This work is an exploratory study, with a qualitative approach, based on a case study systematics, whose object is to analyze nursing professionals education taking into account the curriculum from FENF/UERJ. The site chosen for the research was the Nursing School from State University of Rio of Janeiro. The objectives outlined were: (a) investigate the history of creation of the integrated curriculum from FENF/UERJ; (b) compare the innovative proposal from FENF/UERJ and the proposal for human resources education made by the Public Health Care System in Brazil (SUS). Given the analysis of documents and the bibliographic review, an integrated teaching proposal was elicited, which meets the demands of the professional profile desired by SUS, besides being committed to educate a critical student, who is politically active and able to spot problematic situations and to strive and resolve them, according to strict technical and scientific patterns.