Introduction:

Nursing is the main integrative discipline of this major, where some transformations are evident that respond to the requirements of the “D” Study Plan. In spite of this, there are still difficulties in certain components of the program that need to be improved.

Objective:

To assess the potentialities and deficiencies in certain components of the syllabus of Nursing as the main integrative discipline, for the improvement of the major curriculum.

Methods:

A narrative bibliographic review was carried out, including several texts, articles, as well as printed and digital materials related to the syllabuses of the main integrative discipline in higher education, in medical education and, particularly, in the Nursing major. The databases and directories of SciELO, Lilacs, Latindex, Medline, and Scopus were consulted, using the following keywords in Spanish and Boolean operators to expand the results: enfermería [nursing], disciplina principal integradora [main integrative discipline], plan de estudio de Enfermería [Nursing curriculum] and programa de disciplina [discipline syllabus]. Seventeen original and review articles, either national or international, published between 2015 and 2020 were selected.

Conclusions:

The analysis of the main integrative discipline of Nursing allowed identifying deficiencies in the educational and instructional objectives, the skills system, the curricular strategies and the skills card, as well as making proposals for syllabus improvement, which contributed to the formation of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing capable of providing nursing care to the individual, the family and the community in relation to the environment based on their needs, through the application of the nursing care process.

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