The objective of this research was verify if Nursing students know Alternative Practices of Health (A.PH.), if-this knowledge is acquired during the graduation and if they use themselves or recommends this use. The bases were collected near to 96 students of the 4 years of graduation, that were shared out so that is the same as 30% of the students. We verified that 93,73% of the students know A.P.H., that this knowledge is not acquired during the graduation, but principally through the popular sense. Although the most of students (86,46%) recommend the use of A.P.H., principally because they believe in its effectiveness, only about the third part makes use of them.
Alternative therapies; Complementry therapies; Holistic nursing
