Objective to analyze the production of knowledge resulting from the professional
master's degree programs in Nursing and to reflect about their perspectives
for the area. Method descriptive and analytical study. Data collected from the dissertations of
three educational institutions that graduated students in programs of
professional master's degree in Nursing between 2006 and 2012 were included.
Results most of the 127 course completion studies analyzed were developed within
hospital contexts; there was a focus on the organizational and healthcare
areas, in the research fields care process and management, and predominance
of qualitative studies. There are various products resulting from the course
completion studies: evaluation of services/healthcare programs and
development of processes, care or educational protocols. Conclusion the programs of professional master's degree in Nursing, which are
undergoing a consolidation stage, have recent production under development
and there is a gap in the creation of hard technologies and innovation. They
are essential for the development of innovative professional practices that
articulate the healthcare and educational areas.