Overcoming the challenges to offer quality training in psychiatric nursing.

Objective: to report the experience of the Psychiatric Nursing professors of the Nursing Undergraduate Course of the Nursing School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the challenges faced to offer quality training.

Method: This is an experience report about the experience of Psychiatric Nursing professors of the Nursing Undergraduate Course of the Nursing School, UFMG.

Results: After losing the workload of 120 hours in the Psychiatric Nursing Undergraduate Course, the area developed elective disciplines with a total of 330-hour load, in addition to extension and research projects.

[Home care in the Brazilian National Health System (SUS)].

Objectives: To assess home care programs implemented in three cities and to identify components indicating the integration of these programs into the reform of health care.

Methods: An exploratory descriptive study with a qualitative approach was carried out in the cities of Marília and Santos, state of São Paulo, and Londrina, state of Paraná, Brazil. Empirical data was obtained from interviews with five nurses and one social worker who worked in home care services, and through analysis of reports on these programs.