This article seeks to reflect upon Nursing's social and ethical commitment towards overcoming regional inequalities in Brazil. It argues for the importance and need for Nursing's contribution to public policies. In the context of graduate-level education, the challenges to access strictu sensu education - Master's and Doctorate-level education in the Amazon Region of Brazil. Access to graduate programs depends upon public policy that is specific to the Northern Region of Brazil - "Accelerate the Amazon" Program (Programa Acelera Amazônia) and Interinstitutional Doctorate, both from CAPES, the Brazilian organization responsible for university-level personnel qualification. Graduate level education will contribute to local leadership development and accelerate the advancement of knowledge production, as well as technological development within the specific context of nursing in the amazon region. Within this process, it is necessary to ethically exercise influence upon agents of public policy. This is due to the fact that the amazon requires a daily exercise of learning in order to take its place in science, politics, and national citizenship.
Nursing; Public policies; Education