Introduction:

The present Cuban society requires better prepared nursing professionals, from the technical and human point of view, who can develop their work successfully in accordance with the demands of scientific-technological development and the society.

Objective:

To present the process of nursing professional improvement for the solution of professional problems as part of nurses’ performance in obstetric intensive care.

Methods:

The historical-logical study permitted to determine the different historical-contextual stages of the process of nursing professional improvement from postgraduate education, as well as the documental analysis and the systematization of national and international research.

Conclusions:

Nursing professional improvement should correspond to the real context where professional problems appear, in order to solve them; as well as to promote the development of new knowledge and skills with social, scientific and humanistic relevance, ensuring the care practice be strengthened and quality of performance be raised.

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