[Nursing students' experience in a research group].

This is an experience report intended to highlight the importance of the nursing students' participation in the Research Group - Educare - Passo Fundo University, RS, Brasil, and its contribution for the professional qualification. The article reveals the group contributions to the nursing students through its effective participation during the whole research process. It emphasizes this participation as an opportunity for the close relation of theoretical knowledge and the essential practice which is considered an important instrument for the development of creative power intended to search for solutions to solve the problems found in the reality.

[Academic tutoring in the historic context of education].

It deals with a revision article aiming at guiding the building of a tutorial model for undergraduate courses. Thus, it seeks to ransom the historic evolution of tutoring since ancient times until nowadays, inserting itself into different models of the university. Tutoring, conceived as the responsibility of the teacher for the student until he/she is made independent and able to teach other students, has risen at the university and, along the centuries, has been valued as a qualifier of the pedagogical process.

[Quality of life of nursing students].

This research involved six nursing courses located in the South of Brazil and aimed to find out and evaluate the quality of life of the students. The model WHOQOL Bref model of the World Health Organization was adopted for data collection and analysis and revealed sensitivity for the intended diagnosis. The results indicated that 64% of the students mention satisfaction with their quality of life, but 36% present significant problems, which demand specific needs and justify the implantation of support programs to face the situations of suffering.