Research in Health Care and Nursing is the theme of this last issue of 2007, in which we commemorate 15 years of Texto & Contexto Nursing Journal's existence. It has been a victorious existence, thanks to the efforts of all the researching faculty of the Nursing Graduate Program (Programa de Pós Graduação em Enfermagem -PEN) of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil (UFSC) who have participated of the editorial staff of the journal. In order to commemorate this benchmark, there could be nothing more opportune than the satisfying news of our recent inclusion in the Scientific Eletronic Library Online (SciELO) collection.From the time of its planning, creation, and implementation by a group of enthused faculty, led by Dr. Ingrid Elsen, to its current place as a national authority in family nursing, it has seen its share of difficulties. Challenges of various natures have permeated our historical trajectory, considering that the journal's affirmation process and search for increased quality can only be considered successful thanks to the unity of a self-sacrificing and competent 1 body of editorial work, composed of researchers from several origins; above all faculty from the PEN/UFSC, those subsidized by other national and international authorities, academic peers, and professional peers, who have all provided relevant contributions, though principally as ad hoc consultors in the publication process.Among the difficulties experienced along the way, the scarcity of material, complementary human, and infra-structure resources must be highlighted. There has also been the insufficiency of manuscript inscriptions, both in quantity and quality. Overcoming these limitations by appealing vehemently for collaboration from colleagues in the form of material for the journal, as well as stimulating them towards support for the elaboration of technicalscientific articles have been historical events that cannot be forgotten. Many other challenges have arisen and have been overcome along the way of the path thus far transgressed.Observing the current state of development of the Journal, it becomes us to give notice to what the respected American theorist and researcher, Rosemarie Parse wrote in her editorial of the Nursing Science Quarterly 2 about the demanding determinations in the edification of the research culture in an institution that intends to really become an organization recognized for its academic-scientific excellence in knowledge production that makes sense towards the good of humanity. For her, this construction demands three essential conditions: a) investing in a new and extraordinary manner of thinking of common activities of the daily life of a system, awakening the curiosity and encouragement of each of the professional members of the research group involved, creating attitudes of group co-creation, and of a collective and dedicated search for competences or qualifications for the original and inspired molding of promising and committed paths in the discovery of knowledge and in the construction and ...