The Education for Work in Health Program (PET-Health) is a strategy associated with Pro-Health which recommends actions to transform vocational training in health through greater integration among teaching, community, and service. The purpose of this article is to report, based on the experiences of nursing students at the University of Rio Grande do Norte, the role of PET-Health in the nursing education process. Actions carried out, dynamic activities such as DIY (do-it-yourself), group activities, role playing, videos, and music, among others, brought together teaching, research, and extension and encouraged reflection in the nurse's education process, engendering a fresh look on the conformation of knowledge and daily practices. The interactions, in turn, drove the exchange of knowledge, interdisciplinarity, and a critical and reflective posture among the mediators of this process. These practices have contributed to providing unique training to future nurses, since they emphasized the principles of the Health System and the needs of the population. Strategies such as these should be encouraged and enhanced in order to contribute to education and health practices, making workers aware of and engaged with the population's everyday health needs.
PET-Health; vocational training; nursing