing college education in Brazil. The construction of competences and skills for the area of administration in nursing is part of a set of actions that seek the improvement of the nurse's preparation to face the transformations of the jobs world. Teaching of competences must be directed to the integrality of the make health and, upon this, we present some competences that offer to our learners opportunities to learn to make and learn to be.
national curricular guidelines; education on nursing; administration on nursing