[Analysis of national publications about distance education in nursing].

The objective is to examine the publications working in the Distance Education in nursing in the databases from 2005 to 2009. Study of literature review conducted in the databases of the Virtual Health Library (Lilacs, Scielo and Bdenf) in the period from 19/02/09 to 24/04/09 in 20 selected references were reviewed. It is tonic in the discussions: the development of training courses for nurses and midwives as well as courses in graduate programs via Distance Education. There is an evolution of Distance Education in nursing with possibilities of teaching in virtual environment for learning is everlasting and take into account some constraints relevant to interactivity as the availability of training courses and disciplines in undergraduate courses.