[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.

[Popular knowledge and health education in nursing training].

From the point of view of including the health reform in the pedagogical projects of nursing courses, in accordance with curriculum guidelines, it contextualises the formation of a nurse for health education and the importance of bringing practice and care together, as well as includes the results of research with nurses in seven towns in rural communities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is a qualitative survey with data collection by means of participatory observation, interviews, and document-based content analysis. These data were obtained in activities observed in the work of nurses in health education.