dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.57130 Cogitare enferm. 24: e57130, 2019 ORIGINAL ARTICLE CONTINUOUS NURSING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS IN A TE- ACHING HOSPITAL* ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the continuous education requirements of the nursing team of a public tea- ching hospital in southern Brazil. Method: documental, descriptive and quantitative-qualitative study, based on documents comple- ted by nursing professionals in 2016 for the evaluation of the continuous education program of this hospital. In the data analysis, statistical functions of the Biostat5.3® and IRAMUTEQ® programs were used. Results: 72 (48%) documents completed by urgency/emergency professionals; 140 (54.93%) re- ports of not participating in educational actions due to not knowing; 108 (38.3%) requests for edu- cational actions for technical-scienti fc updating. Regarding the expectations about the program, six classes were defned: presentation of the program; divulgation of the actions; educational ac - tions related to the healthcare units; distance and in-sector educational actions; availability of sche- dules for the educational action; scale for the participation of the professionals in these actions. Conclusion: the documental analysis of these requirements supports the planning and improve- ment of continuous nursing education proposals. DESCRIPTORS: Health planning; Continuous nursing education; In-service training; Nursing team; Nursing services. HOW TO REFERENCE THIS ARTICLE: Sade PMCS, Peres AM, Brusamarelo T, Mercês NNA, Wolff LDG, Lowen IMV. Continuous nursing education requirements in a teaching hospital. Cogitare enferm. [Internet]. 2019 [access “insert day, monh and year”]; 24. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.57130. 1 Registered Nurse PhD in Nursing. Public Employee of the Paraná State Department of Health, Health Surveillance Ins- pectorate. Curitiba, PR, Brazil. 2 Registered Nurse. PhD in Nursing. Professor of Nursing of the Federal University of Paraná. Curitiba, PR, Brazil. 3 Registered Nurse PhD in Nursing. Head of the Extension Activities Management Unit of the Clinical Hospital Complex of the Federal University of Paraná. Curitiba, PR, Brazil. 4 Registered Nurse. PhD in Nursing. Professor of Nursing of the Federal University of Paraná. Curitiba, PR, Brazil. 5 Registered Nurse. PhD in Production Engineering. Professor of Nursing of the Federal University of Paraná. Curitiba, PR, Brazil. 6 Registered Nurse. MSc in Nursing. Public Employee of the Municipal Health Department of Curitiba, Primary Care De- partment. Curitiba, PR, Brazil. *Article derived from the doctoral thesis “Avaliação de um programa de educação permanente em enfermagem no contexto hospitalar: análises estratégica, lógica e dos efeitos”. Federal University of Paraná, 2017. Priscila Meyenberg Cunha Sade 1 , Aida Maris Peres 2 , Tatiana Brusamarelo 3 , Nen Nalú Alves das Mercês 4 , Lillian Daisy Gonçalves Wolff 5 , Ingrid Margareth Voth Lowen 6